The House has a handful of sitting days left before it rises for the summer, and the usual end-of-session scramble is well underway. But the decisions being made and deferred in these final weeks are setting up what looks like a genuinely volatile fall. The government is trying to move on several major files at once whilst managing a caucus that is showing signs of fraying. The opposition is searching for a line of attack against a prime minister while polls show little signs of movement. And a quiet disagreement between the two most important conservative leaders in the country is heading for a collision with hard deadlines in October.
Tyler Meredith looks at the government’s execution challenge on regulatory reform and AI strategy. Ken Boessenkool explains why Carney’s weak majority is more dangerous than the minority ever was. And Ben Woodfinden flags the inevitable tension between Danielle Smith and Pierre Poilievre on the pipeline MOU.
