| Senators work on solving public policy problems, but they need support to accomplish their goals. The Senate's annual budget provides the funds for committees and chamber sittings to function and for individual senators' offices to operate. The procedural, administrative and logistical support, however, comes from the Senate Administration. Its employees provide the behind-the-scenes expertise that allows the Senate to function smoothly year in and year out. |
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It is true it takes many hands to build a country. It
takes many hands to operate the machinery of our
parliamentary system. And their [Senate employees']
hands are very important in that process. None of it
can be accomplished by any one member of Parliament,
whether an honourable senator or a member of the
other place. It takes a lot of support to make this
happen.
Senator Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, interview, February 12, 2009 |
