Mr. Speaker, I too have a petition surprisingly signed by 104 people, I guess representing 104 senators. I notice they are from Hamilton, London, and Grimsby, Ontario; and Saskatoon, Regina, and Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan; and so on. These people are saying the Senate is undemocratic, unelected, unaccountable and costs the Canadian people some $50 million a year. They are saying it undermines the role of MPs in the House of Commons. They want to modernize parliamentary institutions. Because of that, these 104 people are calling upon the House of Commons to begin the process of abolition of the Senate.
In the House of Commons on March 3rd, 1999. See this statement in context.