CBC: The move is already sending shockwaves through the Senate chamber as Carney signals he’s taking a step back from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s decade-long experiment of stacking the Red Chamber with almost exclusively nonpartisan figures.
Tom Pitfield, who served on Carney’s 2025 campaign team and then became a principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, is one of the new appointees.
…Despite his Conservative past, the PMO confirmed Martel will sit as an Independent senator, possibly robbing the small Conservative Senate caucus of a potential recruit…