Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[tomydoom]

Convince me in less than 6-8 sentences as to why Canada should continue to have an upper governmental body?

Go!

The senate in its current form is ineffective, but in theory an elected senate being regionally representative rather than representation by population would constrain the ability of the larger provinces to drive the ship. I believe there are several on this site that bemoan Ontario’s ability to run the country for its benefit and an effective upper house would counterbalance that.

 

[Czech_pivo]

The senate in its current form is ineffective, but in theory an elected senate being regionally representative rather than representation by population would constrain the ability of the larger provinces to drive the ship. I believe there are several on this site that bemoan Ontario’s ability to run the country for its benefit and an effective upper house would counterbalance that.

Is your proposal one similar to the US, where each state has 2 Senators, regardless of its population? This would only continue to benefit those provinces, such as PEI, that already is 'over-represented' in the H of C. Others, NB, NS and NL possibly could be in similar situations.

If the upper chamber is going to continue to be a toothless tiger, then I'd rather follow New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark and such that have abolished their upper chambers.