Vacant senate seats breaking Confederation’s promises

My column this week on Loonie Politics (up a little early because of Christmas) looks at the swirling speculation around Senate vacancies, as well as the fashion of the pundit class musing that the Prime Minister should simply cease to make appointments in the hopes that attrition will kill the Senate from lack of membership - as though it were constitutionally feasible. Add to this a little bit of history and some institutional observation, and my column was born.