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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
A Majority government is essentially a dictatorship with just about zero recourse aside from public pressure until the next election comes up? There are almost zero checks and balances in a majority.
That enough of an answer?
EEE senate probably isn't the best answer, but perhaps some regional skewing (I.E. Quebec/Ontario have 10 senators to AB's 5 or w/e) - but they need to be elected with fixed terms.
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As I've been saying in this thread. Federalism is a pretty good check. Yes a majority government has alot of power, but look at their powers, the only real power that affects all Canadians is their criminal law power.
The rest of the powers health, resources, property, education are all delegated to the provinces. yet I dont' see anyone in here proclaiming that we need provincial senates to curb the majority governments in Provincial legislatures.
The point is still standing. Prove to me that the legislative process is broken. Heck prove to me that the legislative process is hurting one region more than another. Then prove to me that that region being hurt by the legislative process is democratically under-represented. Then prove to me that an empowered Senate is the way to fix this without causing other problems to our legislative process.
As it stands, that's a tall order.
Ask yourself whether an empowered Senate with real legitimacy would be a good thing. All it would do would politicize and stall our legislative processes even further.
I also find it funny that people have bemoaned a minority government because it can't get things done then they propose an empowered Senate. Talk about hypocritical.