Newsflash!!
Martin favours elected Senate

If I woke up from a coma and read that headline, I would know from that (and nothing else) that there's an election on. The only time Martin (or Chretien for that matter) bothers to speak up about Senate reform is in western Canada during an election. Strangely, however, Mr. Martin's support for an elected senate never seems to manifest into any action. But then I guess you can say that about about many/most of Mr. Martin's priorities...