Question period: is the prime minister undermining the senate by appointing 74-year-olds?

"Who am I to question the prime minister's sole prerogative. He can appoint a very junior person within the parametres of the constitution or appoint someone who's six months away from the age of 75. Why he does it, I don't know. In talking with some of these older appointees, some of them have c...

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