OTTAWA — The start of the new fall session on Monday will see Prime Minister Mark Carney facing off against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons for the first time after Poilievre regained a seat over the summer.

Poilievre was defeated in his Ottawa-area riding of Carleton in April and therefore could not sit as leader of the Opposition during the short spring session that followed. However, he managed to get elected in one of the safest Conservative ridings of the country, Battle River—Crowfoot, on August 18 after one of his MPs, Damien Kurek, agreed to step down.

In a speech to his caucus on Sunday, Poilievre acknowledged the unusual circumstances that brought him back to his leader’s seat nearly five months after the election.

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