The House of Commons has adjourned for the year, after MPs unanimously agreed to wrap up the fall sitting a few days early. While MPs were scheduled to stick around until Friday, after a jam-packed political fall, all sides agreed to finish off their work in the Chamber on Wednesday.
bill, to the GST tax credit boost—other bills they wanted to see advance have been mired in political controversy and wrangling over amendments.
"We are very much inviting and embracing of a responsible and civilized debate about how we make sure that we draw the line in the right place," the minister said. "And so we will continue to take the time that is necessary to make whatever fine tuning to the language of the amendment, to make sure that we get it right."
While MPs are getting out of Ottawa a bit early, the Senate is scheduled to sit until Dec. 22. Among the key bills they will be looking to pass before adjourning for the holidays is Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic update implementation legislation, Bill C-32.
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