House Resumes With New Dynamics at Play Following Cancelled NDP Deal

MP Karina Gould, now government house leader, is shown during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

MPs are back in the House of Commons today under a normal minority government framework, with the Liberals having lost formal NDP support and needing to find backing from any one of the opposition parties to pass legislation.

“We will work case by case, legislation by legislation, with whichever party wants to work with us,” Government House Leader Karina Gould told reporters in Ottawa on Sept. 16.