....and if we were to make it an "elected one" like so many want, we would have more elections and more nasty politics - a doubling of the negative parts of things on Parliament Hill. If we were to somehow create such a thing, we would likely have to have elections every two years - like the USA does with its Senate and the House of Legislature.
Abolition should be the way we go. Let's have a debate and a referendum about that matter. Ask voters whether they want to abolish the Senate or reform it. And, if the Senate is actually "abolished", we should still keep its pretty chamber open for tourists because it is one of the most "beautiful" sites in the nation's capital.