Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda
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Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202630 min
  • Interview
  • Politics
  • About Canada

Parliament returns today from summer recess, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and an unresolved trade war with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney told MPs on Friday that this will be "a crucial session of the House of Commons" and vowed to introduce "some of the most consequential legislation not just of this government, but in decades." CBC's Chief Political Correspondent Rosie Barton joins us to talk about what we can expect in this session of Parliament, and Carney's balancing act for his ambitious agenda. For transcripts of Front Bu...

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Parliament returns today from summer recess, and there is lots to talk about.

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in Toronto in a speech to the European Parliament in France,

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Hi, I'm Jamie Poisson. Parliament returns today from summer recess, and there is lots to talk about. Carney, who just wrapped this really busy week that included an investment summit in in Toronto in a speech to the European Parliament in France,

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