PM to name 18 Senators;
Times & Transcript (Moncton) Monday, December 22, 2008
Page: C1
Section: News
Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will do his bit this week to boost employment during dire economic times, appointing 18 Conservative faithful to cushy jobs in the Senate.
Among those rumoured to be in line for $134,000-a-year Senate seats are former broadcaster Pamela Wallin, former Prince Edward Island premier Pat Binns, erstwhile Conservative campaign chairman John Reynolds and onetime Olympic skiing champion Nancy Greene.
Harper's timing - just days before Christmas when few Canadians will be paying close attention - suggests he fears the spate of appointments to Parliament's unelected upper house won't be popular.
James Morton
3 comments:
Well James, it seems there are fifty eight Liberal Senators, now how do suppose they got there?
Curiously enough, Pierre Trudeau and Paul Martin were among the least partisan prime ministers when it came to senate appointments. More often than not, past prime ministers were entirely partisan in doling out senate seats or almost so.
The Conservatives are always the ones to complain most loudly about partisan politics, and the most likely to be extremely partisan in their behaviour.
At least the appointments gets that Tory shill Mike Duffy off the air (though he will just be replaced by another shill by the ConservaTiVe network).
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