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Triple E Senate

How I Learned to Live With the Unelected Senate

Donald Lenihan | Posted 10.11.2011 | Canada
Read More: Triple-E-Senate, Charlottetown Accord, Senate Reform, Canada Senate, Senate Reform Bill, Senate Reform Canada, Meech Lake, Canada News
Donald Lenihan

The wind has gone out of the Triple-E movement's sails. The West no longer wants in because it is in. Quebec's long-standing lock on the political agenda has been broken and Ontario is too busy worrying about tumbling into have-not status to focus on anything else.

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Stephen Harper and the Perils of Senate Reform

Hassan Arif | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canadian Alliance, Senate Reform, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper, Triple-E Senate, Reform Party, New Democratic Party, NDP Senate Reform, Harper Senate Reform, Senate Term Limits, Canada Politics News
Hassan Arif

There is good reason why most prime ministers avoid Senate reform: it is contentious and divisive. A reformed Senate could provide a check on the Prime Minister's Office, though there is also the potential for gridlock with feuding houses, something seen in the United States system of divided government.

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