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Originally Posted by Bownesian
I don't really get why you think it's more "democratic" to appoint someone who didn't lose an election (would it be better if they just lost their party nomination?). An appointment is an appointment and is inherently undemocratic and anachronistic. Like it or not, the Senate is a partisan institution and a required part of our Federal Government.
Until we take the next step of fixing the senate one way or another, this is the system we are stuck with - Conservative-appointed Senators (including failed candidates, party apparatchiks, etc.) opposed by Liberal-appointed Senators (including the same kind of partisan Liberal ex-candidates, party presidents, etc.).
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Ya, and fair enough there are problems with the senate. Part of Harpers appeal to his supporters though is that he was going to fix that.
So now we see the grandest disconnect. He wants elected senators, and then appoints people who just lost elections!