John Ivison: Liberals are already acting like the unofficial opposition to Pierre Poilievre

Hints of the Conservative 'hidden agenda' folklore that has been used to scare progressive in every election for the past 25 years

In the normal course of events, the fall session of Parliament is welcomed by the government House leader, who gathers eager journalists to tell them about the shiny legislative objects the governing party is about to bestow on voters.

On Monday, Karina Gould continued that time-honoured tradition, but she didn’t refer to the prospect of any new bills and spent only a minute or so talking about the legislative leftovers from the last session.