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The Conservative leader in the Senate, Marjory LeBreton, has hinted that in case the problems of the upper chamber are not resolved, than the institution might have to come to an end. LeBroten made the remarks while conversing with reporters over the weekend as she advertised a package of proposed changes to Senate expense rules. She sternly stated that “we have got to fix this, once and for all,” asserting that “otherwise … the Senate as an institution cannot survive.”
LeBreton shared her plans of bringing up the newly proposed rules for a vote on Tuesday, and urged the opposition to pass the “crucial” changes before the summer. Admitting that most Canadians do not take the Senate as a serious institute because it’s unelected and unaccountable, LeBreton stated that “the problem with the Senate at the moment is it lacks legitimacy.” She elucidated “because it’s not seen as a legitimate institution, the public … obviously react in a very negative way, as you would expect them to do.”
These remarks were made by LeBreton only a day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper is planned to give some answers in the House of Commons for the first time since the Senate spending scandal erupted, also resulting in the dismissal of Harper’s chief of staff. Discussing the grilling tone the NDP leader, Tom Mulcair, is expected to adopt in the assembly, NDP MP Craig Scott alleged that “we’re going to see a duel between somebody who knows how to persist and try to get answers, and somebody who has mastered the art of saying nothing when he responds.”
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