The Senate Tory leader, Claude Carignan, asks how independent people can be when they owe their appointments to the current prime minister. That’s how Liberal Sen. Jim Munson describes the final journey of assisted dying legislation through the Senate in June. “Change is hard, but necessary,” she said as the parliamentary session wrapped up. And if a more volatile Senate pushes the House of Commons to work even harder — be even fairer — “how wrong can that be?” But despite facing accusations of entitlement and outcries from many that the unelected are overstepping their bounds, senators are promising positive change.

Source: National Post July 08, 2016 16:30 UTC