Sweating summer polling deficit, Liberals hope to dine out on ‘impressive list’ of spring bills

Plus, the NDP thwart most Tory efforts to hold summer committee meetings as MP Matthew Green says parliamentary resources are not meant for ‘chasing every Conservative ambulance.'
Despite 'continual partisan obstruction from the Conservatives,' Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon says the Liberals shepherded an 'impressive list' of 15 pieces of legislation to royal assent over the 14-week spring session.

Liberal and NDP MPs are putting on optimistic faces as they prepare to face voters over the summer at community events and barbecues, despite a last-minute effort by the Conservatives to keep committees working over the next three months. 

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