Race for Island Senate seat is on – Peicanada.com

The race to win a coveted and cushy seat in the Canadian Senate is on and while it’s billed as an opportunity for all to apply, it will come down to the opinion of two or three to decide who PEI’s next Senator will be.

Prime Minister Trudeau made changing composition of the Senate a key public relations strategy in the fallout over institutional arrogance displayed time and again during the Mike Duffy fiasco.

This was, however, before his government began a habit of kicking itself in the behind. It’s bungled tax reform. It’s bungled cultural reform. It’s bungled energy expansion. In short, the bloom is off the Liberal rose and the notion that an ‘independent’ Senate is a good thing for a floundering government is looking less and less enticing.

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