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OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau’s majority Liberal government is now more than halfway through its mandate.

Parliamentarians are rolling back into Ottawa this week after a winter break. They know that what they accomplish — or fail to — in the next five months or so will help set the stage for the next federal election in 2019.

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Some of the government’s biggest challenges, such as the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Phoenix pay system disaster, must be met off Parliament Hill. But others, like the legalization of marijuana, are tied to bills still making their way through the legislative process.

In 2018 we will be paying close attention to the Senate, where a new cohort of independents are changing the status quo, and where senators of all political stripes have been more likely to challenge the government’s ideas and its timelines. We also await a few promised government bills, as Liberals start to run out of time for their legislative agenda.