From CPTPP to NAFTA, trade to top agenda in the House this fall

‘Coming up in the first few weeks and months it’s going to be a heavy trade-focused session,’ says NDP House Leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau.

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, left, Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen, and NDP House Leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau all flagged trade and the CPTPP Implementation Act, Bill C-79, as key issues for this fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 17, 2018

The House of Commons is back this week for the last fall sitting before the 2019 election, and trade is set to top the agenda, with NAFTA renegotiations ongoing and a bill to enact the new Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement fresh on the Order Paper. Government House Leader Bardish Chagger (Waterlo...

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