Gridlock

F.H. Buckley, professor of law at George Mason University, believes an elected senate is a recipe for gridlock,

Here’s what section 24 of the Constitution says about the way Senators get picked: “The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen’s Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon qualified Persons to the Senate.” What that really means is the prime minister does the picking — on just about any basis he pleases. And he may, if he wants, pick people who have won an election in their respective region.

Or not. Nothing stops a Tory prime minister, even one who has sworn up and down that he’ll respect the voice of the people, to ignore an inconvenient senatorial “election” in Quebec. Or a Liberal prime minister who doesn’t really care much for the duly elected senator from Alberta.

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