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Fedizen @EmmettMacfarlane@mastodon.social "advised the Trudeau PMO on their proposed ‘merit-based, non-partisan’ appointments process to the Senate" and is not bullshitting: the Carney government is opening the door to more partisan appointments in the future. And let’s be clear about the muddy phrasing here. The government misrepresents the reform. A history of partisan service was never meant to be an explicit disqualifier for appointment to the Senate. The non-partisan, merit-based criteria were only designed to ensure that partisanship wasn’t the basis for appointments. Carney has decided to abandon this key principle. The result will be a less useful upper house, and one less check on prime ministerial power. archive link that doesn't feed SS: https://web.archive.org/web/20260707165040/https://emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/mark-carney-returns-to-grubby-patronage #CDNPoli #CdnSenate #SenCA