Reflections on four years in the Senate

It will take more hard work, and less politics, to regain the public trust in the Senate.

Independent Senator Tony Dean worked at the top of Ontario's public service and taught at the University of Toronto before his appointment to the Senate in 2016. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY SENATOR TONY DEAN

September 21, 2020

After four years in the Senate of Canada, I’ve now seen the worlds of public administration and politics from both sides. I'm also participating in the most significant reform of the Senate in its 153-year-old history. In 2015, I applied for a seat in Canada’s Senate under newly elected Prime M...

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