Conservative Senator suggests a new Senate, ‘a true House of Provinces’
Alberta Tory Senator Bert Brown calls it the 'Elton Override,' so Senate wouldn't overpower House, but Liberals say it would create impasse.
In order to maintain an elected Senate as a Chamber of Sober Second Thought rather than one that's more powerful than the elected House of Commons, there needs to be an an override amendment written into Bill C-20, the Senate Selection Bill, to ensure that if Senators absolutely wan...
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