What’s the Controversy Around the Latest Senate Appointments About?

Published on September 3, 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest appointments to the Senate have been met with criticism from various sectors of society, including a provincial premier. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the will of Albertans was not respected in the appointments of Daryl Fridhandler and Kristopher Wells to represent Alberta as independent senators. Alberta has been holding non-binding elections since 1989 to choose its senators-in-waiting, the only jurisdiction with such a practice. “The Senate continues to lose credibility as an institution and needs to be entirely reformed,” Smith wrote on social media in reaction to the appointments on Aug. 31. Fridhandler is a lawyer who held various roles with the Liberal Party until 2013, while also being a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 2011 to 2015, according to his online résumé....

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