A Constituency of Millions: "Elected" Senators Discuss Alternatives to Operating a Province-wide Constituency Office

• Autores: Doug Black, Betty Unger
• Localización: Canadian parliamentary review, ISSN 0229-2548, Vol. 37, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 11-13
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Unlike Members of Parliament who are elected to well-defined constituencies, it�s unusual for Canadian Senators to operate constituency offices in their efforts to represent their home provinces/regions. Former Senator Bert Brown of Alberta, who was appointed to the Senate after a province-sponsored election process, ran an office in Calgary as a part of his efforts to be an active representative to the people of his province; but in separate interviews with the Canadian Parliamentary Review, two current �elected� Senators from the province, Senators Doug Black and Betty Unger, suggest they prefer to employ alternatives to a stationary physical space in their outreach and consultations.