Sen Paula Simons @Paulatics on the Senate passing Bill C-5 today w/o amendments bc they were "painted into a corner": #cdnpoli
"If we had made amendments, it would either require all the MPs to come back from their summer vacation and make the PM very unhappy, or we would have to wait until September ... and the PM had made a commitment the bill would be passed by July 1."
Then what good is the Senate?
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Hubert Figuière
in reply to Alison Creekside • • •Senators have ONE job: be the sober second thought. You should have opposed it. I personally can't because the excuse of MP I have in my riding already called me extremist in the past when I disagreed with Bill the Senate let past.
Lot of people want to abolish the Senate. You just gave us the reason. And I'm am now agreeing with them.