TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government returns to Queen's Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undemocratic norm.

A lingering trade war with the United States, a consequential downturn in the economy with about 700,000 Ontarians looking for work, increasing inflation and a crashing housing market will hang over the Ontario legislature as politicians gather en masse for the first time in 137 days.

The Progressive Conservative government is set to ban speed cameras through legislation this week, but Ford's promise to ban research testing on dogs and cats will not be landing this fall.

On Monday, the province will introduce a bill focused on streamlining red tape, including labour mobility l

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