Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed two new senators Thursday: Alistair Schrette (Nova Scotia) and Nancy Kaletak-Lindell (Nunavut).
Both appointees have previous Liberal Party connections and experience in electoral politics.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed two new senators Thursday: Alistair Schrette (Nova Scotia) and Nancy Kaletak-Lindell (Nunavut).
Mr. Schlett is a former Nova Scotia MLA and cabinet minister. He was also president and vice-chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, a French-language university in Church Point, New South Wales.
Kaletak-Lindell entered Parliament in 1997 after playing a key role in negotiations to establish Nunavut as its own political vehicle, two years before Nunavut gained territorial status. Selected. Before that, this riding was called Nunatsiak.
She is also a member of the Order of Canada and past president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council of Canada.
Mr. Kaletak-Lindell and Mr. Schlett both sit as independent senators and were appointed on the recommendation of an independent advisory committee, but their appointments were made in the Senate, where Trudeau has had past ties to the Liberal Party. It follows recent trends in electing members of parliament.
Kaletak-Lindell was a member of the Liberal Party while an MP, and Schrette was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party as an MLA.
A CBC News analysis conducted earlier this summer found that More than half of Trudeau’s recent Senate appointments had Liberal Party ties..
With files from The Canadian Press
