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All of that is irrelevant. Legislation has to pass both houses.

Their constitution is 200 years older than ours, who knows how relevant ours will be in the Canada of 160 years from now

All of that is irrelevant. Legislation has to pass both houses.

Ok so you're basically saying they should abolish the Senate or that it shouldn't have lawmaking ability and that states should have no vote in lawmaking.

Making the Senate rep by pop would make it exactly like the House and therefore redundant.

But you were also saying that they should admit reps for Puerto Rico and I believe DC to the Senate.  I believe the crux of your argument as you've said before is that the Senate (and electoral college) makes Congress (and the POTUS) more Republican/conservative than the actual population of the US and this is unfair and therefore should be reformed.

Ok so you're basically saying they should abolish the Senate or that it shouldn't have lawmaking ability and that states should have no vote in lawmaking.

Making the Senate rep by pop would make it exactly like the House and therefore redundant.

But you were also saying that they should admit reps for Puerto Rico and I believe DC to the Senate.  I believe the crux of your argument as you've said before is that the Senate (and electoral college) makes Congress (and the POTUS) more Republican/conservative than the actual population of the US and this is unfair and therefore should be reformed.

Is there any reason to keep the Senate except to incentivize obstructionism and ensure a minoritarian rule?

Of all the things that occurred today as Biden took office, the poem written/read by Amanda Gorman will certainly be one thing that will stick with me. Brilliant writing, excellent delivery. Good for her and good for the US. A breath of fresh air from south of the border.

Their constitution is 200 years older than ours, who knows how relevant ours will be in the Canada of 160 years from now

I would hope we’d change it then.

Btw, most of the material parts we’re talking about here aren’t much older, and are in some cases younger than the similar part of ours.

I would hope we’d change it then.

Btw, most of the material parts we’re talking about here aren’t much older, and are in some cases younger than the similar part of ours.

Have you looked at our amending formula, it is almost as impossible as the US to make real change.

The US constitution was written in the late 18th century, ours dates to 1982.

The US constitution was written in the late 18th century, ours dates to 1982.

Ah, no, most of ours dates back to 1867. Parts of it predate Canada, and go back to the Royal Proclamation, 1763.