The least popular lawyer in Canada:
A Vancouver lawyer is taking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to court for failing to fill 16 empty Senate seats, claiming the delay in appointing senators is a violation of the Canadian Constitution.
Aniz Alani has filed an application in Federal Court calling for the appointment of 16 senators, arguing the Constitution requires the prime minister to fill empty seats in a reasonable amount of time.
How about never? Never seems a very reasonable amount of time to me. If there's enough to reach quorum in the Red Chamber, and there is, that's more than adequate. I have the sneaking suspicion that Mr Alani was one of those kids in school who would remind the teachers to assign homework.
I think it is a bad idea. We could end up with a very radical government in the new year, I think a house of sober second thought turned as blue as possible is something which could be quite useful as an insurance policy.
Posted by: Leacock | Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 12:39 AM