Liberal Senate an embarrassment

Upper Chamber sat just 67 days last year, five Senators failed to show up for half sittings

It is the elephant in the room. Paul Martin wants to deal with the so-called "democratic deficit," yet he doesn't want to touch Canada's unelected Senate.

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