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Originally posted by MarchHare@Jun 24 2005, 10:36 AM
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God no! Equal power across the country!!! Why would Westerners want that???
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It's not equal power across the country. It gives disproportionate power to smaller provinces.
Do you really think it's fair that PEI (population: 137,000) would have the same amount of power as Alberta's 3+ million citizens?
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If done prperly, PEI would not have the same power as Alberta.
In my ideal example, PEI would have 1 MP and 10 senators. Alberta would have 28+ MP's and 10 senators.
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BTW It's not about who has more power, it's more about equalizing it across the country so Ontario isn't continually controlling Western Canada.
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Actually, you'd then see Atlantic Canada setting the national agenda. Do you really want a region with a "culture of defeatism" dependant on hand-outs from Ottawa controlling Western Canada?
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First of all, how would Atlantic Canada, with 40% control of the senate control Western Canada, with 40% control of the senate?
Second of all, the House of Commons will still exist. Atlantic Canada's power in the house will be miniscule if it is balanced properly. While an Atlantic bloq could press it's desires strongly in the Senate, such measures would easily fail in the Commons.