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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Because the House of commons is based around Representation by population which means that Ontario and Quebec have an inordinate power in the house, you'd almost need to have the Senate with equal regional representation to balance that out. If the house and senate were seated the same then you basically reduce the voice in government of the smaller or less populated provinces.
I would like to see an elected senate, but voter's have enough trouble comprehending that they have to vote for a MP and not a prime minister in effect that most of these people show up on election night, look at their ballots and exclaim "Who the hell are these guys". If you add a senator to the list you'll see even more apathy.
Term limits are a great idea. I'm for sitting limits of the entire senate personally.
I don't know if I want to see the senate abolished, in its current form its become a hyperpolitical mess that has nothing to do with sober second thought. But a reformed senate would be effective.
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But the house of commons isn't based around proportional representation. If it were PEI wouldn't have 4 seats. Quebec wouldn't have a minimum number of seats either. You wouldn't have rural ridings having fewer people than urban ridings. It's a pretty convoluted system that only vaguely has something to do with proportional representation.