Just distributed to the Parliamentary Press Gallery at 10:30 pm ET this evening from Senator Marjory LeBreton, the leader of the government in the Senate. Read it for yourself. My only comment would be that LeBreton has been the leader of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in the Senate for 7 years now and her party has had an absolute majority in that chamber for more than three years now. So I don’t think it’s inappropriate to ask: What the heck took so long?! Anyhow, I’ll get out of the way now and let Sen. LeBreton continue :
“Our Government is focused on delivering meaningful reform to the Senate – including elections, term limits and tough spending oversight.
“Canadians understand that our Senate, as it stands today, must either change, or like the old Upper Houses of our provinces, vanish. Continue reading Senate adopts "11 tough new rules" on expenses