OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked a Quebec political heavyweight who joined the Senate lower than a 12 months in the past to turn into his consultant within the higher chamber.
Pierre Moreau, who held quite a lot of cupboard roles in Quebec’s Liberal governments for 15 years, was appointed to the Senate in September 2024. He might be changing former senator Marc Gold as the federal government’s consultant. Gold bid farewell to the Senate in June on the necessary retirement age of 75.
“Senator Moreau’s experience and expertise will advance the federal government’s legislative agenda to convey down prices, hold communities protected, and construct one sturdy Canadian economic system,” stated a press launch issued Friday morning by Carney’s workplace.
Carney thanked Gold for his “a few years of service” standing for the federal government within the Senate, which Gold has been doing since 2020, and wished him nicely on his retirement.
The federal government consultant within the Senate is normally the primary level of contact between the federal government and the higher chamber. His principal function is to convey ahead the federal government’s laws within the Senate and shepherd its passage by means of the chamber.
The consultant also can attend cupboard conferences and is accountable for answering questions on behalf of the federal government within the Senate,
based on the Senate’s web site.
Regardless that Moreau is new to the Senate, his expertise in authorized and political circles spans over 4 a long time. He labored as a lawyer in Montreal earlier than he was first elected in 2003 as a member of the Quebec legislature beneath then premier Jean Charest.
Moreau was defeated within the 2007 provincial election, however was re-elected in 2008, 2012 and 2014. Throughout these years, he served as minister of intergovernmental affairs, transport, schooling, power and pure assets and as president of the province’s Treasury Board.
After Charest resigned in 2012, Moreau was a candidate within the Liberal Social gathering of Quebec’s management race to succeed him in 2013. Moreau ended up in second place, after Philippe Couillard.
Couillard would go on to serve just one time period as Liberal premier, from 2014 to 2018. His authorities was defeated over spending cuts that in the end balanced the province’s books, however paved the best way for CAQ Chief François Legault’s first majority mandate in 2018.
Moreau misplaced his seat that 12 months and returned to follow legislation, whereas sometimes showing as a political commentator on Radio-Canada’s tv and radio packages.
Moreau was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in September 2024 and represents the Laurentian area, north of Montreal. He’ll flip 68 in December, which implies he’s greater than seven years away from the Senate’s necessary retirement age.
In his maiden speech within the Senate, on June 10, Moreau thanked Gold, his predecessor, for his assist and recommendation within the early levels of his time within the Senate.
“Parliamentarism implies that we will generally oppose the concepts of others, even vehemently. Nevertheless, such opposition mustn’t ever come at the price of respect for many who categorical them,” Moreau stated.
“I’ll due to this fact draw in your teachings and, such as you, I’ll all the time hold my door open to speak and focus on with my colleagues,” he added.
Final 12 months, Moreau tabled
Invoice S-219 in hopes of creating a “judicial independence day”
in Canada annually on January 11. He stated present occasions around the globe make it crucial, greater than ever, to strengthen the independence of the judiciary in Canada.
“In Canada, it’s straightforward to take without any consideration that these cardinal guidelines are a part of the founding ideas of any democratic society. Nevertheless, as we all know, all democracies are fragile, and Canada isn’t any exception,” he stated.
Moreau additionally claimed in his speech that there are Canadian politicians “who’ve immediately and inexplicably thought it clever to criticize the courts and judges and publicly problem their choices.”
“The direct consequence of those criticisms and assaults is to erode public confidence within the administration of justice and undermine the authority of the courts,” he stated.
Moreau was a member of the Progressive Senate Group caucus till his nomination as the federal government consultant.
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