Sen. Ian Shugart, former clerk of the Privy Council, says senators must embrace limits on their authority for the good of democracy.
Sen. Ian Shugart, a former clerk of the Privy Council and a career public servant, has died at the age of 66.Sen. Ian Shugart, a former clerk of the Privy Council and a career public servant, has died at the age of 66.
Shugart was a policy adviser to Progressive Conservative leaders Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney from 1980 to 1984, when Clark and Mulroney were leaders of the Official Opposition. After the PCs formed government, Shugart became a senior adviser to Jake Epp, who served as minister of national health and welfare and then minister of energy, mines and resources.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council, as he and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau arrive at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Sept. 11, 2019.
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