Category: The Senate

It’s Time to Junk the Senate.

Re the Fraser Institute’s suggestion that we suspend enforcement of the Canada Health Act, is it not quite amazing that anyone still takes these Neanderthals seriously?  Yes, I can understand the troglodytes in their caves at the National Post giving them prominence, but anyone else??? *     *     *     *     * Amazing! 40% of Americans say [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in Climate Change, Corporations, Electoral Reform, Health Care, Poverty, Right-Wing Think Tanks, The Senate, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | 2 Comments »

Harper is Wrong on the Senate

  Should we say bravo to Stephen Harper for at last bringing in new legislation to properly expand the House of Commons so it better represents the principal of one/vote-one person? No way! Not if it includes Harper’s plan to expand the Senate with 8-year elected terms.  An elected Senate sounds excellent, but not if [...]

Saturday April 3rd, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Electoral Reform, The Senate | 2 Comments »