House leaders keep each other in the dark as last push on legislation begins before fall election

MPs will debate a motion to extend sitting hours until midnight for the four remaining weeks on Monday, as the government aims to pass the 20 active bills still before Parliament.

Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen, left, pictured speaking with Government House Leader Bardish Chagger during a meeting of the House Board of Internal Economy last year. The two House leaders each say the other is not providing them with enough information about their caucus' plan for time in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 27, 2019

With just four weeks left before the House of Commons is scheduled to rise for the last time before the fall election, time allocation motions are stacking up in the House, the government is moving to make MPs work until midnight, and the government and Conservative Ho...

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