Some Senators play community fixers with country in lockdown

Several Senators with a background in politics told The Hill Times that they have been doing the sort of constituency work most often taken on by MPs. 'Because I was a former MPP, a lot of people in and around the area know that they can call for help on stuff,' says Frances Lankin.

Conservative Senator Elizabeth Marshall, non-affiliated Senator Jane Cordy, and Canadian Senators Group Senator Larry Campbell. Senators say their work doesn't end when the Senate adjourns, and the COVID-19 crisis has kept them glued to their phones and keyboards. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 27, 2020

Stuck in their homes like most of us, some of Canada’s Senators are using their time away from Ottawa amid the COVID-19 global pandemic to form virtual policy “working groups,” help researchers collect data on the crisis, or go to bat for businesses and non-profi...

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