The Prime Minister\u0027s Office says all five will sit as independents in the upper chamber
Audette was one of the five commissioners responsible for the inquiry, which delivered a final report to the federal government in June 2019 that included 231 calls for justice.
Also receiving appointments were David Arnot, the chief commissioner of Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Commission and a former federal treaty commissioner for the province, and Amina Gerba, a Cameroonian Canadian entrepreneur whose work has fostered greater business ties between North America and Africa.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says all will sit as independents in the upper chamber.
The appointments are also the first approved by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who was installed as viceregal on Monday. But Trudeau’s appointment of Sorensen to represent Alberta ran headlong into the province’s system of holding elections for Senate nominees that are then presented to the prime minister to consider.
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