POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Justin Trudeau, Toronto Star, Making Money
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In march 2016, new pm justin trudeau announced that from now on, he would not directly choose partisan liberals as senators. Instead, he would choose senators from lists of prospective candidates prepared by an independent advisory board. To get on this list, candidates have to agree to style themselves as independent". Senators if they want to be selected by the pm. Significant reform and abolition are off the table. --pm harper, toronto star, Pm trudeau created a new job in the senate: the representative of the. This is the senator in charge of introducing, promoting, and defending the liberal government"s bills in the senate. This senator is supposed to be independent, and not a partisan member of the government party. This is the first time in canadian history that the senator in charge of shepherding government business through the senate is officially non-partisan. Justin trudeau"s new appointments process is supposed to be based on merit.
