Nicole Eaton

Nicole Marie Eaton (born January 21, 1945) is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. She is the daughter of Edmond Jacques Courtois^[1] and sister of Canada Post Chairman Marc Courtois. Recognizing her role as a fundraiser for the Conservative party, she was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on December 22, 2008, her term starting on January 2, 2009.^[2] A member of the Eaton family through her marriage to Thor Eaton, she was a trustee of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) from 1983 to 1989 and a director of the ROM Foundation from 1996 to 2002.^[3]

In 2011 Eaton called Canada's national symbol, the beaver, a "dentally defective rat", and suggested that the polar bear should replace it in Canadian iconography.^[4] She gained further notoriety in 2012 by leading the Conservative government's charge in the Senate against environmental charities, making unsubstantiated accusations that the charities are involved in "influence peddling" and "political manipulation".^[5]

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v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada AB Black McCoy Mitchell Tannas Tardif Unger BC Campbell Jaffer Greene Martin Neufeld one vacancy MB Buth Chaput Johnson Plett two vacancies NB Day Kinsella Lovelace Nicholas McIntyre Mockler Poirier Ringuette Robichaud Stewart-Olsen Wallace NL Baker Doyle Furey Marshall Manning Wells NS Cordy Cowan Greene MacDonald McInnis Mercer Moore Ogilvie two vacancies ON Ataullahjan Beyak Charette-Poulin Cools Eaton Enverga Eggleton Frum Gerstein Kenny LeBreton Meredith Munson Ngo Oh Runciman Ruth Seth D. Smith White four vacancies PE Callbeck Downe Duffy Hubley QC Bellemare Boisvenu Brazeau Carignan Champagne Dallaire Dagenais Dawson Demers Fortin-Duplessis Fraser Hervieux-Payette Housakos Joyal Maltais Massicotte Nolin Rivard Rivest Seidman L. Smith Verner Watt one vacancy SK Andreychuk Batters Dyck Merchant Tkachuk Wallin Territories NT Sibbeston NU Patterson YT Lang Conservative (C) Independent (Ind.) or Not affiliated (N/A) Liberal (L) Progressive Conservative (PC)

v t e Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Chair Art Eggleton Vice Chair Kelvin Ogilvie Members David Braley Catherine Callbeck Andrée Champagne Jane Cordy Lillian Dyck Nicole Eaton Yonah Martin Pana Merchant Bob Runciman Judith Seidman

v t e Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Chair Percy Mockler Vice Chair Fernand Robichaud Members Michael Duffy Nicole Eaton Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Frank Mahovlich Terry M. Mercer Kelvin Ogilvie Don Plett Michel Rivard Hugh Segal