I’ve given Stevie a bit of a hard time on these Senate appointments. But this Liberal line of attack rings fairly hollow:

“He is unequalled in Canadian history as the only prime minister to have made 27 Senate appointments in a single year and he beat (Conservative prime minister) Robert Borden who made 26 (in 1917)”

Harper has done exactly the same thing as every single Prime Minister that preceded him: He has filled Senate positions when they opened up. Yeah, yeah, he dithered about it at first, leading to a big total in 2009, but “Patronage King” is a bit rich, given the number of appointments Liberals have made over the years.

That said, to the Conservatives snickering about how the Liberals were no better, Paul Martin did appoint 4 Tories and 1 Dipper to the Senate.