Senate reform

Senator Hugh Segal is proposing a Senate reform referendum.

In response to Stephen Harper’s proposed Senate reforms , the Quebec government says it will see the Prime Minister in court...

Senator Bert Brown explains why we need a Senate quite unlike the one we have now.

Jeff Jedras counts 11 defeated Conservative candidates in the Senate.

Noted democracy advocate Brad Wall laments for Stephen Harper’s latest Senate appointments. Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is...

Three possible explanations for Stephen Harper’s feckless approach to the Senate.

John Geddes on why the ’patronage chamber’ is an affront to democracy

A Conservative senator defends the Senate’s decision to allow senators to continue sending partisan attacks through the mail, just...

Jack Layton pitches Senate reforms.

Liberal senator Grant Mitchell contemplates the potential possibilities and pitfalls of senate reform.