Senate Reform: Partisanship VS. Sober Second Thought In The Senate
By Senator Paul J. Massicotte
After a grueling year for all of us at the Senate, I come back to the Hill even more convinced that we, as Senators, must bring change to the institution to make us more relevant, credible and useful to Canadians. To do so, I believe we need to focus on making the Senate a much more effective Chamber of sober second thought.
Last April, the Supreme Court of Canada reminded us that the ''fundamental nature and role of the Senate is that of a complementary legislati…
