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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
You mean like leaving half of Alberta's senate seats vacant for years so as to deny the province even what little representation it does have in the upper house?
Guess which party Martin stacked those empty seats with when he finally did get around to filling them, right before his government ended? Go on, guess. Care to tell me what the likelihood is that Albera's majority of Liberal Senators share opinions that reflect the province/PC's position on matters?
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I think you've missed my point. I'm not arguing againts the elected senate (here) I'm just pointing out why the provinces aren't flocking to do this. Brad Wall and Christy Clark have both come out and basically said its not a big deal and I would suggest that this is part of their rationale.
Sure Martin stacked the senate when he was in power (what....8 years ago? How long do we have to hear about that? I didn't bring up Mulroney or Diefenbaker!). Martin didn't campaign and fight for an elected senate either, so he did what was expected, whether we agree or not. Why doesn't Harper throw some money in tne.pot for provinces to elect senators? Surely people might have new preferences today than we did eight years ago when Unger was elected. I know that your provincial tastes have changed over that time!