Provocative and thoroughly researched, this timely little book challenges the nay-sayers and points to the crucial role the Senate can play in our democracy. It offers a rationale, an analysis and a feasible proposal for an upper house that would restore citizen participation and help check government power. Making the links with current issues like climate change, trade agreements, human rights and electoral reform, it argues that a People’s Senate is exactly what this country needs today – and it is not a pipe dream! Helen Forsey is an activist writer, daughter of the late constitutional expert and Senator, Eugene Forsey. Her previous publications include three books, including Eugene Forsey, Canada’s Maverick Sage, and numerous articles on constitutional, rural, feminist and political issues. A mother and grandmother, she divides her time between the Ottawa Valley and Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula.
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