MPs agree to adjourn House of Commons for the summer [Video]

The House of Commons has adjourned a few days early for its summer break, after members of Parliament agreed to pause their legislative business until mid-September.

On Wednesday, all MPs approved a motion to expedite a few small measures and wrap after completing a few votes, including seeing the key Budget Implementation Act Bill C-69 clear the Commons.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon about the “important accomplishments” achieved during the spring sitting, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said that the minority Liberal government has passed 15 bills in 14 weeks

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Asked what the Liberals plan to focus on come the fall, MacKinnon said the government “will be pretty ruthlessly focused on making lives better for Canadians in their daily life.”

“That was our focus in every day of this session. Dental care, child care, housing… We are going …