I agree with Sir John A. MacDonald who said "the Senate was to be a place of "sober second thought" so that legislation would receive proper, careful consideration before finally becoming law."
I think there needs to be amending to the Senate - manditory attendance, term limits, perhaps allowing some regional decisionmaking as to who to nominate.
But I would rather see the Senate abolished before it was elected. We already elect our government; the last thing I want is to elect another level of federal government. If we want to elect more people, make the constituencies smaller.
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