It’s Harper’s new obedient Senate
History was made on Nov. 16. Until the vote on Bill C-311 there had been an understanding spanning generations that there exist self-imposed limitations on a powerful appointed Chamber in our Parliamentary democracy. That's been erased.
The traditional working relationship between the Senate and the House of Commons was transformed beyond all recognition with this week's defeat of Bill C-311 in the Senate. Prime Minister Stephen Harper refuses to recognize the limitations inherent in our Parliamentary system of government, parti...
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