nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181005-152531-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 141012s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181005-152531-0 doi eng 342 23 Kong, Hoi Author aut The Canadian Senate and the (Im)Possibilities of Reform Kong, Hoi Verfassungsblog 2014-10-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The framers of Canada’s Constitution had a vision for the Senate as a complementary, deliberative body bringing regional perspectives to national issues and genuine powers of oversight and sober second thought. It is widely agreed, though, that the Senate’s constitutional configuration stains Canada’s public institutions. The Senate needs change, but the impulse to reform is stifled by the reluctance of officials to open the constitutional amending formula. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Glover, Kate Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/canadian-senate-impossibilities-reform/ raw object