Mr. Speaker, why will the Conservatives, the direct descendants of Preston Manning's Reform Party, not finally agree to actually do something about the Senate? They are in the eighth year in power, yet their moribund, weak-kneed legislation on reform has not even been called in over a year. Meanwhile, the avarice and sense of entitlement of their Conservative bagmen and party hacks has never been more obvious for all to see.
Why not start the process of abolition now, by voting for our motion? What excuse do the Conservatives have now for defending that vestige of the past?