Inside Canada's Parliament
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  Welcome
  Preface
  Introduction
  The Foundations
  The Institutions
  The Work
  Continuing Traditions
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This is Parliament! Inside these walls and chambers you will see a lot of activity. This is where the people who represent the citizens of Canada come together to debate, discuss, reflect, and make decisions about how our country’s policies, laws and finances work to reflect the public will and the public interest.

Centre Block (Parliament buildings)
Len Staples

Ensuring that Canadians know how Parliament works is the key to making it work. As a democracy, Canada thrives when its citizens are involved and informed.

Inside Canada’s Parliament throws open the doors of Parliament — taking you behind the scenes, through its corridors and back passages, to show you how the work of Parliament gets done.

As Speaker of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Commons, we welcome this opportunity to give you better insight into how Canada’s Parliament operates so you can share in our sense of involvement and excitement.

On behalf of all the people who work for you in Parliament, welcome.

Peter Milliken, M.P. Noël A. Kinsella, Senator
Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the Senate

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