What his Senate appointments tell us about Carney’s Ottawa: Emily Wheaton and Mark Harding in The Hub
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent first round of Senate appointees marks a partial return to partisan appointments in the upper chamber. After 11 years of Justin Trudeau’s experiment with notionally non-partisan, independent, and merit-based Senate appointments, Carney has signalled a return to partisan senators. This news won’t excite ardent Senate reformers or those who voted…