Throne Speech incoming

Plus: The PCs are on a fundraising blitz

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The countdown to when the House reconvenes is on — T-minus five days until Lieutenant Governor ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL delivers the Speech from the Throne and kicks off the fall session on Monday at 9 a.m.

Context: It’s a redux — MPPs were initially supposed to come back from the summer recess on September 13, but the Ford government prorogued and pushed back their return, citing uncertainty around the federal election. Opposition critics cried foul — suggesting the PCs didn’t want to hurt their federal cousins’ electoral prospects — and have been urging them to get back to work now that the election is over.

Premier DOUG FORD’s press secretary IVANA YELICH confirmed via Twitter.