After a flurry of activity late into the evening Wednesday, MPs cleared the legislative decks and passed some key government bills before a three-month summer recess.
Liberal Government House Leader Mark Holland got much of what he wanted passed through the House of Commons at third reading — or pushed off to committee for further study in the fall.
The opposition Conservatives have tried to stall some bills but the government, with the support of the NDP, introduced a parliamentary manoeuvre called “time allocation” on several occasions to shut down debate and move bills to votes.
“Despite the noise often that’s in Parliament, Canadians
