Trudeau avoids possibility of Conservative Senate Speaker by appointing Liberal: source

To eliminate partisanship in the Red Chamber, the Liberals announced a new non-partisan appointment process for Senators last week. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not allow Senators to elect their Speaker out of concern that the role would go to a Conservative in the Tory-dominated chambe...

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