By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY — Ontario’s legislative assembly is taking a 14-week break after having already taken a 19-week summer break and sitting only 51 days this year. And the MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North doesn’t like it one bit. “It’s appalling, really,” Lise Vaugeois, a New Democrat, said of the Progressive Conservative government’s long hiatus. “Here’s a game that’s being played: They have very short sessions in which they ram through huge bills,” she continued. “And the other piece is that they are mired in scandal, and the legislative session is when they can best be held to account.” Legislators returned to Queen’s Park in late October after a nearly five-month break and concluded their fall sitting on Thursday. Government MPPs…
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