While I kind of agree that the Senate is still unelected and unaccountable, it kind of makes one wonder what all the big fuss was about changing the nomination process and making Senators "independent".

If they aren't allowed to vote against the House on any of the most important pieces of legislation then it is useless.  And, as per recent numbers from the Globe, the newly minted "independent" Senators votes with the government in the House about 95% of the time, suggesting that they are really just Liberal Senators by another name.

So what, exactly, was the goal of Trudeau's changes?  As far as I can tell he has made a bad setup of the Canadian Senate worse.