Forty-third Parliament of Canada, I hardly knew ya!

The rationale for an election and the timing for an election have lined up. The campaigning will informally begin on June 24.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at the bottom of the stairs descending from West Block, now the seat of the House of Commons, to Wellington Street on May 4. Once Parliament rises for the summer in late June, it may not sit again until an election has been held, writes Joe Jordan.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY JOE JORDAN

May 31, 2021

OTTAWA—Barring unanimous consent to extend the number of sitting days, the House of Commons is scheduled to rise on June 23, and I truly hope I am not the bearer of either bad or surprising news here, but they ain’t coming back. I’m talking gone, au revoir, adios, tail-lights in the rear-view ...

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