Harper's disregard for democracy and our institutions knows no bounds. Basically because he doesn't want to go through constitutional reforms and can't do what he wants with the Senate, he has decided to do nothing.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2130231/is...onstitutional/
Of course maybe he's protecting us from his poor appointment selections in the first place. He has a terrible track record of appointees so maybe the plan here is not to make any, thereby saving the embarrassing press conferences that might follow?