Five of Canada’s nine new non-partisan senators are Atlantic Canadians.  Dan Christmas played a key role in taking Membertou, Cape Breton from near bankruptcy to one of our most successful First Nations.  Nova Scotia social worker and educator Wanda Thomas Bernard, New Brunswick women’s issues expert Nancy Hartling, Acadian-artist promoter Rene Cormier and PEI conservationist Diane Griffin are also being appointed.