Partisan Senators should wear their party colours

If appointees are chosen for their Liberal backgrounds and sent to the Senate to advance the government’s agenda, they should sit in a reconstituted Liberal caucus rather than posing as independents.

Selecting someone for political experience or knowledge of the legislative process is not the same as acting as a partisan for the government in the Upper House, writes Senator Yuen Pau Woo.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

July 22, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first set of appointments to the Senate has raised questions about whether the more independent senate model espoused by his predecessor is effectively over.

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