Sheila Copps’ advice for rookie MPs: keep it simple

Target three things you want to achieve for your riding, and three things you want to achieve for the country. And make sure all your work in committees and in Parliament is focused on moving to achieve those objectives.

Newly elected Conservative MP Burton Bailey, who was elected in Red Deer, Alta., left, and David McKenzie, who elected in Calgary Signal Hill, Alta., attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21, 2025.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

June 9, 2025

OTTAWA—First day on the Hill. For most Members of Parliament, it is even more exciting than your first day at school.

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