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Hot potatoes, hotter tempers: Welcome to a wild session

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Sabrina Nanji
Oct 20, 2025
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Buckle up, Queen’s Park. The fall session kicks off today after an extended summer recess, and with just seven sitting weeks on the clock, DOUG FORD’s PC crew is racing to push through a pile of hot-potato legislation before the holidays, while the opposition is sharpening its knives for a feisty return to the chamber.

MARIT STILES will be eager to prove she’s still got her NDP caucus behind her after that bruising leadership review, and over in Liberal land, both rookies and veterans who may be eyeing BONNIE CROMBIE’s soon-to-be-vacant throne will be looking to make their mark — and maybe a few headlines — with fiery debates and flashy private members’ bills.

Grilling season: Ford may have spent his summer playing Captain Canada, but today’s legislative homecoming is shaping up to be less whiskey-pouring stunts, more Oppo roast session.

Critics have been champing at the bit since June, so expect pointed debates about rising unemployment, the Audit…

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