The Curious Case of Carney's Senate Shuffle In parliamentary politics, few moves are as striking as Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to appoint Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate.
This move may seem peculiar at first, but it is actually part of an elite group of prime ministers who have promoted opposition MPs to the upper chamber.
One notable example is Thomas Robert McInnes, who sat as an independent before being appointed to the Senate by John A. Macdonald in 1881.