The move to fill a seat in Alberta comes despite calls from Premier Jason Kenney to hold off
A commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the mayor of Banff are among five newly announced senators.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointments today. Among the other new senators is a former Quebec economic-development minister. Three of the appointees are from Quebec, one from Saskatchewan and one from Alberta.
The appointment of the Alberta senator comes despite calls from Premier Jason Kenney to the Prime Minister to hold off filling the province’s two vacant Senate seats for two nominees picked in a non-binding election scheduled for October as part of this fall’s municipal elections. By convention, the Governor-General appoints senators recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The appointees will serve as independent senators filling vacancies in the Upper House, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.- Chief Commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission since 2009. The former prosecutor was also a provincial court judge in Saskatchewan and was seconded by the federal government to be the Treaty Commissioner for the Province of Saskatchewan for a decade.
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