Carney may name more Conservative senators to beef up ranks, says Liberal Senate representative

National Post: In an interview with National Post, Moreau said that he has been in discussions with Carney’s office for some time about the new Senate appointments process unveiled last week. Those changes include “removing the non-partisanship criterion” and recruiting candidates with “expertise in key Canadian strategic industries.”

“Never has the idea of returning to a Liberal caucus been part of our discussions,” said Moreau, regarding rumours in recent months that Carney was prepared to reverse his predecessor’s 2014 decision to kick Liberal senators out of the party’s caucus, leaving them to sit as purported Independents…

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