Mr. Speaker, this past week the Reform Party presented its fresh start platform. Our proposal includes reforming federal institutions to make them more accountable, including the creation of a triple E Senate. All future appointments to the Senate would be made by means of elections based on the model of the 1989 Alberta Senate selection process.
On October 16, 1989 Stan Waters made Canadian history twice. He was the first elected senator in Canada and he was the first Reform Party member to sit in the Senate. In fact, Senator Waters was elected by more than 148,000 Albertans. Senator Waters had a most distinguished career in the Canadian military and went on to become a prominent Calgary businessman and was a founding member of the Reform Party.
On the anniversary of the election of the first and only elected member of the other place, Reform Senator Stan Waters, I would like to pay special tribute to the senator. His short senatorial career was a tremendous achievement for democracy in this country and one which the Reform Party is determined to see continued in a triple E Senate.