This week the topic of focus for Blue Youth is Senate reform and the appointment of three Conservative Senators to the upper chamber by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Quickly following the press meeting for announcing his new cabinet, Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent out a press release informing Canadians that three Conservative Senators have been appointed to the unelected Canadian senate. Blue Youth does not support having unelected Senators; however we do support the Prime Ministers decision to appoint these three senators.
The three appointees are: Quebec’s Larry Smith, Josee Verner, and Newfoundland’s Fabian Manning.
The reason for Blue Youth supporting this move is because the Prime Minister and the Conservative government must secure their majority in the Senate to ensure upcoming legislation will pass through the upper house effectively making the Senate an elected body.
Since becoming Prime Minister in 2006, Stephen Harper has strongly supported and advocated for Senate reform to make the unaccountable and unelected Senate more transparent and responsible to Canadians. However, with a minority mandate in the House of Commons and the Senate controlled by the Liberal Party, Senate reform was out of the question.
This road block has changed as of May 2, 2011. The government know has a strong mandate from the Canadian people with a majority in the House and a majority in the Senate. The reform of the Senate is on the way.
Blue Youth is looking forward to the upper chamber finally being elected and accountable to Canadians as all government should be.
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