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Old 01-08-2010, 06:22 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by Rerun View Post
Sure its relevant. Duly elected Senatorial appointments from Alberta, since 1998 have agreed to a term no longer than 6 years. After that, they have to resign their seat and either run for election again or retire. That is the pact that they have made with the people of Alberta and the government of Alberta. The PM may refuse to have the GG appoint them to a Senate seat but he can't tell them, if they are appointed, how long they must sit in that seat.
The Senator nominee term is 6 years, once they get appointed they ceased to be nominees and therefore out of the power of the Provincial government. There's no pact between the Senator Nominees and the People Alberta, it's just a promise and there's no recourse if they break it.
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