Paul Duchesne and Maryam Monsef

men women: Appointing 22 women immediately would make the chamber 50-per-cent female, according to Globe and Mail. The group says in the letter that future appointees could include both men and women in equal numbers. Currently there are 83 senators, 30 of which are women – representing 36 per cent of the Senate. Paul Duchesne, a spokesman for Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, told The Globe and Mail in an e-mail on Sunday that we share the desire of the signatories to achieve gender balance in the Senate. Duchesne explained. The Liberal government is in the process of establishing an Independent Advisory Board on Senate Appointments, which is to provide advice to the Prime Minister on Senate candidates, Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.