Major #SenCA news — former government representative @SenHarder is joining the @Prog_Senate. Story coming shortly. #cdnpoli
@SenHarder @Prog_Senate This follows @SenPatBovey's defection from the @ISGSenate to the @Prog_Senate group last week - the ISG no longer holds the monopoly on senators who do not fit comfortably into the old-line party caucuses. #cdnpoli
New — Former government point man Peter Harder joins the Progressive Senate Group. cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli
As government representative, Harder championed Trudeau's push to reconstitute the chamber along non-partisan lines but he said Thursday he didn't expect the system to morph into one where all new members would sit in a single group. #SenCA
Harder said the role of the official opposition in the Senate should be protected.
"I think that would be a needless rabbit hole to go down," Harder said, when asked if the chamber should dismantle the official opposition.
"I'm not offended by the notion of contrarian views."
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