Will Canada have an elected Senate?

[RACooper]

Well looks like PM Harper wants to turn the Senate into an elected body... more evidence that the traditional Tories of old, have been replaced by the Alliance/republican elements within the Conservative party

Harper promises bill to elect senators

The federal government plans to introduce a bill this fall that would allow Canadian voters to directly elect senators, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

"Fulfilling our commitment to make the Senate more effective and more democratic, the government hopefully this fall will introduce a bill in the House to create a process to choose elected senators," Harper said as he became the first prime minister to appear before a Senate committee.

more at:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...er-senate.html

The irony of the whole situation is that the Conservatives, the traditional defenders of, well, traditional institutions are the ones pushing this through... while the Liberals, a party who more "fringe" elements traditional agitated for an elected Sentate are the ones fighting it

As an old Tory this grieves me...