House gets back to business: a legislation primer

MPs already have their plates full, with 29 government bills in the House, and more to come.

NDP House Leader Murray Rankin will lead his caucus' push for amendments to a handful of the government's bills in the fall; the Conservatives and House Leader Candice Bergen, right, will push back on a key clause in a Criminal Code reform bill; and Government House Leader Bardish Chagger will try to shepherd the government's legislative agenda, including high-profile bills on marijuana legalization and impaired driving, through the House and into the Senate. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

September 18, 2017

The House is back to work, and the government’s legislation on pot legalization will be front and centre while the caucuses also jab and parry over everything from an oil tanker ban to public service sick leave. Question Period ...

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