Blog
Ottawa’s loss is Massey College’s gain
Geoffrey Stevens | Hugh Segal's departure leaves the Senate poorer but must be a relief to beleaguered Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Columnists
Second thoughts on the Senate
Duncan Cameron | Is there a way to constitute an invigorated Senate that would have public legitimacy without undermining electoral democracy?
Podcast
This Week on Media Mornings: Jul 9—Egypt uprising—Tar Sands Healing Walk—Sovereignty Summers—Union transparency
This Week on Media Mornings | This Week on Media Mornings is a weekly independent Canadian and global news hour, featuring the top headlines and commentators from the past week. We bring you news you won’t hear anywhere else.
Blog
What I would change about politics in Canada
Elizabeth May | Elizabeth May shares her prescription for what ails Canadian politics on the nation's 146th birthday.
News
NDP launches new campaign to abolish the Senate
rabble staff | NDP leader Tom Mulcair said today that an NDP government would work to abolish the Senate.
Blog
For Senate appointments Harper had many options; he chose patronage and partisanship
Karl Nerenberg | Harper's Reformers swept into Ottawa twenty years ago as the squeaky clean guys who would put an end to old-style patronage.
Blog
Alberta Senate nominee candidate Ian Urquhart
Ian Urquhart and Len Bracko: A Senate voting strategy for progressive Albertans
David J. Climenhaga | Progressive Alberta voters deserve the opportunity to express their protest against the Senate vote more effectively than by spoiling than their "Senate nominee" ballots or formally declining them.
News
The case for a referendum on the Senate question
Ted Sprague | With the Senate reform bill on the table, the familiar debate on its relevance is sweeping this nation once again. A referendum could start debate on the options: the status quo, reform, or abolition.