Stephane Dion chides the Conservatives on news that the Harper government will be referring its Senate reforms to the Supreme Court.
Stephane Dion chides the Conservatives on news that the Harper government will be referring its Senate reforms to the Supreme Court.
“Liberals have long called on this government to refer its Senate reform legislation to the Supreme Court in order to ensure its constitutionality. In fact, it was Liberal Senators who first made this recommendation in a 2007 report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Unfortunately, the government chose to ignore our requests, and instead spent years dragging its feet.
“It is puzzling that it has taken the Harper Conservatives so long to come to this realization. Had they heeded our advice at the outset, they would be five years further down the road on these changes.”