Senate Appointments

[jdobbin]

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed new senators, including CTV broadcaster Mike Duffy, former broadcaster Pamela Wallin and skier Nancy Greene Raine, to fill 18 vacancies in the Red Chamber.

Guess we know what party Mike Duffy has belonged to all this time.

Edited December 22, 2008 by jdobbin

[madmax]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

Guess we know what party Mike Duffy has belonged to all this time.

Wow, such credentials for the Senate

[jdobbin]

Wow, such credentials for the Senate

Can't recall Duffy being advocate for Senate reform.

[Shakeyhands]

Guess we know what party Mike Duffy has belonged to all this time.

Was there really any question?

[stignasty]

"Harper's list of new senators reads as a who's who of Conservative party operatives, with some surprises."

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[ToadBrother]

Can't recall Duffy being advocate for Senate reform.

Well, at least we'll have someone there who knows something about Parliamentary procedure, though I still find the choice more than a little odd.

[jdobbin]

Well, at least we'll have someone there who knows something about Parliamentary procedure, though I still find the choice more than a little odd.

Let's see just how big a Tory cheerleader he is.

[Moonbox]

Let's be serious here. The Senate is a joke.

It was a joke under the Liberals and it's a joke today.

[whowhere]

Let's be serious here. The Senate is a joke.

It was a joke under the Liberals and it's a joke today.

Not only is it a joke, it is a sick joke on the taxpayers of Canada. Being appointed to senate equals winning the Lottery.

Communist Canada Lives on

[ToadBrother]

Let's see just how big a Tory cheerleader he is.

I dunno. Maybe he is. As a news talking head, he's had to remain somewhat impartial, but maybe he's been giving Conservatives the secret handshake. I just find it strange how Ottawa seems to have become addicted to giving journalists the plumest patronage positions.

[Smallc]

Let's be serious here. The Senate is a joke.

It was a joke under the Liberals and it's a joke today.

It still serves an important purpose. We can't operate properly on a federal level without a senate.

[ToadBrother]

It still serves an important purpose. We can't operate properly on a federal level without a senate.

I don't see any reason why we couldn't have a unicameral federal legislature. The provinces function fine, and in Great Britain, the House of Lords has been so thoroughly castrated that, other than the Law Lords, there doesn't seem to be much purpose.

That being said, I think a Senate modeled on the US idea, with separate constitutional powers, but with say, eight members per province regardless of size, with the House of Commons fixed solely on rep-by-pop, dispensing with the age-old constitutional jigging to keep the smaller provinces at a decent level of representation would be very good. As it is, the provincial representation in the Senate is at least partially a fiction.

Edited December 22, 2008 by ToadBrother

[Ole Dawg]

I wanted one of those appointments. I could live on 100 or so thousand a year, plus a bunch of flights back and forth. I could hire all my old friends and relatives as my staff. So what if they don't know a thing about politics, just like the ones that are in now.

[madmax]

Let's be serious here. The Senate is a joke.

It was a joke under the Liberals and it's a joke today.

Worthy of repeating.

[madmax]

I wanted one of those appointments. I could live on 100 or so thousand a year, plus a bunch of flights back and forth. I could hire all my old friends and relatives as my staff. So what if they don't know a thing about politics, just like the ones that are in now.

You are deserving of one of those appointments. And had you got it, I wished you had alot of family and friends.

[Topaz]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

Guess we know what party Mike Duffy has belonged to all this time.

I think we all knew but this just backs up that we were right. I like Duffy but his comments on his show were bias. I wonder who take over his show now?

[Barts]

RIP-Triple E Senate.

[g_bambino]

RIP-Triple E Senate.

Good.

[g_bambino]

I don't see any reason why we couldn't have a unicameral federal legislature. The provinces function fine...

Did you consult the provinces on that matter?

[ToadBrother]

I think we all knew but this just backs up that we were right. I like Duffy but his comments on his show were bias. I wonder who take over his show now?

Preston Manning?

[wulf42]

Good for Duffy....he deserves it!

[Mr.Canada]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

Guess we know what party Mike Duffy has belonged to all this time.

I doubt Duffy will accept. He's making at least $300,000 a year now as it is. The Senate would be lucky to have him, he's a fair guy.

There are a lot of dogs currently sitting on the Senate now. Both Liberal and Tory.

[Topaz]

I doubt Duffy will accept. He's making at least $300,000 a year now as it is. The Senate would be lucky to have him, he's a fair guy.

There are a lot of dogs currently sitting on the Senate now. Both Liberal and Tory.

No, if Duff's smart he'll take it IF he can work until he's 65 and get his pension from CTV, then he stays a senator and gets another pension at 75. It called double-dipping. The senators make 130,000 plus benefits.

[jdobbin]

Let's be serious here. The Senate is a joke.

It was a joke under the Liberals and it's a joke today.

You must be furious then. Will it change your vote to a party that wants to end the Senate?

Edited December 22, 2008 by jdobbin

[jdobbin]

I doubt Duffy will accept.

He's accepted.