Harper and his unelectable senators

A BCer in Toronto: Harper’s road to an elected Senate: Appoint Conservatives that can't get elected
This is a brilliant post by A BCer in Toronto about all the senators who originally ran in elections and could not get elected - showing us that Harper is not serious about an elected Senate.

Conservative senators correct the PMO

Bowie's Blog: Marjorie Lebreton signals end of Harper party rule
Excerpt:
I thank Senator Cowan for the question. I saw the article in La Presse
yesterday and wondered how Mr. Soudas could be so misinformed about the
work of the Senate. I raised the matter with colleagues in cabinet and
in caucus. They acknowledged the great work done in the Senate and that
more government bills have passed the Senate than the House of Commons.
They are well aware of this effort. I have not had an opportunity to
speak to Mr. Soudas and I regret that he was so misinformed. When I do
speak to him directly, I intend to report that fact to him.

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I
am completely floored that any Conservative, let alone the leader in
the senate, would take a run like this at anyone in the PMO. I
particularly like the admission from the PMO that "They acknowledged the
great work done in the Senate and that more government bills have
passed the Senate than the House of Commons." It completely and directly
contradicts the spin and lies from Harper and the PMO on what the
senate is doing/has done.

Coupled with the comments from another
Conservative senator opposing Harper on senator elections and calling
for more independent thinking from senators, the Conservative majority
in the senate they have been desperate for may be more than they wanted.