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In Canada, senators are appointed by the government in power, and not elected. Only MPs are elected to office.

This was posted earlier, but Canada uses a different electoral system, explained briefly below. I believe that we should elect according to proportional representation, but that isn't the case now.
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According to the federal results posted by Elections Canada and found here, last election, the Liberals got 32.6 % of the popular vote. The Conservatives, 33.8%

Results - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election#Summary_results

Canada uses a first past the post system. This is where candidates are elected by a majority within their respective ridings. That does not mean that a party will win based on the total number of votes cast - aka proportional representation. It depends on the population of those ridings. Hence, the last election result where Trudeau's Liberals got less votes than the Conservatives but Trudeau still ended up as PM.

Trudeau promised to change the process to proportional representation, which would reflect the popular vote. He reneged. Had proportional representation been in place last October, the Conservatives would have formed a minority government.