What to watch this parliamentary sitting

The last pre-election budget, a contested environmental assessment bill, and the Burnaby South byelection are all on politicos’ radars.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters next to the portrait of his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, before Question Period on Jan. 28, in the House’s new home in West Block. The PM started off Day 1 of the winter sitting on the defensive after he fired his ambassador to China the weekend before.
OTTAWA—Parliamentarians have returned to Ottawa for their last sitting prior to this year’s federal election. The theatrics of what happens in the House of Commons are often overstated when trying to analyze what election outcomes might look like. For example, just before the last election then-...

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