Abolish the Senate

[Curious Cdn]

I'm afraid that it is pretty much impossible to rid ourselves of these parasites.

I suggest the "French" solution with a full blown revolution and a guillotine set up on the Sparks Street Mall.

 

[JLM]

I'm afraid that it is pretty much impossible to rid ourselves of these parasites.

I suggest the "French" solution with a full blown revolution and a guillotine set up on the Sparks Street Mall.

Nothing much will happen until the "Marie Antoinette attitude" is gone. I watched one senator, David Tkachuk, I believe discussing his entitlements like he wasn't sure what he was entitled to. Christ Almighty does it not cross his mind that the typical Canadian taxpayer is struggling and common sense should tell him only dire necessities to travel should be claims. You don't charge f**king trips to the taxpayer to bury your mother in law or your mother for that matter. 8O

 

[MHz]

I'm afraid that it is pretty much impossible to rid ourselves of these parasites.

I suggest the "French" solution with a full blown revolution and a guillotine set up on the Sparks Street Mall.

Give them an apprentice that has just graduated university, containment is kinder than extermination and hopefully the younger generation can emerge with their morals still intact.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Nothing much will happen until the "Marie Antoinette attitude" is gone. I watched one senator, David Tkachuk, I believe discussing his entitlements like he wasn't sure what he was entitled to. Christ Almighty does it not cross his mind that the typical Canadian taxpayer is struggling and common sense should tell him only dire necessities to travel should be claims. You don't charge f**king trips to the taxpayer to bury your mother in law or your mother for that matter. 8O

Nothing much will happen at all because of the requirement of a constitutional ammendment. The sun will go nova and the world will come to an end long before all the provinces agree on anything.

 

[Sal]

well then if the senate is going to sit, they have to come up with an expense plan that is black and white and if there is any question at all that has to mean no

• it also has to be publically accessible and any hidden funds revealed and they are fired
• if you don't turn up you are fired
• no life time pensions for a few days of work folks, you are serving your country like a good Canadian...sort of like doing jury duty

add to the list as you will

 

[Curious Cdn]

well then if the senate is going to sit, they have to come up with an expense plan that is black and white and if there is any question at all that has to mean no

• it also has to be publically accessible and any hidden funds revealed and they are fired
• if you don't turn up you are fired
• no life time pensions for a few days of work folks, you are serving your country like a good Canadian...sort of like doing jury duty

add to the list as you will

It's totally partisan in its current form. There are only Liberal and Conservative Senators and they in no way represent a cross section of anything more than an expensive golf and country club.

 

[Sal]

It's totally partisan in its current form. There are only Liberal and Conservative Senators and they in no way represent a cross section of anything more than an expensive golf and country club.

I agree, I see no benefit to us, only to them and it's our money

 

[JLM]

I agree, I see no benefit to us, only to them and it's our money

It's the old story of the Tail wagging the f**king dog!

 

[mentalfloss]

Mulcair vows to abolish the Senate despite complaints from Quebec

 

[JLM]

Mulcair vows to abolish the Senate despite complaints from Quebec

I think there's just one little problem! Can anyone except the Prime Minister abolish the senate?

 

[mentalfloss]

I think there's just one little problem! Can anyone except the Prime Minister abolish the senate?

 

[Curious Cdn]

I think there's just one little problem! Can anyone except the Prime Minister abolish the senate?

The Prime Minister cannot abolish the Senate. All that he can do is appoint more Senators. It will take a full constitutional amendment to abolish the Senate, which means that all of the provinces have to ratify it in their assemblies, first (rots o ruck).
The P.M. is not Vladimir Putin and cannot (yet) ammend the constitution, no matter what Oliver Cromwell fantasies he may harbour.

 

[mentalfloss]

The initiative starts with the PM.

 

[Curious Cdn]

The initiative starts with the PM.

He as all for the Triple-A thing back in the days when his Western Reform party posse was going to ride into Bytown and clean up all them immoral Easterners of their wayward ways.

I wonder what went wrong?

I blame money and the ethnic vote.

 

[taxslave]

Mulcair vows to abolish the Senate despite complaints from Quebec

I guess you haven't been following the conversation. Readers Digest version: HE CAN'T.
Actually there are two reasons.
1) It is not within the PMs power to do so
2) Mulcair will never be PM.

 

[mentalfloss]

I guess you haven't been following the conversation. Readers Digest version: HE CAN'T.
Actually there are two reasons.
1) It is not within the PMs power to do so
2) Mulcair will never be PM.

That's not quite true.

It requires either the agreement of the provinces or amendments to the constitution. Neither option is easy, but certainly not impossible. Both options won't really come to fruition unless a federal leader (what one would call a prime minister these days) begins that process by seeking a mandate from Canadians.

It's clear that Mulcair is seeking that mandate by making this into an election promise.

This has all been made abundantly clear if you read the news.

 

[JLM]

I guess you haven't been following the conversation. Readers Digest version: HE CAN'T.
Actually there are two reasons.
1) It is not within the PMs power to do so
2) Mulcair will never be PM.

Good points- some folks have a hard time savvying!

 

[JamesBondo]

That's not quite true.

It requires either the agreement of the provinces or amendments to the constitution. Neither option is easy, but certainly not impossible. Both options won't really come to fruition unless a federal leader (what one would call a prime minister these days) begins that process by seeking a mandate from Canadians.

It's clear that Mulcair is seeking that mandate by making this into an election promise.

This has all been made abundantly clear if you read the news.

so mulcair is promising to rip our constitution a new arsehole. how is that something that we as responsible citizens should vote for?

 

[taxslave]

That's not quite true.

It requires either the agreement of the provinces or amendments to the constitution. Neither option is easy, but certainly not impossible. Both options won't really come to fruition unless a federal leader (what one would call a prime minister these days) begins that process by seeking a mandate from Canadians.

It's clear that Mulcair is seeking that mandate by making this into an election promise.

This has all been made abundantly clear if you read the news.

I read the news regular. What you generally read is not news but slanted journalism AKA political BS.

 

[mentalfloss]

so mulcair is promising to rip our constitution a new arsehole. how is that something that we as responsible citizens should vote for?

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