PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper washed his hands Friday of attempts to reform the Senate with elections and term limits and said Senate reform is “off the table” after a jolting setback from the Supreme Court of Canada. A Supreme Court decision that rejected any notion that Parliament on its own could pass legislation allowing provincial consultative elections for nominations to Senate seats or set new term limits for Senators, while ruling unanimous agreement among Parliament and
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