Enough is enough, new Senate better get its act together

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Senate Speaker George Furey, pictured in this file photo. Insularity, complacency and tardiness are the Senate’s worst enemies and the Senate has to change, writes former Senate ethics officer Jean Fournier. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY JEAN T. FOURNIER

November 13, 2017

OTTAWA—Eighteen months ago, I wrote a lengthy article in these pages titled “Talk is cheap, time to fix Senate rules.” This was a few months after the appointment of the first seven Senators under the new selection process. I identified a number of issues that t...

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