Parliament cannot remain shuttered for another nine weeks while Canada is threatened with a trade war, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre said yesterday. Parliament is prorogued until March 24 at the Prime Minister’s request.

“The Prime Minister has the power to ask the Governor General to cut short prorogation and get our Parliament working,” Poilievre said in a statement. “Open Parliament. Take back control. Put Canada first.”

“Canada has never been so weak and things have never been so out of control,” said Poilievre. “Liberals are putting themselves and their leadership politics ahead of the country.”

The U.S. Government has said it will impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports effective February 1. “We need retaliatory tariffs, something that requires urgent parlia

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