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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during an affordable housing announcement with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on June 30. Sometime this week, if the pundits are correct, the prime minister will visit newly installed Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall and pull the plug on the weirdest Parliament ever, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 11, 2021

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Sigh. It is that time again. Sometime this week, if the pundits are correct, the prime minister will visit newly installed Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall and pull the plug on the weirdest Parliament ever. Even when the Parl...

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