House to rise for the summer, gov't vows to return 'ruthlessly' focused on improving Canadians' lives
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Members of Parliament have agreed to adjourn the House of Commons a few days early for their summer break, soon putting a pause on legislative business until mid-September.
Members of Parliament have agreed to adjourn the House of Commons a few days early for their summer break, soon putting a pause on legislative business until mid-September.
On Wednesday, after deciding to advance several bills, all sides supported a motion that will see the House of Commons wrap up its work later today, following a vote on the key Bill C-69 Budget Implementation Act.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon about the "important accomplishments" achieved during the spring sitting, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said that the minority Liberal government has passed 15 bills in 14 weeks.
Asked what the Liberals plan to focus on come the fall, MacKinnon said the government "will be pretty ruthlessly focused on making lives better for Canadians in their daily life."
"That was our focus in every day of this session. Dental care, child care, housing… We are going to continue very much with that philosophy," MacKinnon said.
This week, the Conservatives tried to push for House of Commons committees to sit over the summer, but Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois MPs rebuked those efforts.
"Conservatives proposed a reasonable work plan... But the lazy Liberal-NDP coalition preferred to go on vacation," said the party in a statement.
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