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April 28, 2014 - Senate Change (2)

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Channel: Pierre Poilievre · 2014 · News & Politics

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Ms. Judy Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's, Lib.):  
    Mr. Speaker, following the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to rebuke the Conservative's unconstitutional plan to unilaterally reform the Senate, the current government appears to have given up on reforming the Senate entirely.
    As Conservative Senator Segal said, "...there are still changes that could be made that do not...require a constitutional amendment". For example, he said, "There could be a new approach to how you appoint on a consultative basis".

    Will the government embrace this non-partisan, consultative approach when filling the current vacancies, or will it be business as usual?
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Minister of State (Democratic Reform), CPC):  
    Mr. Speaker, the first part of the Liberal proposal is to change Liberal senators into Senate Liberals. The second proposal that the leader has come up with is to put in place a group of non-elected elites to choose who should represent Canadians in the Senate. That would mean that not only would the Senate be one step removed from democracy, it would be two steps removed from democracy. That is the Triple-E Senate: for the elites, by the elites, of the elites.

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