Bill S-8

SUMMARY

This enactment establishes a framework for electing nominees for Senate appointments from the provinces and territories. The following principles apply to the selection process:

(a) the Prime Minister, in recommending Senate nominees to the Governor General for a province or territory, would be required to consider names from a list of nominees submitted by the provincial or territorial government; and

(b) the list of nominees would be determined by an election held in accordance with provincial or territorial laws enacted to implement the framework.