@ISIDEWITHQuestionsDomestic Policy11yrs ago

Should the federal government elect or abolish the Senate?

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41%
Abolish
51%
Elect
34%
Abolish
33%
Elect
7%
Abolish, the recent corruption scandals have proven that any unelected body of government is detrimental towards democracy
12%
Elect, and require members to be non-partisan
6%
Elect, Senators that are elected are less prone to corruption

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 @9FH5R83from Quebec  answered…1yr1Y

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

 @B26DZ65from Alberta  answered…3 days3D

Direct democracy over "representation". I don't feel any representation with the current govt. And too much corruption

 @9ZVPFDRfrom Rhode Island  answered…4wks4W

Keep the senate mostly as is but allow the government to bypass the senate if a bill doesn’t pass within a year

 @9ZS96WWfrom Ontario  answered…4wks4W

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.

 @9YNBMP4from Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

Every province gets 10 senators, appointed by the provincial legislature. That way then the electorate changes it's will at a provincial election they can change the makeup of the federal government.

 @9DT49RPfrom New York  answered…1yr1Y

elect or abolish don't keep it as is

 @9DTTBXPfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

There should be election and terms set for the length of time they can be in the senate

 @9DRYGB6 from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

elect or abolish don't keep the status quo

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 @FederalistBennyfrom Montana  submitted…1mo1MO

Trump Picks Fox New Host For Top Security Role

President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, as his choice for secretary of defense and John Ratcliffe, a hawkish former House lawmaker, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, placing loyalists in two key national security positions.The selection of defense secretary continues Trump’s practice of turning away from civilians with high-level national security experience to run the Pentagon or to retired officers, which he tried early in his first term when he chose retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis to run the department.“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,” Trump said in a statement confirming his selection. In a separate statement, Trump called Ratcliffe a “warrior for Truth and Honesty” and credited him for exposing what Trump called “fake Russian collusion” accusations against his 2016 campaign.If confirmed by the Senate, Hegseth would take over the federal government’s biggest department with a budget that last year reached $850 billion, overseeing a workforce of nearly three million civilian workers and military service members, many deployed around the world. He has never held a senior government post, an issue likely to be raised at least by Democrats ahead of a vote on his nomination.Hegseth, 44, is a National Guard veteran from Minnesota who has been a commentator on Fox News for the past decade. He once led an advocacy group that sought to privatize healthcare provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, leading Trump to consider him as VA secretary during his first term.

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