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Senate reform bill a ‘constitutional Trojan horse,’ Stéphane Dion warns
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Oct 6, 2011
“New Brunswick has always argued — rightly and rightfully — that the fundamental character of the Senate cannot be changed by Parliament alone,” said Dion, the Liberal democratic reform critic… “If the provinces accept that the Senate’s character could be changed by Parliament alone, where will it end?” He later adds: “If a Prime Minister is permitted to ‘get around’ the Constitutional amending formula, why would he or she not be allowed to also ‘get around’ the need for consent to change provincial representation?”
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