No ‘clear signal’ for Upper Chamber’s future, say Senators after Carney’s ‘mixed bag’ of appointments

‘I don’t see a clear signal in any direction by the appointments that were made,’ said ISG Senator Donna Dasko of Carney’s first batch of Senate appointments, which included a Tory MP, a longtime Liberal strategist, a cancer researcher, and an accountant.
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed four new Senators on July 7. Two of the pics came directly from the PMO, and the other two on the recommendation of the advisory board, which Trudeau relied on for his appointments.

Two independent Senators say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s partisan picks to join the Senate—one of whom is a former Conservative MP— doesn't necessarily indicate what's in store for the Upper Chamber, citing a handful of partisan appointments made by former prime minis...

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