Harper #Fail - The Crooks seem happy in the Senate

From debate night 2011, April 12

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Jack
• Layton
• Stephen
• Harper
• #db8

[fiending]

canadians shed tears for you today Jack...

[mattonthecomp]

@Sredit The Senate is not a governmental check; it was created to be a check of sorts against the whims of the commoners. But it's full of partisan hacks. A mixed-member proportional system may be useful in providing the balance you seek.

[14Schofield]

He wasn't the politician we deserve, but the one we needed. =P

[JFreedom28]

@wwerulestna Polar opposites how? Explain yourself.

[wwerulestna]

@JFreedom28 Please do not compare Layton and Paul, polar opposites...

[retrogamer149]

Get rid of the senate, We don't need it?

[develophope]

Canadians stand on guard for Jack Layton

What a lump of fucking coal to give the yourself, your former party, and your family.

You threaten people with your very presence, you are a disgusting parasite to lap it up at the procession and gathering.

You need to be bunking with Russel Williams in your new US style super prisons, using mustard packets as a therapuetic tool. Journalling is good for you when you fuck up, when you need to let the fuckedupedness out deer sir.

[develophope]

Hey Stephen,

The NDP are so very partisan that they said NO to you time and time again. Perhaps it was selfish on their part to say NO to bills you kept trying to pass through the house, but at least they were mature enough to keep their sanity.

What were you thinking when you chose to destroy yourself?

[JFreedom28]

Layton wasn't perfect. I didn't agree with all of his political views but I think he truly cared about people. He had integrity and was willing to stand up for what he felt was right. As far as intellectual honesty is concerned, he was the closest thing to Ron Paul Canada has ever seen. We miss you, Jack.

[mattonthecomp]

@Sredit You seem to be fundamentally confused about the suggestions I have made. I first said that the Senate, in fact, does not function as a check on power as you suggested. Its goal was to limit the power of the people's elected representatives. I do not think it appropriate in modern Canada to have an institution that limits the people's representatives in that way. The Senate is outdated, and is best abolished.

[Sredit]

@mattonthecomp Sure, maybe 800 years ago. But that sure as heck didn't last long. You're dreaming if you think we could go back to anything like that. Moots or Things, or other common representation of that nature doesn't work when dealing with such a large and geographically dispersed population like in Canada. You're being an idealist. Stoppit.

[mattonthecomp]

@Sredit The House of Commons was originally envisioned as a legislative assembly made of common people (i.e. the "commoners"). The Senate was conceived of as an appointed house of "sober second thought" whose goal was to temper the actions of the elected representatives.