Nobody can accuse Canadians of haste in reforming the Senate, the 105-seat upper chamber in their Westminster-style Parliament, modelled on Britain's House of Lords. Debate on whether senators should be elected or named by the prime minister began even before the first senators took their appointed seats in 1867. It continues to this day. The only change (in 1965) has been to require senators to shuffle out of the door when they turn 75 rather than waiting to be carried out feetfirst.
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