News Analysis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a number of appointments to fill vacancies in the government apparatus and has created new roles in the bureaucracy in the weeks before his expected resignation.
Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 he intended to resign after the Liberal Party chooses a new leader. That leadership race will end on March 9 and Trudeau will pass the baton to his successor, six months short of 10 years in power.
Since the Jan. 6 announcement, Trudeau has appointed five new senators, including executive Duncan Wilson and former Mountie Baltej Dhillon for B.C., businesswoman Danièle Henkel and economist Martine Hébert for Quebec, and vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Todd Lewis for Saskatchewan….