Mr. Speaker, an Environics poll taken in Alberta this year indicated that 91% of Albertans would prefer to elect their next senator as opposed to having a senator appointed through the patronage system. Ninety-one per cent of Albertans means that people of all political stripes want an elected senator.
Premier Klein has called a Senate election for this fall. Will the Prime Minister and the government appoint these elected senators, or do they hold Alberta voters in too much contempt?