So what do Senators really do in the summer?

Without the need to show their faces to voters in a defined riding in hopes of re-election, regional representation means whatever Senators want it to mean outside of Ottawa. At least two Senators have constituency offices, but many others spend the summer studying issues of local concern from desks at their homes or cottages.

Senators are mostly free to pursue their own projects over the summer, and some are inserting themselves into hot issues within their home provinces. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 5, 2017

With a hectic spring session behind them, a few Senators have more plans to dig into what they see as pressing political issues in their home provinces over the summer, and, as one put it, “hold the prime minister’s feet to the fire” when Parliament returns in t...

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