Should the federal government elect or abolish the Senate?

Neither, turn the Senate into an appointed non-partisan technocracy, where Canadians who are the experts in certain areas serve and advise parliament.

Abolish but create two new sector of the government for provincial and territory representation and the other to look over the bills to give the senate less power.

by nomination but require members to be non-partisan. Increase the power of veto regarding laws pass by the house of commons. Increase the powers of the senate to approve the nomination of department commissioners, military officers, ambassadors and federal judges.

elect or abolish don't keep the status quo

Elect by provincial legislatures

Canada is a Parliamentary Monarchy of United Kingdom and Senators are appointed by the Governor General who is the Head of State or King s Representative, at the suggestion of the Prime Minister.

Keep the Senate appointed, but have qualifications for the candidates.

I certainly like the idea that Senators should be non-partisan. I am rather neutral on whether Senators should be elected or not, but I do definitely think that there should be stricter standards one way or another to determine who gets to sit in the Senate.

citizens should elect the senate, not the federal government.

Senators should be elected by the Canadian population and NOT any federal party. Otherwise they are just lackeys to the party that selected them

i’m so uneducated in this area of convo it’s not even funny

Have the voters of each province elect their own senators!

Use PR to determine the make up and allow parties to appoint based on those numbers.

Proportional represention based on percentage of part votes nationwide

Indifferent, there's corruption everywhere anyway. It's corruption that needs to be abolished.

The Senate should be replaced with representatives from First Nations across Canada. Any Bill approved by the house of Commons would surely be looked over with scrutiny by our first Nations people.

Abolish current structure and come up with a new one --

Elect, elected officials are less prone to corruption and we need to know all of our officials.

The senate should be elected by the public

The Canadian senate is appointed, has always been appointed, and should stay appointed

Reinforce the non-partisan nature of the senate and perhaps elect.

Senators should be appointed by a non-partisan committee of the House of Commons.

Elect, however Senators should not be elected for life

Elect, we need to know our Senators and people who are elected will be less prone to corruption

elect but for longer terms than parliament - want them to take the longer view

Reduce wages , any corruption and they are removed with no payment And no pension.

Provinces should elect senate.

Elect but reduce their salary.

he/she should be an option in the election

Elect, we need to know our Senators and electeds are less prone to corruption

I dont understand the question

Elect, because not everyone knows their Senators and elected people are less prone to corruption.

Reform the senate!

Require all members to be non-partisan, and if they're not, get them out of office

Abolish, provided that an alternative would make it so that a single party in parliament does not get too much power.

People should elect

The People should elect the Senate not Parliment

Neither. Instead, the role of the Senate should be expanded, in efforts to push Canada into becoming a Republic, and abolishing the Monarchy.

Make it hereditary and fill it with first Nations leaders

they slow down the process and are often out of touch with the people.

is that a star wars reference lol

elect, by province, for longer terms ban political caucusing in senate

Dont give them tenour

All senators should be appointed to help avoid corruption and bias

elect for limited years

Let the ppl elect

Elect, but by the public

The senators should be appointed by The Queen.

Elect, with extensive background checks with respect to loyalty

Canadians should elect the Senate

Anarcho communism is kinda popular y'know

Elect, elected officials are less prone to corruption and not everyone knows their Senator.

Each province should appoint Senators to represent them.

Each province should be allocated an equal number of senate seats and senators should be elected by the electorate in their corresponding province. This adds senatorial independence, yet accountable to the electorate.

Governing officials should be paid minimum wage till they can prove they can do the job while understanding the people who voted them in. those making 250 a year can never see eye to eye with those needing food stamps.

Reform it into the House of Lords

Elected and representation in the Senate based on population of the province

The people should elect them like all public officials

Leave as is, but require all senators to be non-partisan.

Elected from the Provincial legislature they represent

Elect, elected officials are less prone to corruption and we need to know our Senators.

Nominated by provincial legislatures, based on the party ratio in their respective legislatures (Senate composition would change after each provincial election).

They should be elected by the public.

Completely overhaul government

Appoint by sortition (random lot, like jury duty); providing increased input for average Canadians

They should reform to include indigenous leaders, and there should be more serious penalties for corruption.

Elect, people who are elected are less prone to corruption and we need to know who our Senators are.

Leave as is, but require all senators to be non-partisan

Allows provinces to elect.

Equally Elected by all equal number of party MP's to ensure nonpartisanship.

The senate is the body of sober second thought. The guardians of legislation that could do harm to the country. An elected senate is nothing more than just another house where the senator would be invested in re-election and party politics. Senators should be appointed by peers in their field of expertise and for their track record in bringing value to the country.

Elect the Senate and allow, like the USA does if a sitting Senator dies, allow for a Provincial government to appoint a Senator and hold a special election if it is not during a regular election cycle. Also mandate Senators be Independent as political parties should be abolished