At time of writing, Bill C-44, legislation enacting the federal budget, had yet to come to a vote in the House of Commons. It is the elected representatives of the people in the House of Commons to whom the government is supposed to be answerable. The Senate, by contrast, is elected by no one, accountable to no one; as such it has no business amending or defeating anything, let alone a budget bill. In other words, legislation passed by the elected House of Commons is being effectively rewritten by the unelected Senate. In how many more cases did the Senate demand changes, even if the bill was later passed intact?

Source: National Post June 13, 2017 00:49 UTC