Today leader of the NDP, Jack Layton spoke out against the Canadian senate saying that he believed it should be abolished. This accusation of a high standing branch of Canadian Parliament calls the real effectiveness of having a senate intact. The American Senate helps to create a harmonious balance of powers which keeps the American government in check. Canada's senate has never been much more than a waist of tax payers money and there is a big push in Ottawa to have it abolished.
The larger issue in question is if Canada should be looking to strengthen its own balance of powers like the American Senate does. After all the only security to keep a government in check is having a minority government, and then only half of Canadian issue's are addressed. Ultimately I theorize that the Canadian senate will not last long, but the issue of balance of powers goes untouched in this country, which should be looked at more democratically.
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Thank you for that informative evaluation. I happen to strongly disagree with you however. Canadian culture is too precious to simply change what we do because the Americans IN THEORY have an okay system. The Canadian senate works just fine and Americans like you have no right to try and change the system
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