About 2/3's of all senators have backgrounds as either corporate executives or corporate lawyers. This is why the Senate is suspected of being too favourable to the interests of the business community. With regard to the third problem,

The final recommendation talked about in this essay is the suggestion from Alberta's premier, Don Getty. Getty proposed the "Triple E" Senate. That is, "Elected, Effective, and Equal." The idea that senators be elected is probably the most important reform that could be made to the Senate. A senator's term of office would be nine years, after which he/she could not stand for re-election. Getty suggested that each province elects six senators while the territories get two each for a total of 64. The election of senators would be tied to provincial votes. Each time a province went to the polls, half the province's senators would be up for election. There is strong support for the idea of an elected Senate.

Many Canadians believe that, unless senators are elected and

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