Re: Dementia case puts Senate on the spot, Aug. 29

Dementia to the point of being declared incompetent does not happen overnight? Didnt any of Joyce Fairbairns colleagues notice that something was not quite right? Then again, I guess that its all relative.

Claude Gannon, Markham

So a Senator declared mentally incompetent continued for four months to perform her duties, and none of her colleagues noticed? Or worse, perhaps, noticed but said or did nothing? Makes you wonder about their mental competence.

Stephen Whitzman, Toronto

I suspect Prime Minister Stephen Harpers promise of Senate reform has slipped his mind until the next election. Since our country is foolish enough to reduce corporate taxes for greedy banks, insurance and gas companies, I may still have a shot at becoming a senator.

Although I am not a good fighter, I could drink a lot at lunch and be abusive to my staff in the afternoon. Do not worry about how I vote on bills because I will not show up very often anyway. With the generous salary and quarter million dollar plus expense account, I could probably attract a wife over 40 years my junior and take her on government-paid business-class flights, but I promise not to fight with her until we land.

Although I was never in the NHL I did not get hit too often in peewee so I am sure I could be a wise member of the upper chamber well into my old age. I hear government pensions are very generous and it will take Mr. Harper a few more elections to make insignificant changes to the plan.

My main qualification as a Conservative senator would be that I would support all of their bills no matter how harmful they are to the environment or how much pressure it puts on the working class.

Jim Ypma, Georgina

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