What it would mean is the Senate could then feel that if it had before it a piece of legislation, which it was really concerned about that had passed through the House of Commons, it could hope that if it did put an amendment forward, the amendment would go before the entire House of Commons and the government members would treat it not as a vote to be whipped by the government side, but treat as an expression of conscience, an expression of genuine concern from the Senate and that it should receive the individual consideration of every member in the House.
Si le Sénat était saisi d'un projet de loi qui a déjà été adopté par les Communes et qui lui inspire de sérieuses réserves, il pourrait espérer que, s'il propose un amendement, celui-ci sera soumis à toute la Chambre des communes et ne fera pas l'objet de directives des partis, mais sera traité comme l'expression de la conscience, l'expression d'une sérieuse inquiétude du Sénat, et sera laissé à la discrétion de chacun des députés.