{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Policy Options","provider_url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/","title":"The future of the Senate: The NDP View","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AePbhRKUf3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2015\/09\/the-future-of-the-senate-the-ndp-view\/\">The future of the Senate: The NDP View<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2015\/09\/the-future-of-the-senate-the-ndp-view\/embed\/#?secret=AePbhRKUf3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The future of the Senate: The NDP View&#8221; &#8212; Policy Options\" data-secret=\"AePbhRKUf3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tom-mulcair-22.jpg","thumbnail_width":2000,"thumbnail_height":700,"description":"Ten years\u00a0after\u00a0promising to fix the Senate and\u00a0put an\u00a0end\u00a0to\u00a0Liberal\u00a0scandal and corruption,\u00a0Stephen Harper\u00a0and his Conservatives have now come to embody everything they opposed until they formed government.\u00a0Instead,\u00a0Harper\u2019s legacy\u00a0on the Senate\u00a0is\u00a0one of broken promises and failed policies.\u00a0His\u00a02006 election\u00a0promise\u00a0never to appoint an unelected senator was broken\u00a0even\u00a0before his first cabinet\u00a0was\u00a0sworn in. \u00a0And his\u00a0Senate reform\u00a0policies sat idle on the floor of [&hellip;]"}