Harper names defeated Tories to the (Canadian) Senate

Source: The Globe and Mail

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed three defeated Conservative candidates to the Senate, two of whom gave up their seats in the Red Chamber at the start of the election so they could run for office.

Former senators Larry Smith, Fabian Manning and former cabinet minister Josée Verner will be joining a caucus that already includes six other senators who were rejected by voters – four as candidates for the Conservatives, one as a Reform Party member, and one as a representative of the Canadian Alliance.

... “Canadians should be outraged that three individuals who were just defeated by the Canadian people in an election have now been appointed to the Senate,” Opposition Leader Jack Layton told a news conference.

“This is completely undemocratic,” said Mr. Layton. “It’s a slap in the face of the Canadian voters who just trooped out to the polls to send their own message very strongly in the last election.”

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It seems the aholes are on the rise all over.