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.
Giving PEI two senators would be a 50% reduction. And since no province can have fewer seats in the HoC than the Senate, it would also cut their HoC representation in half.
And somehow NB and NS each have 10
I wouldn’t change the distribution of senators, I would merely make them elected. Presumably an elected Senate would exercise the authority the constitution gives it. Abolishing the senate outright would ensure that power forever remains in Ontario.
You could make the same argument for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, they also have relatively tiny population. Relative to Ontario, every province is tiny, perhaps one could make an argument to do away with provinces altogether.
