With late-night sittings on the horizon, the House heats up

After a motion passed giving the government the ability to force late-night sittings, which will start on May 11, there's been mud-slinging back and forth across the aisle that is typical of the end-of-session mood.

Conservative House Leader John Brassard, right, is accusing the NDP of giving the Liberals an 'audience, not an opposition,' meanwhile NDP House leader Peter Julian, left, says the Conservatives are blocking legislation. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH, DENNIS KOVTUN

May 9, 2022

Things are heating up in the House faster than the temperature is rising in Ottawa. It’s still early May, but June's summer sillies seem to be infiltrating the House, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) was

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