Legislative life is looking up for the Liberals

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COMEBACK KIDS — The Grits may not have their leader in the House, but life in the chamber is changing big time now that they’ve pulled off the feat of achieving recognized status — something they weren’t able to do in the last two election rounds.

LUCILLE COLLARD, who has repped Ottawa-Vanier since 2020, was one of the 14 Liberal MPPs elected in February, helping her party clear the 12-seat threshold for official status in the Legislature, which comes with legislative tools like more staff, resources and speaking time during debates — indeed, the Grits devoted all of their questions in the first Question Period to the Therme controversy (more on that momentarily).

For Collard, who is taking on the role of Liberal House Leader once again, her job is about to get a whole lot easier.

But, as another Grit MPP confessed to me, there is such a thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, and the bigger the caucus, the trickier caucus management becomes. Think: herding cats.

Here’s w…