Why Canada needs today’s independent Senate

The Senate must not be a pale imitation of the House. Freeing it from political-party affiliations helps mitigate that risk.

Today’s Red Chamber is an essential guardrail against the takeover of our democracy by any one political party or ideological group, writes Sen. Stan Kutcher.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

May 13, 2025

The conversations about the post-2016 independent Senate of Canada are ongoing, and at times vigorous. Yet, what the phrase “independent Senate” means has not been well described. It is thus time to help frame this discussion by directly addressing what independence in t...

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