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Originally Posted by FireFly
A number of reasons. You're right in that we've been run this way for 100 years, why change it?
Let me ask you this: Do you think there's room for improvement? Do you think the governing parties could be better? Do you see a huge negative effect from bi-cameral parliaments in other countries? What's so great about the way it's run now?
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Sure. Do I think that introducing a second house to the legislature is the automatic answer to these issues? No, obviously not. I don't see how my seeing other countries bicameral systems working means I should want Canada to have one. The unicameral one we have now is probably (imo) more efficient, and probably ultimately ends up making the same decisions that a bicameral one would.
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It's not like the Senate will interfere with everything. Most likely they'll leave most stuff alone. However, it's nice to have a few impartial eyes going over everything to ensure fairness for all Canadians.
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Well... obviously they wouldn't be impartial, they'd be elected. Elected politicians aren't impartial. Actually what the Senate does right now is leave most stuff alone. What it will do if we empower it with elected Senators given the right to block and introduce legislation is be an active player in the process, not a 'sober second thought'. The Senate in the US is not just a 'sober second thought' house, it is extremely active in changing/approving/denying legislation. We'd be adding another huge (imo) layer of government where I'm not sure one is required. Better to improve the way the current (effective) unicameral system works as far as I'm concernd.