Sitting Alberta Senators mixed on planned provincial nominee vote that raises constitutional questions

With one spot vacant, and another opening in March 2021, observers say political and legal considerations make it unlikely a Liberal prime minister would appoint any winners of the fall 2021 vote.

Alberta Senators Scott Tannas and Douglas Black, who came to the Senate after being elected, both support the planned elections while Independent Senator Paula Simons said the move is in opposition to the current ‘radical’ reform to the Red Chamber. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, courtesy of Sen. Simons.

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

July 29, 2020

Next fall, the Alberta government plans to hold Senate nominee elections in the first contest since a 2014 Supreme Court decision on the subject. However, an election is likely a “wasted” and expensive exercise, said one constitutional expert, and would almost cert...

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