Cependant, le scandale des dépenses pâlit en comparaison de ce qui cloche vraiment au Sénat et c'est pourquoi le NPD, le CCF avant lui et le Independant Labour Party avant cela, lorsque J.S. Woodsworth a été élu en 1921, ont constamment réclamé l'abolition du Sénat.
However, the expense scandals pale in comparison to what is really wrong with the Senate and that is why the NDP, the CCF before it and the Independent Labour Party before that when J.S. Woodsworth was elected in 1921, were consistent in that they wanted the Senate abolished.