Senators should be elected in ridings that are representative of the Canadian people. Our current 105 Senators that are all appointed by the PM is the antithesis of democracy. Senators should be elected in fixed date elections every four years. One Senator should be elected in areas of 3-4 ridings. Every elected Senator would represent 300,000 – 400,000 people, based on the typical riding size in Ontario.

Every senator riding would be called a “District” in order to differentiate it from a riding. Senator candidates would be supported by “district associations” to support the senator candidates. Invariably, the establishment parties would become involved with the Senate, but the party pressure should naturally be lower on the Senate as it cannot fold by a vote of non-confidence. 

Implementing this will not require a major change in the structure of the Senate or how Elections Canada (EC) operates elections.