Down With The Senate

The proceedings in Parliament this past week were disgraceful. The political elite charged with governing our country spent all their time looking after their own interests. Their greed and obsession with holding power came through loud and clear. The Senators want to hold on to their plush appointments and the Prime Minister is struggling to remain in power. The best interest of the public has no role in this charade.

The question of the week seems to be whether or not a Senator should be booted out of the Senate without going through some sort of inquiry or trial. Who cares? Only the Senators who stand to lose all their unearned privileges.These leeches are a drain on the public purse. They do not enhance our democratic system. In fact, they stand in mockery of it. Nothing but a bunch of unelected political hacks who hold significant power and influence with no accountability to the citizens.

The Senate is an old British institution. This is a society that reveres social class. Most of its political class gains their clout from being born into the right family. Think of the Queen and the pompous old snobs that populate the House of Lords. Why does Canada want to have a piece of such hollow traditions?

It is time Canada completed the move to its own unique political system. A foreign Queen has no role to play in a country that wants to take pride in its democratic institutions. Similarly, an unelected pack of greedy self-centered elitists should not be allowed to run their private club at the expense of the general population. If these old hacks need a place to hang out and feel important let them set up their own  private club paid for out of their own pockets.

It is time to get rid of this useless chamber for the rich and influential.
Let us be done with the Senate.