Le premier objectif du Sénat, à l'instar de son modèle britannique, s'apparente à un processus de révision et de réflexion afin de servir de frein à la Chambre des communes.
True to the British tradition, the accent is on sharing legislative power among the two Houses, which represent two different social classes, that is the people and the nobility. The first objective of the Senate, like its British model, is to review and think, thus monitoring the House of Commons.