Does that mean an equal number of senators per region, which is roughly the formula now, or an equal
number of senators per provinces, which means my province of Ontario with 39% of the population would have the same
number of senators as P.E.I. , with one half of 1%? Mr. Jay Hill: Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that out of my entire remarks, which I would suggest the majority of them were a direct attack on the member's Prime Minister and his failure to address in any dramatic fashion the issue of what he terms the democratic deficit, the one area my colleague from across th
...[+++]e way zeroed in on was the issue of Senate reform.
Veut-il dire un nombre égal de sénateurs par région, ce qui est à peu près la formule actuelle, ou un nombre égal de sénateurs par province, ce qui signifie que ma province, l'Ontario, qui représente 39 p. 100 de la population, aurait le même nombre de sénateurs que l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, qui compte 0,5 p. 100 de la population?