The Ottawa Citizen blog "The Gargoyle" reports on a Manitoba consultation that has proposed an elected senate. The Gargoyle calls it a recipe for absolute chaos, which looks about right. What Manitoba has come up seems to be almost precisely what Gordon Gibson, the BC activist who was one of the original proponents of an elected senate, has warned against as pure folly.
Stephen MacLean is already on the case in the Gargoyle's comments section.