Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.ca · 11 days agoMark Carney appoints one of his top advisors and a Conservative MP to the Senatewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up120 cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up120external-linkMark Carney appoints one of his top advisors and a Conservative MP to the Senatewww.cbc.caCows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.ca · 11 days agomessage-square3fedilink cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 days ago Tom Pitfield, who served on Carney’s 2025 campaign team and then became a principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, has been named to the upper house. So a patronage appointment. Great. Brilliant.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoall senate appointments are patronage. it’s a monument to Canadian political corruption. Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau, massive expencse claims…Lynn Beyak, racist, Don Meredith, child rapist.
So a patronage appointment. Great. Brilliant.
all senate appointments are patronage. it’s a monument to Canadian political corruption.
Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau, massive expencse claims…Lynn Beyak, racist, Don Meredith, child rapist.