Parliament adjourned for summer, government’s controversial budget bill passed without amendment

MPs head back to their ridings for the summer barbecue circuit.

The House of Commons adjourned for the summer on Wednesday, June 21. It will remain adjourned until Sept. 18, 2017.The Hill Times photograph by Rachel Aiello

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 22, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—The House adjourned for the summer Wednesday evening after an acrimonious spring sitting, and the Senate followed suit the next day after voting not to insist upon its changes to the government's 300-page omnibus budget implementation bill after the House rejected them. The House...

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