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@ Has "square root law" or "cube root law" ever been considered? Distribute seats in proportion to sqr root of pop.
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@ Yeah, I know. Would have been easier sell when BC/AB had fewer people.
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Yup. Right there in black & white: Harper gov supports STV for Senate. RT @: Bill c-43 from -
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@ That's basically what I'm proposing, give or take PEI.
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@ It's one thing to have officers of Parliament, like the AG, to offer nonpartisan counsel. But Senators have votes.
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@ The Senate has no more democratic legitimacy to provide that "sober second thought" than I do.
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@ Little known fact: Harper gov Senate reform bill proposed they be elected by STV.
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@ Indeed. He was a crafty bugger, GB. But he stuck us with a house of patronage as result: not just embarrassing, but corrupting.
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@ 140atollah. Twigilante.
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@ That's what I mean. Trends running against them in HoC, as of about now.
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@ It's going to. Give it time.
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@ Unelected senators who can and do wield legislative power are an abomination.
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en réponse à LibArtsAndMinds
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@ Hall monitor.
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en réponse à SnipJ
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@ Nope: 6 to each Atlantic prov, except PEI 3.
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@ Yes.
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@ Well that's part of the point: to give federal govt more legitimacy. Let Senate, rather than premiers, temper HoC.
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@ Of course, as pop'n shifts, I predict Quebec will get very interested in Senate reform before long...
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@ I believe so.
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@ I don't think you could ever sell that - not in a Senate with any real power.
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@ Never going to be able to sell equal rep for every prov. Regional equality you could probably sell.
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