uld have to made sound decisions based on the wishes of the people from the region in which they have been elected. Instead of lifetime appointments, senators would have office for a specific term, 5 years, so that senators would have to continue working for their particular region. There is nothing like knowledge of an upcoming election to ensure that politicians remain focused on the needs of the people in their writings. Senators, like all other elected officials, would have the realization that poor attendance or irresponsible decision making could mean losing their position in the Senate. The current system of lifetime appointments with a self-monitoring system does little to ensure that senators remain loyal to their position and make decisions with the Canadian people in mind.The final recommendation that I would suggest for constitutional amendments would be a provision entrenched in the constitution that should any province, not just Quebec, wish to secede from the nation, then they be allowed to do so. However, if they were to secede then they would assume their portion of the national debt. As well they would have to establish their own monetary system. They would not be allowed to continue using the Canadian currency. They would have to establish their own international trading partners and agreements rather than remaining under the agreements signed by Canada.The new nation would have to assume responsibility for all social programs without support from Ottawa. They would have to relinquish their Canadian citizenship and passport. While Quebec presently has an immigration department, they would have to develop a system for identifying target immigrant groups, refugee settlement, deportation and removal of illegal immigrants and visitors, and their own systems of monitoring the movement of immigrants. They would not be allowed to rely on Citizenship and Immigration Canada to guard their borders. Nor would they b...
