Real Senate Reform

A brief proposal for senate reform (light draft)

Replace the senate every election, but with the popular vote percentages.

All parties would have to present their ranked list of Senators prior to the election, so the candidates may be scrutinized. No surprises.

This would be an honest reflection of Canadian voting intentions, while not infringing on local representation, as well as leaving parliamentary house power intact.

When it comes to voting there are two options

1 - leave it the way it is

2 - provide the ability to vote for a local candidate and a federal party (I could vote for a local Conservative, but also vote for Liberal 'Sober Second Thought')

Obviously, the rules and powers of Senators would need to be reviewed, but it would provide the chamber of sober second thought with an actual mandate from the people.

What the approximate Senate distribution would have been after the last election

CPC 40 seats
LPC 28 seats
NDP 19 seats
Bloc 10 seats
Greens 7 seats

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