Former Top Civil Servant, Medical Association President Appointed as Senators

Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart waits to appear before the House of Commons Ethics committee in Ottawa, on Aug. 11, 2020 in this file photo. Mr. Shugart has since been appointed to the Senate. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Ian Shugart, a longtime bureaucrat and the country’s top civil servant during the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been tapped for a seat in the Senate.

Dr. Gigi Osler, a Winnipeg surgeon, University of Manitoba professor and president of the Federation of Medical Women in Canada, is also set to become a senator.