Once seeking Senate reform, Alberta now ponders voting to be ‘rid of the darn thing’

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A collage is pictured.</p><p>At left, a woman stands behind a podium.</p><p>At right, the Senate floor is pictured.https://i.cbc.ca/ais/baccf613-59c5-4ec4-a0b7-34e267562208,1784830508158/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, speaks during a news conference on a planned referendum in Calgary on May 22.

One of the questions Albertans will vote on is whether they support the Government of Alberta working with other provinces to amend the Constitution to abolish the federal Senate." width="620" />

Unlike the triple-E movement of decades past, Albertans are being asked to consider a more dramatic gambit as part of October's referendum: abolishing the Red Chamber entirely.

That would be no easy feat.

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