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Senate reform needed now

Dear editor:

To the Leaders of all four parties in the House of Commons, and all the members of their political parties; We need Senate Reform and it needs to be changed soon. Our Senate is a major waste of tax dollars.

The Senate also seems to be where, whichever party is in power at the time, place their friends or a politician from their party that didn't get elected in their riding, into a cushy job posting.

This shouldn't happen.

We do need oversight to the bills being passed in the House of Commons and that's what the Senate is suppose to be for. However, this is not being done if this oversight comes via Senators who were put there by the ruling party so they would have a majority in the Senate!

The Senate needs to be wiped out & the new Senators should be elected into the upper chamber by every province and territory. This would help to insure that the current ruling Prime Minister and his party are acting in the best interest of all Canadians and not just in the best interest of their party and their friends.

The number of Senators must also be reduced drastically.

Canada does not need 105 Senate seats. Three or four for each province and territory is more than enough.

This will help make sure that a Senator does represent that province or territory and they do actually Live in that area. Once again, an elected Senate would help to ensure all Canadians that the country and people best interest are being our first. Not by the ruling party and their friends.

Timothy Stevens,

Shelburne

Post date: 2013-05-30 11:09:17
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