Congrats to PM Harper and the Conservatives for appointing Bert Brown to the Senate, after 23 years of waiting, he finally gets his chance. Most importantly, he was elected by Albertans, we wanted him in the Senate, he is now going to be there.
I was never so mad as when ex-PM Martin appointed 3 Senators for Alberta, not one of them a "senator in waiting" that we had voted for, he snubbed all Albertans. He appointed Grant Mitchell, someone we had never wanted in power, as a Liberal leader in Alberta, but he is now in the Senate. Here are the current Senators for Alberta:
Banks, Tommy, Lib – ex-band leader
Fairbairn, Joyce, Lib – ex-journalist
Hays, Dan, Lib – ex-lawyer, farmer
McCoy, Elaine, PC – ex-lawyer
Mitchell, Grant, Lib.- ex-Liberal leader of opposition in Alberta
Tardif, Claudette, Lib – ex- French Dean at U of A
The last three were appointed to the Senate by Martin on March 24th, 2005, less than 2 months later Belinda crossed the floor to prop up the Liberals.
So, ex-PM Martin knew his government was in trouble, and to punish Albertan's he saddled us with 3 senators (for life), we did not want, and ignored the "senator's in waiting". This one act, even more than adscam, infuriated me more than anything else the Liberals have done.
What they said to Alberta voters was that a democratic vote for a Senator, by a province was useless because the PM is supreme, all knowing and it's okay to screw the provinces because the FED's rule, and us peons should get used to it. I am still mad, it's kind of like NEP, Albertan's have long memories.
So, to all the Liberals spouting off about how this is not constitutional, BUG OFF!
How is an appointed Senator (5 Liberals in non-Liberal Alberta) better than an appointed Senator who has been elected by the province that they represent?
This appointment makes my heart sing, thank you PM Harper, you did the right thing, makes me proud to be a Canadian.
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