There is some good points to his recommendations and to your point what are we doing to eliminate these free loaders.

These useless Liberal Senators are scarred of the current ads running and that’s what it is all about. I agree, the senate should be eliminated, they just slow things down anyway.

All the more reason to eliminate the Senate.

I think it was third party spending that put George Bush in the White House. Would lobby groups be considered third party? One business elite bragged on T.V. that he personally spent fifty million dollars to fight John Kerry. Although I hold a current Conservative membership, I would not oppose the bill. As far as the Senate,I think the membership should reflect the Provinces and Territories. Representation should be egual regardless of population.
The system should be governed by a moral standard. The idea that money is all powerful will only lead to a money culture.The moral standard will only become a double standard.

Seems the Liberals are up to their eyeballs in Hypocracy again as usual. It is ok for them to do it to Harper under Cretin but when they are broke and out of power lets level the playing field.
Only in Canada you say

Gee, why am I not surprised when an unelected Liberal Party hack is gushing at the mouth?

WIth a minority government, and non-fixed election dates how does this Liberal Senator plan on knowing the three months before an election is called? Christal ball perhaps?

Concerning Liberal Senator Dawson, to use an old expression, ‘the inmates are in charge of the asylum’.

Good suggestion, close this clanking and rusty relic of political pals. This packed house of (mostly) Liberal appointees has nothing to do with good government and everything to do with patronage.

Good idea. A bill to eliminate the Senate. Maybe good government would follow, a Senate built on years of Liberal appointees results in this kind of frivolous silliness.

Your suggestion is RIGHT ON! Why not go further and do away with the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors. Talk about a waste in tax payer money, these three take the proverbial cake. (Of course the three just mentioned are not the only political based groups who are wasting tax payer money)

If it is deemed that a Senate is essential for Canada then have an elected revamped Senate which is outside the bounds of party politics: a Senate that is neither Liberal, Conservative, NDP, etc. I’m sure that there are good people in Canada who, like me, do not have any allegiance at all to a particular political party. Of course this would mean changing the political landscape of Canada, which would be a good idea seeing that we have money being wasted on the non-essential just mentioned.

Strange how the Liberals never thought about this when they were pouring out all the rhetoric about the Conservative’s “Secret Agenda”… They can sure dish it out but they can’t take it. After all, somebody might interfere with their “Natural Right to Govern”.

What surprises me the most is how so many Canadians cannot see through their hypocrisy and lies.

At the same time, Harper is our own worst enemy. When did he last go on national television to address our nation? Every nightly newscast features Ignatieff shooting off about something and acting like he is running the government, and Harper remains silent except for some attack ads. This is very bad publicity.

Of course they do, because the LPC is broke and can’t afford to do it!!!!!!!!!!

You bet the Liberal senators want to curtail CPC pre-election spending because the LPC can’t seem to get out of the red (no pun intended) and collect enough doh-reh-mee to be competitive. What a joke.

Do you really think we’d be hearing this proposal if the LPC was flush???? Not a chance.

I think strong minded Conservatives have got to get their backs up & once & for all put those Liberals out of business once & for all.Canadians have been putting up with their dishonest & corrupt manipulations for 150 yrs.If the senate does not represent all provinces equally it should be done away with.When Liberals can’t have their own way they just change the rules.When are we ever going to get the answers for the missing money from the adscam & many other such as golf courses,hotels to numerous to mention .”Iggy the Imposter ” would be one of the worst things that could happen to Canada.A.M.Fyfe

If I understand this correctly-and it is most difficult to penetrate the usual Liberal fog and duplicity-not only is Dawson’s proposed bill intended to curtail Conservative spending,it also forces the Conservatives, in an indirect way, to give the Opposition three month’s notice as to when they intend to call an election. It also means that,with a minority government,the Opposition can force an election at their own pleasure, but the governing party cannot call a snap election because it must already have stopped advertising three months previous to its sudden decision. Neat eh?

Good idea. They just cost us more money.

i,am fed up with all the bs advertising going on now,have stopped contributing to the pc due to the negative tone. yes i agree the senate should be elected,but still feel there is a place for them due to the incompetent members that seem to get elected..check and balance is still needed.also lets get rid of the dead wood that do not attend at least 90%

I still believe A Triple E Senate. This was Preston Mannings idea with the Reform Party which had some sound policies. I believe many in Alberta are also infavour of a Triple E Senate. However if elimination of the Senate will reduce the Federal government’s excessive spending rhan I would agree to its elimination. That being so who would keep a check on governmemts proposed policies which the Senate presently do.
Successive Conservative and Liberal governments have caused me to lose faith in them. I could go on but I think you get my drift.

I believe that the senators should be elected by the general public.if the parties cannot get this accomplished, then they should be eliminated all together because they are a waste of tax payers money otherwise.

Yes, it is long past the time to continue with an unelected body in government. If we truly live in a democratic society we would abolish the senate. This group is all about paying political debts. Why have a senate at all let alone an elected one? What would be their purpose? Sober second thought? This a biased group that only represent their own political master’s wishes. Be gone.

The Senate has had its day.
At a time when manufacturing is fighting for its existence by streamlining operations through many inovative ways, government must follow. Someone said “The Bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the growing Bureaucracy.”
Abolishing the Senate totally is a good place to start

I can only agree with the above comments, however the only fair way would be to have an elected senate with the same number of senators from each province./

Ho Hum, so what else is new?