Assistant Professor Goes on a Killing Spree

[lone wolf]

I saw a movie on the subject once, starring Elizabeth Montgomery (star of 'Bewitched').

Is Hollywood gospel?

 

[SirJosephPorter]

And while we are on the subject someone should take a hard look at these God damn senators who are also there for life, collecting an obscene stipend and most of the time are absolutely useless. A couple of years back there was one senator collector full salary while attending about 5% of the time and spending about 80% of his time in Mexico. One way to fix that would be to put an upper age limit of 60. Who's useful (myself included) after 60 anyway? :smile:

Senators are not there for life JLM, they have a retirement age of 75. And most of them retire a lot sooner than that. Harper has appointed close to 25 senators already, he has not been in power even for four years.

The canard of senators being there for life is conservative propaganda, who want to abolish the Senate or want a triple E senate (they are going to get neither).

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Appointed by the PM and they must retire at age 75. The newest crop have been asked to serve a maximum of eight years as the PM hopes to reform the Senate by then.

Dream on. Any meaningful Senate reform will need a constitutional amendment. Good luck with that.

And the current lot will serve eight years? Don't you believe it. If we have a Liberal government in eight years, you can be sure that the present lot will stick around until they are 75 years old.

 

[JLM]

Senators are not there for life JLM, they have a retirement age of 75. And most of them retire a lot sooner than that. Harper has appointed close to 25 senators already, he has not been in power even for four years.

The canard of senators being there for life is conservative propaganda, who want to abolish the Senate or want a triple E senate (they are going to get neither).

Well, that's life. What politician has a functioning brain after age 75? Or before age 75 for that matter? :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Colpy]

Dream on. Any meaningful Senate reform will need a constitutional amendment. Good luck with that.

And the current lot will serve eight years? Don't you believe it. If we have a Liberal government in eight years, you can be sure that the present lot will stick around until they are 75 years old.

As for requiring a constitutional amendment.....not so. The PM appoints, if it becomes the regular practise that the PM appoint only elected Senators, a PM would cease doing so only at great political risk.

As well, Senators used to sit for life, now they sit until age 75......I do not believe any amendment was required......although I could be wrong on that......

As for "the present lot" sticking around until age 75 if the Liberals are elected....well I guess you'd better vote Conservative then.