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Forsey says ‘outrageous’ Senate is tool of PMO, it’s the real scandal

Helen Forsey, author of A People’s Senate, is passionate about Senate reform. She’s got plenty to say about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s track record on the Upper Chamber.

Today’s embattled Senate has lost its independence and has been largely taken over by a “warped political culture of competition and domination,” says activist writer Helen Forsey, daughter of the late and leading constitutional expert Senator Eu...

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