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For the first time in nearly a week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to be in the Chamber when the curtain rises on the House of Commons this afternoon, which sets the parliamentary stage for a raucous session.

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Opposition members have, after all, been waiting with increasing impatience for the opportunity to hold Trudeau account for the various and sundry controversies currently swirling around his government, from the so-called “cash-for-access” fundraising scheme to his campaign pledge to rejig Canada’s voting system.

Before that gets underway, however, MPs will spend the morning sequestered snugly behind the closed doors of their respective caucus quarters, discussing current affairs and future considerations comfortably far from the public record.

Later this morning, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett will hit the stage at the Assembly of First Nations’ Special Chief Assembly, where she’s slated to deliver the morning keynote address.