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OTTAWA — In a forest full of bickering beavers and bears, a band of wise owls brings order to chaos, spotting, from its lofty perches, perfect ways to unite the animal kingdom.

This fairy-tale scenario is how the Senate is branding itself to kids in a new picture book obtained by the National Post, which describes itself on the back cover as an “endearing, whimsical fable” that’s “sure to appeal to children of all ages.”

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The Senate is often in crosshairs.

Though ghosts of expense scandals past are starting to fade and “modernization” is underway amid an influx of independent senators, individual appointees are still prompting bad publicity to rain down on their chamber.

The Foxes chose the slyest Fox

Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak recently dominated headlines with her views on residential schools, prompting a colleague to offhandedly refer to media as “parasites” while being filmed by a television crew.

And an ethics committee is expected to make recommendations Tuesday on what to do about Sen. Don Meredith, who was recently found to have engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a teenage girl.