Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed his eighty-eighth senator since he took office in 2015. Suze Youance, born and raised in Haiti, came to Canada in 2006. Youance is a civil engineer who lives in Quebec. She taught at the École de technologie supérieure and is the president of the Haitian Community Office in Montreal. “I congratulate Ms. Youance on her appointment to the Senate. Her experience will make her a strong voice for Quebec and for people across the country,” wrote Trudeau in a media release. .Smith slams Trudeau’s weekend appointment of two Liberal donors to the Senate.Senators are appointed officially by the governor general on the Prime Minister's recommendation. The process includes an Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) says is “guided in its work by public, transparent, non-partisan, and merit-based criteria to identify highly qualified candidates for the Senate.”“With today’s announcement, there have been 88 independent appointments to the Senate made on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” wrote the PMO.“All of them were recommended by the board.”Youance in joining the Senate will now contribute to revising legislation, investigating national issues and representing “regional, provincial and territorial, and minority interests.”“Important functions in a modern democracy,” notes the PMO. Trudeau-appointed Sen. Pierre J. Dalphond welcomed Youance to the Senate “on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group.”“We look forward to working with you,” he said. .New Liberal-appointed senator Adler called indigenous people unemployed ’boneheads’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed his eighty-eighth senator since he took office in 2015. Suze Youance, born and raised in Haiti, came to Canada in 2006. Youance is a civil engineer who lives in Quebec. She taught at the École de technologie supérieure and is the president of the Haitian Community Office in Montreal. “I congratulate Ms. Youance on her appointment to the Senate. Her experience will make her a strong voice for Quebec and for people across the country,” wrote Trudeau in a media release. .Smith slams Trudeau’s weekend appointment of two Liberal donors to the Senate.Senators are appointed officially by the governor general on the Prime Minister's recommendation. The process includes an Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) says is “guided in its work by public, transparent, non-partisan, and merit-based criteria to identify highly qualified candidates for the Senate.”“With today’s announcement, there have been 88 independent appointments to the Senate made on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” wrote the PMO.“All of them were recommended by the board.”Youance in joining the Senate will now contribute to revising legislation, investigating national issues and representing “regional, provincial and territorial, and minority interests.”“Important functions in a modern democracy,” notes the PMO. Trudeau-appointed Sen. Pierre J. Dalphond welcomed Youance to the Senate “on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group.”“We look forward to working with you,” he said. .New Liberal-appointed senator Adler called indigenous people unemployed ’boneheads’
