ANALYSIS: If Poilievre Becomes PM, Would the Senate Be an Obstacle?

More than two-thirds of Canada’s current senators have been appointed by the Liberal government under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. They are technically independent, but how ideologically neutral the Senate may be is a matter of debate. If a Conservative government is elected next year, it may be impeded in various ways by an antagonistic Senate, says Ray Pennings, co-founder and executive vice president of the think tank Cardus. And senators have virtually unchecked power for the first time in Canadian history, he told The Epoch Times. Party discipline and other restraints that were part of the old, partisan system disappeared under Senate changes made by Mr. Trudeau....