Inflation and economic disruption persists, an ongoing trade spat with the United States continues to threaten the economy and a Prime Minister Trudeau leads the country less than a year away from what would turn out to be a near-disastrous election.
The year is 1971 and the cause of the economic crisis is different than it is today, just as is the U.S. president.
Fifty years ago today, the House of Commons was in the middle of one of its shortest winter breaks ever, disbanding on Dec. 23 and returning on Dec. 28.
The length of the holiday break was a subject of great “anguish” for MPs, “who have to
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