Lawyer Manuelle Oudar appointed to Senate, filling Quebec vacancy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesdaythat lawyer Manuelle Oudar has been appointed to the Senate, filling a vacancy for Quebec.

A media release on the appointment says Oudaris a "respected leader whose career in Quebec's public service spans more than three decades."

The release also says Oudaris president and CEO of the Quebec government's Commission des normes, de l'quit, de la sant et de la scurit du travail (CNESST), the body that administers the province's occupational health and safety legislation.

Oudar will join the Senate as an Independent. The release says that "there have been 81 independent appointments to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau."

In 2016, the federal government appointed an independent advisory board of distinguished Canadians to help the prime minister make his Senate picks.