What they Don't Tell You About Being a Senator | H&H

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Uh what something that you did not expect that would come with the role? Maybe some of your biggest surprise or surprises or something like well man, I didn't I didn't see that coming like when you took the role. Anything you can throw it on that in that regard?

[00:00:16]You know, one of the Yeah, I mean I I I I generally knew the role of a senator is to you know, to to to to look at legislation and that sort of thing. I didn't realize the public profile that came with it. When I was growing up, I didn't know any senators, you know, I you know, heard names, you know, Jerry Optenheimer or you know, like we heard names, but but you know, we really didn't know what this obscure thing in Ottawa did. No one voted for them. They weren't didn't have signs up.

[00:00:44]Uh so so so so what surprises me now, even now, is that people will approach me, you know, at sobeys dominion and Costco and and you know, ask me about legislation. You know, and it it it makes me think. It makes me it it makes me realize