Time for a new, 2020 Senate

The Trudeau model was not an effective reform of the Senate. It was an answer to a non-problem. The burning issue on the Senate has always been one of representation, not one of expertise.

Members of the Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, pictured on May 9, 2019, meeting in the Senate of Canada Building. The Senate should contribute to help Parliament reflect the popular vote, by province or region. This is an easy reform the government should commit to. The parties in opposition should demand it, writes Patrice Dutil. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PATRICE DUTIL

January 13, 2020

TORONTO—Canada’s democracy has been shaken again. As a result of the past election, the party that won the most votes leads the opposition while the third party in the House vows to break up the country. The leader of the fourth party—84 per cent of Canadians voted against it—promises to bla...

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