The Senate of Canada is up on its hind legs. Will it bite?
Independent senators now make up the majority in a newly relevant upper chamber—and, yes, they have the power to kill bills
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David Moscrop
David Moscrop is a political scientist and a writer. He’s currently working on a book about why we make bad political decisions and how we can make better ones. He’s at @david_moscrop on Twitter. He lives in Vancouver.
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