Rory Leishman’s March column is on politicians who duck dealing with moral issues; he’s looking specifically at Stephen Harper who stated in a January interview that he would not raise the abortion issue, even if he won a majority. (Indeed, he said of abortion: “I have spent my political career trying to stay out of that issue.”) Of course, as Leishman notes, politicians are all too eager to hide behind activist judges who will make rules about moral issues (abortion, gay marriage) and let politicians off the hook.
