Restoring the Senate’s legitimacy

From the Globe and Mail

The federal government’s pending bill on Senate reform, permitting the elections of senators, is a good proposal that would go far to restore the Senate’s reputation, damaged by the recent expenses scandal. On Wednesday, Pierre Poilièvre, the Minister of State for Democratic Reform, unveiled the government’s factum for a reference question to the Supreme Court, which, however, goes further than it needs to, by raising the question of how the Senate could be abolished.