February 6, 2025
“Stacking the Senate with dangerous lunatics has consequences. No other government has acted like this in the history of the country,” said Giltaca. “Trudeau continues to prove he is as malevolent and toxic as his critics say he is.”

Conservatives condemn Trudeau’s reported plan to stack Senate on his way out

The Conservative Party of Canada is calling on Liberal leadership candidates to oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s alleged plan to stack the Senate with Liberal partisans shortly before his resignation.

The party said that to shield democracy, Trudeau should wait until a general election so that Senate appointments occur while a government with a public mandate holds office. Instead, as originally reported by CBC, Trudeau plans to fill ten Senate vacancies.

These vacancies will be filled with Liberal partisans who won’t need to retire until they’re 75 years old, said the Conservatives.

“This is just another instance of classic Liberal party arrogance that Canadians have become used to after nine years of their government,” wrote the Conservatives in a press release. “The last thing Canadians need is more lame-duck senators tied to Justin Trudeau who pretend to be independent.”

The selection process is reportedly already underway and the Senators should be appointed before Trudeau’s resignation officially takes place upon a new Liberal leader and prime minister being named on Mar. 9.

According to CBC, Trudeau has appointed 90 senators since he took power in 2015, at which point there were 22 vacancies. The ten positions to fill as of Feb. 2 are due to retirements. Comparatively, former prime minister Stephen Harper appointed 59 senators during his nine years in office.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith formerly said that Trudeau appointing “left-wing partisans” over the province’s elected nominees was undemocratic. Trudeau appointed two senators he chose who both previously contributed to the Liberal Party of Canada instead of the two who won nomination via the province’s non-binding election.

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