How summer shaped the fall sitting: old issues with new focus, and shifting party dynamics

While the key policy themes in Parliament are largely unchanged from June to September, some will re-emerge in autumn with sharper or more urgent focus.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have equally prioritized the theme of housing throughout the summer, writes Yaroslav Baran.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY YAROSLAV BARAN

September 14, 2023

Although Parliament is re-opening under the same formal “session”—meaning no new Throne Speech and no re-articulation of government program—political watchers should expect a difference in how some hot files play out when the House resumes Sept. 18. While the priorit...

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