The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective

This is a scholarly study of the Senate and an analysis of the upper house as one chamber of a bicameral legislature. David E. Smith’s aim is to demonstrate the inter-relationship of the two chambers and the constraint this poses for Senate reform. He analyses past literature on the Senate and current proposals for reform - such as Triple-E Senate - drawing detailed comparisons between Canada’s upper chamber and the upper chambers of Australia, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. There is a revival of interest and literature abroad in upper chambers and also in bicameralism. Using Parliamentary debates and committee reports, as well as a broad reading of comparative literature, The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective sets the Canadian Senate into this international milieu, contextualizing the debate and arguing for a renewed investigation into its future.