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When the Ontario Legislature rises for summer break on Thursday it will be a long time before MPPs meet again at Queen’s Park.

Senior government sources confirmed to the Sun the legislature will not return until Oct. 28, after the next federal election.

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Speaking on background, the sources said the government wants to let the public focus on the election and not have the goings on at Queen’s Park act as a distraction.

They also don’t want to be dragged into the campaign.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it clear he plans on campaigning against Premier Doug Ford and his PC government.

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This week, the Trudeau Liberals attacked the Ford government, claiming they are bad partners on everything from infrastructure, fighting crime and looking after the environment.

Trudeau has been dropping in the polls over the last several months, especially in Ontario and the vote-rich 905 region around Toronto.