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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 Ontario\u2019s 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\u2019t like it one bit. \u201cIt\u2019s appalling, really,\u201d Lise Vaugeois, a New Democrat, said of the Progressive Conservative government\u2019s long hiatus. \u201cHere\u2019s a game that\u2019s being played: They have very short sessions in which they ram through huge bills,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd the other piece is that they are mired in scandal, and the legislative session is when they can best be held to account.\u201d Legislators returned to Queen\u2019s Park in late October after a nearly five-month break and concluded their fall sitting on Thursday. Government MPPs… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 Ontario\u2019s 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\u2019t like it one bit. \u201cIt\u2019s appalling, really,\u201d Lise Vaugeois, a New Democrat, said of the Progressive Conservative government\u2019s long hiatus. \u201cHere\u2019s a game that\u2019s being played: They have very short sessions in which they ram through huge bills,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd the other piece is that they are mired in scandal, and the legislative session is when they can best be held to account.\u201d Legislators returned to Queen\u2019s Park in late October after a nearly five-month break and concluded their fall sitting on Thursday. Government MPPs... <\/p>\n

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