coyne is often daft, but he's making the right argument here.
and, i want to clarify a point: in canada, this is a position that is academic rather than partisan. i would consider andrew coyne to be a conservative; he'd probably call me a left-wing extremist.
but, we're going to sound almost identical when it comes to this. and, it's because we read the same textbooks, not the same political pamphlets.
what trudeau has done to the senate is, constitutionally, pretty much the most objectively wrong thing that a canadian prime minister could possibly do.
and, this is why you will get the same responses from conservatives that you do from social democrats.
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-the-senate-has-no-business-meddling-with-the-budget
jagmeet singh must cut his beard.