CP: Harper appointee turns on PM's dream of elected Senate

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OTTAWA - One of Stephen Harper's appointees to the Senate has bitten the hand that picked him.

Richard Neufeld stunned colleagues in the chamber of sober second thought Wednesday by announcing he's had, well, second thoughts about the prime minister's cherished dream of creating an elected Senate.

Neufeld said he did support Senate elections when Harper chose him to sit in the upper chamber 18 months ago, although he admitted he'd not given the matter much thought.

But since seeing the Senate in action, he's changed his mind.

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