Prime Minister Mark Carney denied a report that the Liberal government is considering proroguing Parliament if it obtains a majority through the upcoming byelections.
“It has never even entered my thinking, the possibility of that. So I couldn’t have been more surprised to see a suggestion that that was under consideration at all,” Carney told reporters in Quebec on March 31.
Carney’s comments came after the Globe and Mail on March 30 reported based on anonymous sources that the government is considering prorogation—which would reset the parliamentary session—to gain a corresponding majority in House of Commons committees. Unnamed sources said that this would be done if the Liberals gained a majority by winning all three of the upcoming April 13 byelections, the newspaper reported….