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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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Re: Americans Broken Electoral System
« Reply #30 on: November 05, 2020, 04:08:18 pm »
We do the same thing with our Senate. We split it into regions with Quebec and Ontario each being a region and the four western provinces as another region.This results in BC being hugely under represented in the our Senate with Quebec and the Atlantic provinces hugely over represented.

PEI has the same population as Abbotsford and it has four Senators, only two less than all of BC.

Not quite to that extreme in terms of representation.  But our senate doesn’t write legislation. It barely ever holds up legislation.  It’s mostly a toothless relic. 

I’m not saying our senate is a shining example.  I think it’s archaic and undemocratic.  But it’s not as bad as their’s.    Haha

I actually used to think a ‘EEE’ senate would be a good thing....  A few years ago, I realized that the equal representation part of it was a terrible idea.

Maybe a proportional senate....   
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