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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
Not really irrelevant because the great Senate reformer Harper has the power. I can only assume that Bert will be up for re-election this year, as per the legislation of the Province of Alberta. I can only assume that an individual like Harper will be adhering to the democractic wishes of the province of Alberta. Afterall, he only prorogued the House and cancelled Parliamentary democracy for 3 months because he wanted greater Senatorial democracy.
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Now thats not really true. Historically, Parliament recesses for Christmas from mid December until the end of January..... so if Parliament returns at the beginning of March they are only missing about a month.
.... and also some current bills were really stalled (one could almost say dead in the water) in the Senate because of Liberal Senator delaying tactics (tacitly approved by Ignatieff who operates under the theory that if you can't beat the Conservatives and their legislation on the front lawn, we'll drag them/it down in the Liberal dominated un-elected backyard).