{"id":14356,"date":"2025-01-27T23:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/trudeau-to-appoint-new-senators-before-successor-is-chosen-national\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T23:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:21:40","slug":"trudeau-to-appoint-new-senators-before-successor-is-chosen-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/trudeau-to-appoint-new-senators-before-successor-is-chosen-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau to appoint new senators before successor is chosen – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a> will appoint a final group of senators to fill vacancies in the upper chamber before he resigns, his office confirmed to Global News on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Parliament is currently prorogued until March 24 while the Liberals choose a new leader to succeed Trudeau, meaning the Senate and the House of Commons are not sitting and legislative business is on hold. That doesn\u2019t prevent the appointment of new senators, however, and the Prime Minister\u2019s Office says the selection process is underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prorogation of Parliament does not affect the ability of the Governor General to appoint persons to the Senate on the advice of the Prime Minister,\u201d the PMO said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments has provided or will provide the Prime Minister with a non-binding selection of candidates to consider for each seat to be filled. The Prime Minister takes his responsibility to appoint senators seriously and is committed to doing so for as long as he remains in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The additional senators to be appointed by Trudeau will further solidify his mark on the Senate, which is already substantial.<\/p>\n

All but 21 of the 97 currently sitting senators in the 105-seat chamber are Trudeau appointees. Just 12 senators are affiliated with the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n

The number of vacancies is expected to rise to 10 by February due to retirements.<\/p>\n

Since becoming prime minister in 2015, Trudeau has appointed several Liberal donors, organizers and former MPs to the Senate, as well as former candidates for the party.<\/p>\n

Most of Trudeau\u2019s appointees sit in Senate caucuses that identify\u00a0as independent, but have historically voted to advance his legislative priorities \u2014 though often with proposed changes.<\/p>\n

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