MONTREAL – Call it Senate bingo.
The NDP is continuing its crusade against the Senate at this weekend’s Liberal policy convention in Montreal, handing out “spot a Senator” cards mocking the Liberal senators who were recently booted from caucus.
The game comes with a Twitter hashtag: #sawasenator.
The senators, who now refer to themselves as the Liberal Senate caucus, are still party members. Delegates will debate this weekend on whether to remove them from the party’s constitution – but it wouldn’t take effect until the next convention in 2016.
Meanwhile, the senators have created their own website to showcase “the activities of the Liberal Senators who play a key role in our political and legislative process.”
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Senator Jim Munson was at the convention Friday to debate a policy resolution about autism, a cause he’s championed for years. He said he hasn’t felt any ill will from delegates and is “getting lots of hugs.”
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An NDP spokesman said there are no prizes for spotting all the senators. “We wouldn’t be able to verify,” he said.
The honour system, it appears, doesn’t count.
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