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> New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with a combined population of 1.8 million people have 24 seats in the Senate, while Manitoba, Saskatchewa
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with a combined population of 1.8 million people have 24 seats in the Senate, while Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC, defined as "The West" and with a population of 11 million receive 24 seats as well.
Isn't it a fixed number of senators per state/provinces? Wyoming has the same number of senate seats as California for instance.
- jgon 5y agoYes exactly, but isn't that the direct opposite of what the commenter I am replying to was saying? That somehow Alberta is whining about being under-represented and that our landmass should entitle us to seats? I responding to that tired and also completely incorrect idea, not commenting on the merits of a fixed representation in the Senate, we can debate that at a later time.