PM names broadcaster Charles Adler, health-care executive Tracy Muggli as new senators

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named two new senators on Saturday, with broadcaster Charles Adler and health-care executive Tracy Muggli joining the ranks of members of Canada's upper legislative chamber.

«The Senate of Canada will be stronger with its newest independent senators. Mr. Adler and Ms. Muggli will put their vast experience and knowledge to work for all Canadians in their new roles,» Trudeau said in a news release.

Adler, a refugee from Hungary, has been a broadcaster and writer for decades. An Emmy award winner, he has been a prominent political commentator throughout his career as a journalist. He will represent Manitoba in the Senate.

Muggli is a health-care executive in Saskatoon and has worked with and served on the boards of numerous organizations in the health and social services sector.

In 2016, Trudeau instituted a new appointments process that relies on an independent advisory board.

Formally, the Governor General appoints senators but acts under the advice of the prime minister.

Trudeau has now appointed 84 senators under the new process. The vast majority of senators sit in one of several independent groupings in the chamber. A number of senators form a Conservative caucus in the Senate.