Mayor Therien, would you favour term limits to an elected senator?
Mr. Therien: Actually, I wouldn’t. If there are no term limits for MLAs, there are no term limits for MPs, I see no reason why there should be term limits for senators. What bothers me the most is that amongst the six people that you’ve listed in Manitoba, the mandatory retirement age is the limit and to me, that is not acceptable. You go to your 75 whether you do a good job, a bad job, whatever the case maywhether you’re even there. That’s how this works. If you’re accountable to the public, andlet’s assume it’s a six-year term, and you get elected for four six-year termsyou’ve obviously been accountable to your constituency for that many times. Why shouldn’t you stay until you actually get defeated or choose not to run again? Madam Chairperson: Seeing no further questions, thank you for your presentation. I will now call on Greg East, private citizen. Do you have some materials for distribution? Mr. Greg East (Private Citizen): No. Madam Chairperson: Then you may commence your presen
