A second house has proved to be a very good thing. It adds greatly to available parliamentary time to consider details of laws and contemplate broader issues that the Commons doesn't have time to deal with. And as long as it can only make suggestions to the Commons and doesn't have any power to enact anything of its own - and it doesn't - it doesn't matter that it's not elected. (Though goodness knows the appointment process could stand improvement.) If it's elected, pressure will grow to give it some of its power back.
In the US, and in almost all of its states, we have two elected legislative houses, which often clash but are very useful to have working in tandem.
It seems at times like our Senate in Canada has been a pain in the neck, whether they were rubber-stamping bills or putting the brakes on. Other times, not so much, for the same reasons.
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andrewducker) wrote2022-11-20 12:00 pm
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In the US, and in almost all of its states, we have two elected legislative houses, which often clash but are very useful to have working in tandem.
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