cyber

To eliminate the Senate would likely require a costly and lengthy constitutional amendment process. There is a cost savings option which would not require changes to the Constitution and is worthy of serious consideration by our elected federal and provincial leaders. The remuneration approach of the Senate of Canada could be changed to a much less expensive per-diem based approach (as used in the UK upper chamber) for each day of session attendance. Under this scheme, the Senators would rely on common office services and would not be provided with pensions or secondary residence support. The average annual salary, benefits and allowances for each member in the House of Lords is about $30,500. For each Canadian Senator it is more than ten times greater at about $397,000. It is difficult to justify why in Canada, the remuneration costs for a single member of an upper house of Parliament must be so much greater than in the UK. A short comparative analysis paper is provided at link below. http://db.tt/weMbQ9iq