B.C. Senator Martin Might Not Leave Office Before 2040

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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One of the 18 “distinguished” Canadians who were portrayed as supporters of term limits when appointed to the upper chamber, B.C. senator Yonah Martin, indicated that she has no plans to retire from her position earlier than required. One of Canada’s youngest senators and the government’s deputy leader, Martin, signaled in an email on Monday that does not intends to leave office any time soon now that the Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Senate reform plans have apparently died.

Martin’s stance is quite the opposite of the other two relatively young Harper appointees, who have revealed their intention to leave before the mandatory retirement at 75. The Supreme Court of Canada scrapped all plans of Prime Minster Stephen Harper to reform the Senate last Friday, when it ruled that he needs the support of at least seven provinces to establish elections and set nine-year term limits. In response to the judgment, PM Harper alleged that he will honour the ruling and wouldn’t try to launch constitutional negotiations.

49-year-old Martin is not required to retire from her $176,000-a-year post until 2040, i.e. when she hits retirement age. Upon inquiry on Monday, Martin was asked if she thinks that she would leave her office in the next few years to honour the legislation’s principle, however, she replied to have not made any such commitment at the time of her appointment. She wrote that “in 2008 the Prime Minister’s question was exactly, ‘Do you, in principle, support Senate Reform?’ My answer was ‘Yes.’”

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