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Old 01-24-2006, 04:12 PM   #23
duncan
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Ontario and Quebec make up about two-thirds of the national population. Under my proposal, they would only have 40% of the power in the senate. Their combined power would be equal to the Atlantic Provinces, which only make up about 7% of the national population.
let me get this straight, you don't think PEI should have the same allotment as Alberta, because there is a large difference in population, yet BC should get the same number as Ontario, even though Ontario has 3x their population. Logical......
Maybe we should forget representation by population entirely, 9 from each province, 10 amongst the 3 territories.
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