So I was having a shower when the feeling came over me that I've seen this Jody Wilson-Raybould vs Justin Trudeau play before.
Doris Anderson vs Lloyd Axworthy back in 1981.
I even remember taking on my Liberal mother over it who said, "You don't bite the hand that feeds you."
To which I said, "Feminism before party politics."
I think it's fair to say we were both wrong.
I spoke to Doris Anderson once. She called the NDP Research Office at Queen's Park where I was working at the time. I'd just read a book she'd written and gushed, "I read your book!" To which she demanded, "Did you like it?" So of course I said, "Like it? I loved it!"
I was just glad she didn't ask how I knew it was her when she hadn't said her name yet.
A voice that could cut glass.
I invite you to read this obituary of Doris Anderson by Sandra Martin.
Women in the News
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