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MPs trade jabs as House of Commons returns

After talking up the prospect of cross-party collaboration in the House of Commons, Liberal and Conservative MPs wasted little time when Parliament resumed before reverting to partisan attacks over housing and the cost of living.

The tone was set early yesterday afternoon, when the first-ever question period exchange between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began cordially before turning belligerent.

Hours earlier, Government House leader Steven MacKinnon said he was under “no illusions” about the chances for co-operation with Poilievre and his caucus, even though the minority government needs opposition votes to advance i

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