The Senate

The Senate or upper house is supposed the be the people who give legislation from the house a clear and sober second thought. During the past years there has been open discussions about disbanding this traditional body because they were not considered a worthy body.

Their actions during the last months gives many reasons to believe their role has been abused and should disappear The government of the day under Prime Minister Harper has been using high profile Senators as political.assets and use them as political speakers and fund raisers. Some and probably many have been only too eager to shine in the spotlight and travel across the land paying back to Harper for their appointment to the Senate.

The problem is that these suppository honest and outstanding citizens have been double dipping and claiming Senate salary and benefits when in fact they were working on behalf of the Conservative Party. A simple audit had nailed some of the Senate elite but a forensic audit would probably show a problem that begins at the office of the PMO and filters downward to see a messy organized program to defraud the taxpayers of millions of dollars.

For a Prime Minister who was elected because of the actions of the former Liberal government and who promised to make changes and would not tolerate such abuses he has failed on all counts. This most secretive and undemocratic leadership have been and is a total disgrace to Canada.

Everyone should be prepared to watch the actions of our PM to see just how he will deal with this most grievous situation.