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It looks like Ottawa is headed for a warm spring, and with MPs and Senators sitting for less than four months until the summer break, the heat is on to make the third session of the 40th Parliament count. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) unpopular decision to prorogue in December and start anew March 3 has levelled the political playing field. With the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals running neck-and-neck in the polls there will be plenty of high-stakes political drama, including an opposition motion to limit the Prime Minister's power to prorogue.
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Political players to watch this Parliamentary session
It looks like Ottawa is headed for a warm spring, and with MPs and Senators sitting for less than four months until the summer break, the heat is on to make the third session of the 40th Parliament count. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) unpopular decision to prorogue in December and start anew March 3 has levelled the political playing field. With the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals running neck-and-neck in the polls there will be plenty of high-stakes political drama, including an opposition motion to limit the Prime Minister's power to prorogue.
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