It's pretty fundamental in the 21st century, in 2008, whether it takes the form of democracy in the selection of senators, in recommendations of who should be representing people, or in the form of asking Canadians if they think the Senate should even continue to exist. There has to be a process where the Senate is no longer a private arrangement between a Prime Minister and whoever he or she decides to appoint to the Senate, but where it is an arrangement between the people of Canada, who are allegedly being represented there, and their representatives.
