Lucky Canada to have this wonderful Senate

The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that the Canadian Senate is about as protected as any political body in the country. Aren’t we lucky. The Conservative government had asked the court to permit abolition of the Senate on the authority of the House of Commons. But the court came down Friday (April 25, 2014) with a unanimous finding the Senate can’t be reformed without the consent of at least seven provinces containing 50% of the country’s population. More than that, the Senate cannot be abolished without the consent of all ten provinces. What’s left for the government to remove this expensive, useless home for political hacks? A referendum might be a good idea. The political impact would be helpful to learn how people feel.  Lori Turnbull has a serious point of view   No other federation is quite so hamstrung