Senators want more control in clerk selection, PMO to butt out

Parliament ‘isn’t an instrument of government,’ says Tory Sen. Housakos, who put forward a motion that the next Senate clerk be appointed ‘with the express recommendation of the Senate.’

A motion in the Senate, introduced by Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, is calling for the government to get the Chamber’s endorsement for the next clerk of the Senate, a role that’s been filled on an interim basis for more than three years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

May 16, 2018

Senators are looking to send a message to the prime minister that if he truly believes in an independent Senate, he ought to give them a real say in who takes the top procedural job in the Red Chamber. On May 3, the Senate began debating a

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