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MPs return to Parliament after drama-filled summer
Carney says the Liberal government will bring forward major economic bills as the minority opposition faces a thinner agenda in a 173-seat majority.
- On Monday, Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa as Prime Minister Mark Carney promised major economic legislation for the fall sitting of Parliament.
- The Liberals hold a thin majority of 173 seats in the House of Commons, consolidating power after floor-crossers and byelections over the past year shifted parliamentary control.
- Government House leader Steven MacKinnon described the upcoming measures as the "centrepiece" of the fall session, while Carney addressed his caucus on Friday, saying "It felt like seven weeks, but it was seven days. But this is the pace we need."
- Six vacant seats require byelections in the coming months, including Brantford-Brant where Conservative stalwart Larry Brock resigned last week to return to his career as a Crown prosecutor.
- Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced in July a private-public partnership for a West Coast pipeline, positioning infrastructure development as central to the government's economic strategy.
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MPs return to Parliament after drama-filled summer
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament return from their summer break Monday, with the economy and trade partnerships in centre-focus after the trade war with the United States dramatically escalated over
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
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