Selecting Senators so as to protect democracy, or not
The most important questions are what effect will the adoption of Bill C-20 have on our system of Parliamentary government and is that effect desirable.
True or false? We have an unelected Senate because the Fathers of Confederation were wary of democracy and wanted an appointed Upper House capable of blocking the excesses of the popular lower house. False. That's one of the reasons that the American colonists wanted a strong Senate, whose member...
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