Voici le genre de consensus qui se dégageait: un Sénat élu, le cas échéant, devrait avoir le pouvoir de ratifier tous les traités internationaux, le pouvoir de confirmer ou de rejeter les nominations des juges à la Cour suprême du Canada et le pouvoir de confirmer les nominations des ambassadeurs et des sous-ministres.
Let me read the sort of consensus that emerged: That an elected Senate, if it were to be achieved, should have the power to ratify all international treaties; that it should have the power to confirm nominations or reject nominations to the Supreme Court of Canada; and that it have the power to confirm ambassadorial appointments and appointments as deputy ministers.