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After two jam-packed sitting weeks, MPPs are trekking back to their ridings for the Remembrance Day constit week. They’ll be back at it Monday, November 16.
That doesn’t mean they’re on vacation — but it’ll certainly feel like a breather after a whirlwind start to the session. Five months of recess followed by just 23 sitting days will do that.
The Ford government is wasting no time. Two key pieces of legislation — the red tape reduction package and Fall Economic Statement bill — have already zipped through second-reading debate and are now off to be studied at committee.
It’s all relative: Sure, squeezing everything into a short session makes for a frantic schedule, but the government’s legislative agenda is looking pretty light from here (barring any surprises). Still to come: legislation from Colleges and Universities Minister NOLAN QUINN that would clamp down on the hot-potato career colleges sector and OSAP use.
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