Background
She is the daughter of Edmond Jacques Courtois and sister of Canada Post Chairman Marc Courtois.
politician Member of the Senate of Canada
She is the daughter of Edmond Jacques Courtois 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. 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. 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".
On October 3, 2014, the day that Canada"s involvement in a military mission against ISIS was announced, she tweeted, "The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Prime Minister Trudeau refused to fight the Nazis in World World War II, Stayed home comfortably in Outremont.".