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The appointment to the Senate of Canada for Arnot, also a former federal treaty commissioner for the province, was announced Thursday by the Prime Minister’s Office.
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“This is a great honour and I am truly humbled,” Arnot said in a statement.
“The Prime Minister was clear when he spoke to me that he expects me to make a significant contribution to the work of the Senate, and to help tackle the broad range of challenges and opportunities facing our country.”
Arnot has been in the role of chief commissioner since 2009, after starting his legal career in Saskatchewan in 1976.