Canwest: Tories will soon be leading party in Senate

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper may only have a minority in the House of Commons but he'll soon have a majority in the Senate, a change that could hasten Conservative plans for Senate reform.

Harper is expected to appoint five new Senators next month, said Senator Marjory LeBreton, the Conservative leader of the government in the Senate and one of Harper's close advisers.

"We're committed to Senate reform and so is the prime minister," Lebreton said during an interview in her Parliament Hill office Friday. "But (Harper) has also made the point that we couldn't continue on as a government having our whole agenda and all of our policies driven by a group of unelected people from two governments ago!"

It will be the first time since Brian Mulroney was prime minister that the Liberals will not be the leading party in the Senate.

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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Tories+will+soon+leading+party+Senate/2331638/story.html

[Spazito]

1. I lay this directly at Layton's feet...

He and his party had the opportunity to force an election and, instead, he decided to prop them up. I hope he and his party are happy with the result, I know I and others sure are not.

[gula]

2. As if things weren't bad enough already.

Frightening might actually be a better word to describe the present right-wing ship.