QUESTION PERIOD — Prime Minister’s Office
Senate Vacancies
October 24, 2023
My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate.
Senator Gold, from the study of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans that is presently under way, we know that both coasts of our great country have an overabundance of seals. We do not, however, have an overabundance of senators from the West Coast. British Columbia has only six seats and is the third most-populated province in Canada, behind Ontario and Quebec, yet we have not had a full complement of senators since I was appointed in 2018.
Senator Gold, will you immediately raise with the Prime Minister the issue of the vacant seat in British Columbia and ask that a new appointment be made, signed, sealed and delivered as soon as possible?
Thank you for your question about Senate vacancies.
This is an issue that I and my colleagues in my office raise regularly with the Prime Minister’s Office. We, as much as all of you, would like to see the Senate vacancies fully filled as quickly as possible.
There are many factors that appear to have contributed to the delay in some appointments. I will continue to raise this issue with the government at every opportunity.
