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Originally Posted by Acajack
This is generally considered an "upside" of our current Senate? NB and NS have more seats than BC and AB, and PEI which has less population than some neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, has almost as many seats as BC or AB.
I (sort of) understand why things are like that. Or at least, I understand the history.
But it seems like we've ended up with a sub-optimal hybrid between rep-by-pop and the full equality of provinces without regard for population, that might actually be the worst of both worlds.
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Why we have the number of provinces we do is arbitrary. Vancouver Island and British Columbia were two different colonies and could have easily ended up as independent provinces. Northern Ontario some would argue today should be a separate province. This is all arbitrary.