Government House Leader Karina Gould convened reporters to talk about government priorities on Parliament’s first day back, but spent much of her time castigating Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The day before, Poilievre held a Parliament Hill press conference where he said the federal government’s price on carbon would cause a “nuclear winter” for the economy. Government House Leader Karina Gould called the Conservative leader 'a bully.
” Gould said the NDP exit from the supply-and-confidence agreement 'returns us to a normal minority Parliament.' photograph by Andrew Meade Parliament also returns for the first time since March 2022 without a formal deal in place with the NDP to support the Liberal minority government. Gould said the end of the supply-and-confidence agreement “makes things a bit different” but downplayed the Sept. 4 exit by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and his party.