Mr. Speaker, today the Senate will vote on whether to suspend Andrew Thompson for his lamentable attendance record. Of late, Alberta Senator Ron Ghitter has been championing Senate reform. This is most ironic coming from a Tory patronage appointee who shows up only 50% of the time.
Could Senator Ghitter's sudden conversion be an attempt to shift the focus away from his own sorry attendance record? And whatever could Senator Ghitter mean when he talks of Senate reform? For him it surely could not mean Senate elections. Why? This is the same Ron Ghitter who was first appointed in 1993 to replace Canada's first and only elected Senator, Reform's Stan Waters.
Note to Mr. Ghitter. Perhaps a first step to reforming the Senate should start with your own cushy seat. How about stepping down and giving Albertans the chance to tell you what they think of a tardy Tory Senate appointee who refers to his home province as a “backwater”.