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Dealing with the issues of Propogation or electoral reform
Topic: Dealing with the issues of Propogation or electoral reform
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Topic: Senate reform has become an issue once again in canada with prime minister HarperÂ’s call to limit senatorial terms to eight years and his proposal to create a form of election or "consultation"for the appointment of senators. The articles on reserve in the senate reform packet by mcCormick,Forsey, Marsden,watts and Hays offer several different perspectives on the senateÂ’s role in Canadian democracy and the possibilities for reform.what are the main arguments for and against senate reform? are you persuaded that the senate must be reformed or even abolished? why or why not? what reform proposals do you believe would best serve Canadian democracy and which ones do you think would be less useful or even harmful? Explain and defend your position.
Description:The assignment is to read,digest,and reflect on the arguments in the readings relating to either prorogation or electoral reform. please write a short,concise and clearly reasoned essay in response to one of the following questions based on your analysis of the issues raised by the readings. do not simply review the arguments in the readings.Rather use the readings as a base for your own argument and analysis. i do not want you to use any other secondary sources apart from those provided below
Sources to use from
federal second chambers compared by Ronald L. Watts
The senate
Canada needs a triple E senate by Peter mccormick
A new senate for Canada two step process for moving forward on senate reform by The Honourable Daniel P.Hays,PC.
when citing the readings in the paper,please use the following format.in the body of the paper use author-date system,in which you include the author,date and page number in the parenthesis at the end of the sentence e.g (jones 2004:234).you must also include a References section at the end of the paper in which you include the full bibliographical information for each work you cite in the paper.