Supreme Court sets framework for Senate reform

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Originally Posted by Parallex

I know right... leaving this forum aside it's really strange to see a whole bunch of conservatives (usually ardent defenders of provincial interests) bemoaning the fact that the SCC just confirmed that Ottawa can't do an end run around the provinces.

Bizarro world.

It's not really. Philosophies based on individualism usually end up eventually cycling around on their own self-serving hypocrisies.

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"... which is presumably perfectly consistent with the chorus of "Fata off, Ottawa, and leave Alberta alone" chorus that usually rings out from the conservative corners of this forum. "

Canada has a federal system that works well. You can say the same about Liberals in BC, Ontario, and Quebec. Aside from the problem of living next to Russia, perhaps the Ukraine would not be in such a mess if they federalized their system of government.