A Brief Comment by Doug Draper
“I really have no interest in it, other than it’s disruptive of what we’re trying to do economically, jobs growth and long-term perspective. I’m actually an advocate for the abolishment of the senate, I always have been, and I think just in this day and age to have a none elected legislative body is an anachronism.”
Harper government Finance Minister Jim Faherty says nix the Senate.
I never thought the day would come when I am in full agreement of the above statement, delivered to the news media in an inpromptu interview on Parliament Hill by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s finance minister, Jim Flaherty.
I’ve had serious problems with Flaherty going back to his days in the Ontario Mike Harris government as one cabinet minister who seemed to give almost zero thought to taking a meat axe to almost any social program that offered some relief to people at the lower end of the job and income spectrum. But here I believe he is bang on.As I have said in previous posts on Niagara At Large, even Conservative Party partisans should be pressing Harper to close the barn door on this un-elected farm of individuals who have been awarded with the prize of plum income and benefits, simply because they were best brown nosers for the governing Liberal and Conservative parties that appointed them.
Once again, I urge you to contact your federal MP, especially if they are members of the current governing Conservative Party in Ottawa, and let them know that you don’t want a reformed Senate. You want the Senate abolished once and for all.
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First smart thing that came out of Flaherty’s mouth! But can we actually abolish the Senate without another round of constitutional talks and provinces all signing onto this?
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I am less informed than many others about constitutional matters, but I believe it takes more than a vote by the people to undo the Senate. Maybe a reader more adept than I on constitutional affairs can elaborate.
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The Senate does conduct some of the countries best research on social issues. Forget talking about the Senate and start talking about abolishing Parliament and developing ideas about an effective political mechanism to replace it – Pro-rep is an option. Parliament is ineffective in managing day-to-day business affairs and offers little in the way of forward-facing ideas or imagination. The Senate at least offers some sound policy direction.
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