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The Canadian Senate has the unusual property of being made up of government appointees. It is a continual source of debate over whether it needs to be reformed or abolished. So far, neither has happened.
The appointees sit according to party affiliation. Although there are four major parties, only two have ever formed the government. So senators tend to be either Conservative or Liberal, and sit in blocks. There are a few independents as well. The Conservatives are (relatively) right-leaning and the Liberals are (relatively) left-leaning. The theory behind an appointed senate is that it serves as chamber of "sober second thought" for all legislation, where the members do not have to sacrifice their principles for fear of non-election. The practice is that governments stack the senate with partisans, and when the senate does its job, the government often ignores its advice altogether. We occasionally benefit from the "sober second thought" but not too often. One last unsurprising tidbit--the Senate is often called the "red chamber" in casual talk.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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