The Senate Scandal

The senate scandal. Lets break it down in real time.

If you were a party hack or failed candidate or a high profile person

with what was considered enough juice to change a marginal plantation

you got a dream job. That is not to say that every Senator in their own partisan way was not working to make Canada a better place for the people to play.

That was the old school. You put in the hacks and paid your debts through a Senate position. Prior to Harper coming to power could the average  Canadian name a single Senator. Then Harper and his Republican consultants spotted a huge opportunity. Lets appoint media stars to the Senate, and they can ride on the expense account to electoral victory with no scrutiny. Senate appointments had always been a retirement home for hacks, what Harper did was energize the house by taking people at their apogee.

I am so glad it backfired, it makes me think that somehow someway the tricks the manipulator play will not win in the end. In fact the truth is our friend. Finding the truth nowadays is like being dropped into the Toyko subway system drunk and on acid.

The great thing about Canadian democracy is that we can experiment, the bad thing about Canadian democracy is that we have the first past the post system that really is a handcuff on democracy.