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Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| A U.S.-style senate in Canada would likely forge a permanent and undemocratic edge for social conservative and neoliberal parties based on support from underpopulated rural regions. |
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News
rabble staff
| As the Senate continues to review the bill to end the strike by Canada Post workers, two senators issue public letter expressing concern over legality of the legislation. |
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Blog
Robin Tress
| This week the Canadian Senate committee on transportation and communication released a report on fossil fuel transportation and it was unsatisfying on many levels. |
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Blog
Scott Vrooman
| In order to qualify for the upcoming open application for the Senate that Trudeau's government has promised, Scott is honoured to announce he's officially a member of the landed gentry |
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Columnists
Ralph Surette
| Have we given up on Senate reform? The debate seems to have drifted down into a muddle about how to fill 22 vacant seats. |
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Keith Reynolds
| Plans for new Senate appointments claim to be based on "merit" chosen by "a non-partisan panel of distinguished Canadians." How likely is that to happen? |
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Blog
Lewis Rifkind
| Yukon senator says he will make a decision on stepping down that is "in the best interests of the Yukon." |
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Blog
J. Baglow
| The unelected Senate deliberately allowed a transgender rights bill to die on the order paper. A momentary triumph of bigotry over human decency. |
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Stephen Kimber
| There is no evidence our upper chamber of pastured partisans provides a more effective voice for provincial interests than elected MPs, or provincial governments. |
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Blog
Karl Nerenberg
| The Senate passed anti-terror Bill C-51 on Tuesday evening. The upper house thus failed to grab the opportunity to act as a chamber of 'sober second thought.' |
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Columnists
Rick Salutin
| This must be Mike Duffy's finest hour. He finally is what he always falsely claimed to be: a little guy standing up to the gasbags of power. |
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Blog
Scott Vrooman
| Stephen Harper said Canadians aren't interested in more Senate appointments right now, and that the Senate is functioning fine as is. And what is that function again? |
