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MPs Return as Carney Pushes EU Ties, New Bills and Byelections
Carney’s agenda includes a project-approval bill, Labour Code changes and debate over closer economic ties with Europe.
- On Monday, Members of Parliament return to Parliament Hill for the fall sitting of the House of Commons, addressing the federal budget, new legislation, and upcoming byelections.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney will table the Building Canada Strong Act this fall to accelerate federal project approvals, following the mantra: 'One project, one review, one year.'
- Carney plans to balance the operating budget by next year, 12 months ahead of schedule, while deepening ties with the 27 countries in the European Union after addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
- Six more byelections are set for the coming months in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec to fill vacancies left by former minister Steven Guilbeault and Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay.
- Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner expressed concern that closer European ties could 'import' their 'migrant crisis to Canada,' while trade talks with the United States remain stalled as the Trump administration focuses on midterm elections.
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As Parliament returns, focus is on the U.S. trade war, new EU ties and cost of living
OTTAWA - Parliament will get back to work Monday after a three-month break, with the trade war with the United States and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to formalize closer ties with the European Union top of mind.
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