MPs Hit Summer Campaign Circuit as Election Year Looms

Members of Parliament poured out of the House of Commons into the stifling air of an Ottawa heat wave on June 19, heading back to their constituencies for the summer barbecue and festival circuit many love most about their jobs. The next time they take their seats will be Sept. 16, just before the one-year countdown until the next election campaign has to begin. For the federal Conservatives, whose polling numbers since Pierre Poilievre took over as leader have climbed ever upward, that prospect brings great hope of a return to power after nearly a decade in opposition. So much so that in the waning minutes of the House sitting on June 19 the Tory caucus was practically giddy....