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Direct Election of Senate?
Canada PM calls for Senate reform amid expenses scandal

Canada’s prime minister on Tuesday renewed calls for Senate reform, following a flurry of resignations, including his own chief of staff, over an ongoing spending scandal. “The Senate status quo is not acceptable,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a room full of Conservative party faithful. “Canadians”