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Old Jul 5th, 2004, 04:58 PM       
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Just out of curiosity, is the House of Lords in Britain the same way, ie ineffective? Our Parliament is supposed to be based on the British model, so if the upper house in London isn't having any problems (that I'm aware of, correct me I'm wrong), why does ours?
The difference is that the house of lords actually show up for work, and actually vote for or against bills instead of rubber stamping them.

If the Canadian senate actually did its job we wouldnt have so many people who just bitch:

"The senate doesnt do anything, its a waste of money, Abolish it!"

If the Senate would actually do its fucking job prime ministers would be a lot more carefull about who they appoint, and it wouldnt be just a country club for his best friends. The public could then properly judge whether it is worth having one or not.

And theres nothing in the law preventing them from suddenly all showing up and blocking bills all they want. People would bitch, but it is what they are supposed to be doing.

And if it turned out they are just a major pain in the ass we could go ahead and abolish them. If they where semi usefull we could then consider reforming the senate.

The first step is getting them to do their job. Untill then nobody can really judge their usefullness.

In fact my first reform is to leave it as is but put a 10 year term limit. 99% of the problems solved.
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Old Jul 6th, 2004, 12:59 PM       
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I miss The Conservative Reform Alliance Party
- Missed? Reform/Alliance/New&ImprovedWithBleachingActionConservative.ca.
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