Daphne Bramham: Reforming the Senate by stealth

These days, it’s proportional representation that most Canadians, especially British Columbians, think about if they think about democratic reform at all.
There’s the provincial referendum and before that the federal Liberals’ briefly toyed with getting rid of first-past-the-post before jettisoning the idea.
Yet, three decades ago, Senate reform was such a hot topic that it fuelled Western separatism and eventually was a factor in dividing the conservative movement.
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