The Prime Minister said that on March 14, 2004, Mr. Speaker.
He also said on December 14, 2005, that an appointed Senate is a “relic of the 19th century”.
The hon. member talks about reform and says that the Conservative Party has always wanted reform. How is it that the Conservatives have been talking about reform since 2004 and yet nothing has happened? They have not come up with anything. How does the hon. member expect us to believe now that the Conservatives really want to bring in reforms when they have been telling us for 10 years that they are going to do this?
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister often said that if reform was not possible, they would abolish the Senate. Everyone will remember that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister repeated that message.
When will reform no longer be possible and when are they going to abolish the Senate?