By Canadian Taxpayers, Taxpayer.com, August 15, 2016
At the very least, it can’t hurt, right?
That’s a tempting conclusion to draw when considering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest “reforms” of Canada’s Senate. Gone is the longstanding tradition of the Prime Minister using a Senate seat as a reward for party activists, fundraisers, defeated candidates and other sinecure-seekers. Instead, we now have a new “independent” appointment process, with prospective candidates able to submit applications, which are then vetted by a special appointments committee (the members of which are – of course – chosen by the Prime Minister).
