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The House of Commons is wrapping up the fall sitting shortly on Thursday, meaning MPs will be heading back to their ridings for a six-week holiday break.
The House is rising with some key pieces of legislation still working their way through the House, most notably the government’s budget implementation act.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that he wished the budget bill and some of the government’s crime legislation would be passed quickly, but suggested the House is “functioning well.”
“It’s a minority Parliament,” he said to reporters on Parliament Hill.
“We’re making progress. Canadians rightly expect us to make a lot more progress.”
2 bills pushed through at last minute
The House only passed four bills this fall sitting — that includes the supplementary estimates, which need to pass every sitting to keep the government operating.
MPs quickly got two bills through the third reading shortly after question period on Thursday: C-12, the government’s border security bill, and C-4, which primarily would bring the Liberals’ income tax cut officially into law. Both will now head to the Senate.
The government was able to pass the “Lost Canadians” legislation last month.
MPs are scheduled to be back in Ottawa to resume sitting on Jan. 26.
