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hum... term limits, precisely what the CPC was / is trying to do. Does this guy ever have an idea of his own?????
You seem to have conveniently skipped over the bit about stacking the Senate with the Prime Minister's picks. The Conservatives are certainly not trying to put an end to that by participating in it themselves.
The only chance the Conservatives have at reforming the Senate is to have enough people in the Senate who support the change. Iggys idea still doesn't go far enough, the Senate should be either done away with or become elected by the Canadian people every 4 years.
The Senate can't reform the Senate
The Tories can't reform the Senate
and Harper can't reform the Senate, not on their lonesome or all together.
The Provinces and the Premiers and the Constitution come into play but you dedicated Harper fanboys are just never gonna understand that, are you?
Did he talk about, look into or try to act on important reforms like
imbalance? Can that be addressed without Constitutional reform? No, BC, Alta and Ontario are still shortchanged and Atlantic Canada over-represented. Did he appoint any Independents or non-aligned or Opposition Senators? No! He appointed more Tories from the same areas.
They aren't elected. Nor is there a Party statement that they should be.
They aren't representing a balance of provinces or geographic areas. Nor is there a satement they should.
They don't have any new powers. No mention that they should.
THERE IS NO REFORM, just more of the same old shit.