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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 "significant" economic legislation, with Government House leader Steven MacKinnon calling it the "centrepiece" of the fall sitting.
- The Liberals hold a thin majority of 173 seats in the House of Commons after floor-crossers and byelections over the past year shifted the balance, leaving opposition parties with reduced control over the parliamentary agenda.
- Carney has traversed the globe at an aggressive pace to deepen ties beyond the United States, recently visiting Strasbourg, France, and hosting a major investment summit in Toronto where he won accolades from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
- Six vacant seats require byelections in the coming months, including Brantford-Brant where Conservative stalwart Larry Brock resigned last week to return to his former career as a Crown prosecutor.
- Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced in July a private-public partnership to support a future West Coast pipeline, positioning infrastructure development as a key economic priority for the government.
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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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- 67% of the sources lean Left
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L 67%
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