Five things to love about Canada's Senate

The Senate gives language-group minorities - think anglophones in Quebec, for instance - representation when their population is too small to elect a member of Parliament, says Suzanne Bosse, executive director of the federation des communautes francophones et acadienne du Canada, which represents F...

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Published inPostmedia News
Main Author Dawson, Tyler
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 24.05.2013
Subjects
Bills
Congressional committees
Francophones
Parliamentary reform
Politics
Quebec Canada
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Summary:The Senate gives language-group minorities - think anglophones in Quebec, for instance - representation when their population is too small to elect a member of Parliament, says Suzanne Bosse, executive director of the federation des communautes francophones et acadienne du Canada, which represents French-speakers outside of Quebec. Doreen Barrie, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, suggests abolishing the Senate would give a prime minister with a majority government unchecked legislative power. [...]it's best if the Senate exists - and if senators exercise their power.\n