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Originally Posted by octothorp
I give the NDP some credit for raising the issue (although I'm more in favour of overhauling the senate rather than abolishing it); but realistically, not only does the motion for a referendum to abolish the senate need to get approved by the house of commons, it also needs approval of the senate. And then it if passes the referendum, it still needs approval from all of the provinces including the maritimes and quebec, who are rather fond of their senate seats.
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Ya it will never happen. It would take a constitutional amendment and that roas is never a nice one to take, never mind reforenmoms. The only possibliity of senate reform is through conventional reforms. If Governemnts start to appoint Senators that provinces vote for, over time federal governments will have a hard time putting in there people in the future. What we have to do is take away the political will to appoint senators.