Senatorial Madness, Canadian Style

[dewline]

Taking a little time off from promoting comics to get just a tad political.

Take a look at what our Prime Minister's trying to push today.

Yeah, our Senate's been a patronage arrangement since almost-forever. So why do I get the feeling that putting an end to it is going to blow up in our nation's collective face, no matter how well-intended?

Opinions, anyone?

Comments

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Call them the New Conservatives. I do.

And we come back around to the original question...

[madlycool.livejournal.com]

I think it's more likely to provoke problems than fix any. Just what we need: the Bloc in the Senate.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

How many people are wondering right now if that probability isn't the whole point of doing this?

[madlycool.livejournal.com]

I always get the feeling that New Reformers (and neo-cons in general) imagine somehow the process is stacked against them, and if they 'reform' the Senate (or whatever institution), it will be dominated by themselves. As if, everyone elected Reform to the Commons, somehow people in Calgary wouldn't have to read French on cereal boxes.

I also get the feeling that right-wing Albertans imagine Alberta's wealth is the result of their holier-than-thou political beliefs and wise planning, and not an accident of geology.