Mr. Simpson thinks that the Senate is good for something, including their report on health care reform.

The Senate committee under Michael Kirby presented the honest report. It recommended a basic additional infusion of $5-billion into the system every year, plus some other spending. The less-than-honest report got much more attention. Prepared by former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow, it called for $6.5-billion in additional spending, plus an escalator clause that would further increase annual spending by more than the growth in the economy.

The Senate had the guts to say the money had to come from somewhere reasonable, whereas Romanow leaves the question up in the air by basing his funding on the artificially created surplus.

What did anyone expect from an NDP socialist?