Power to call for parliamentary pause ‘not absolute,’ challengers tell Federal Court

Power to call for parliamentary pause ‘not absolute,’ challengers tell Federal Court

OTTAWA — Two Nova Scotia men are asking the Federal Court to declare the current suspension of Parliament illegal because there must be a "reasonable justification" for hitting the pause button.
Federal lawyers contend in response that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's

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