While the Speaker is an officer of the Senate, the Speaker as Senator also remains a representative of the Province from which he or she was appointed. Unlike the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, the Speaker of the Senate of Canada has the right to participate in debates on behalf of the citizens of their Province or Territory. The Speaker has the right and power to cast an original vote, and to simultaneously preside over the voting process (rather than the Speaker merely delivering a tiebreaking vote, the question before the House is deemed to have been rejected).