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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
^ The problem with preventing Senators from representing parties is that it only forces partisanship behind closed doors. It doesn't eliminate it, but rather masks it from the public. For all that the public would understand what each Senator represents, and for how disinterested it would be in finding out, you might as well just pull 105 names out of the phone book at random and name them Senators.
The Maritimes actually has 30, not 24. And New Brunswick having nearly the same representation as BC and Alberta combined makes no sense from either a regional perspective or a population perspective. Ideally, each province should have similar representation. As it stands, Ontario and Quebec still dominate the Senate the same way they do Commons, though they don't have majority control.
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Newfoundlanders might object with you lumping them in the maratimes but I do understand your point.