Everyone Stephen Harper appoints to the Senate wants it to be elected.

[Smallc]

OTTAWA — One of Stephen Harper's appointees to the Senate has bitten the hand that picked him.

Richard Neufeld stunned colleagues in the chamber of sober second thought Wednesday by announcing he's had, well, second thoughts about the prime minister's cherished dream of creating an elected Senate.

Neufeld said he did support Senate elections when Harper chose him to sit in the upper chamber 18 months ago, although he admitted he'd not given the matter much thought.

But since seeing the Senate in action, he's changed his mind.

Story by The Canadian Press

Interesting.....

[myata]

No, we have already achieved absolute perfection in our political system, why would anyone think that anything would need to change or evolve - ever?

[Michael Hardner]

No, we have already achieved absolute perfection in our political system, why would anyone think that anything would need to change or evolve - ever?

And of course changing it means wholesale and pervasive changes, the impact of which no one can really assess.

[eyeball]

And of course changing it means wholesale and pervasive changes, the impact of which no one can really assess.

As opposed to making incremental changes that no can really notice?

Edited July 8, 2010 by eyeball

[myata]

And of course changing it means wholesale and pervasive changes, the impact of which no one can really assess.

No, let's have a vote and rename our Senate to "Elected Senate of Canada". Gotta be one real change!

Edited July 8, 2010 by myata

[William Ashley]

why not just make an elected shadow senate and see if it does anything.