House Resumes With New Dynamics at Play Following Cancelled NDP Deal

MPs are back in the House of Commons today under a normal minority government framework, with the Liberals having lost formal NDP support and needing to find backing from any one of the opposition parties to pass legislation. “We will work case by case, legislation by legislation, with whichever party wants to work with us,” Government House Leader Karina Gould told reporters in Ottawa on Sept. 16. Gould did not lay out a clear agenda for the fall, only saying that there are important pieces of legislation before the House of Commons. Bills being debated on Sept. 16 include a Tory private member’s bill to combat auto theft and government Bill C-71, which seeks to broaden access to Canadian citizenship....