There's also something very democratic about asking the people what they think. Even Hugh Segal, a Conservative senator, who everyone agrees is a very hardworking senator and probably uses his office well, says there is nothing radical about asking people what they think. He is advocating that there should be some kind of referendum.
I'm concerned that this will be the fourteenth failed effort to reform the Senate. There are people who think you're setting it up that way because it might be worth more to you at the next federal election campaign to point to the big bad parties that wouldn't let you reform the Senate. Let's put our cards on the table; that's what people are saying.