Selecting Senators so as to protect democracy, or not: part II
The bill would have unfortunate consequences for our Parliamentary system in which the government is responsible to the popularly-elected House and not to Parliament as a whole.
OTTAWA—I don't like Bill C-20, the Senate Appointments Consultation Bill, which is now before a House of Commons Legislative Committee. I think that the bill is hopelessly flawed. It may not be constitutional, of course, but what most concerns me is that the bill would have unfortunate cons...
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