I thought I might dedicate this intervention today to the memory of the Hon. Stan Waters, Canada's first elected senator, a man who demonstrated that having elected senators was definitely a step up from having a fully appointed Senate and who demonstrated as well, I think very clearly, that having an elected Senate was superior to having no Senate at all, no sober second thought at all.
J'ai pensé dédier mon intervention d'aujourd'hui à la mémoire de l'honorable Stan Waters, le premier sénateur élu du Canada, un homme qui a fait la preuve qu'avoir des sénateurs élus était certainement une amélioration par rapport à un Sénat nommé.