Prorogation Of Parliament

The Government's legislative agenda has largely ground to a halt by ongoing debate on the privilege motion initiated by the Conservatives ¹(with a second Conservative-initiated privilege motion waiting in the wings on a different matter).

Meanwhile, the Liberals continue to find themselves 15-20 plus points behind the Conservatives in the national polls (including one poll, in which they found themselves for the first time since 2015 in third place nationally, outside of Quebec, trailing the New Democratic Party). With no signs of imminent rebound of their electoral prospects, and, as we had discussed in our last bulletin, with more confidence votes anticipated this fall, the Liberals' ability to maintain the confidence of the House of Commons has never been more imperiled.