Another Reason to Abolish the Upper House...

...emanates from Thursday's Prime Ministerial Senate appointments. Irrespective of whether such eminent Canadians such as Retired General Romeo Dallaire are capable and qualified, it is simply incredulous that Canada still maintains such an undemocratic process for the selection of 25% of its Parliament.

Even worse is that, despite being removed from Cabinet in 2002 for a serious ethics violation (giving an untendered Defence Ministry contract to his girlfriend), Art Eggleton was rewarded with an appointment.

Oh, and those Senators-designate selected to represent Alberta--they didn't even run in the province's recent Senate elections.

Didn't Paul Martin's platform for the Liberal leadership advocate the elimination the democratic deficit?