Trudeau’s keeping his word on Senate, now it’s up to Senators

And it's time to clean up the Senate administration and take that power away from the Senate Internal Economy Committee.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement on the seven new Senators two weeks ago was not a routine announcement, writes Jean Fournier. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY JEAN T. FOURNIER

March 28, 2016

At long last, after 150 years of largely partisan appointments to the Senate by successive prime ministers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced the appointment of seven new, independent, distinguished and eminently-qualified Senators through a "non-partisan, merit-based process," wit...

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