OTTAWA - No more speeches, no more books, no more political dirty looks -- the House of Commons is out for summer.
MPs agreed Wednesday to wrap up their spring session two days ahead of schedule and head home till September.
The rare agreement came after opposition parties supported a motion allowing the minority Conservative government to recall the House if necessary to deal with any amendments the Senate may pass to the budget implementation bill.
But that seems unlikely.
Some Liberal senators from Atlantic Canada have vowed to try to amend or even defeat the bill, but they're likely to be outnumbered by Conservatives and Liberals from other provinces like Ontario and Quebec which support the budget.
The Senate is expected to begin final debate on the bill Thursday.
The Commons is scheduled to resume Sept. 17, however speculation is rampant that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will prorogue Parliament in order to come back -- perhaps as late as mid-October -- with a throne speech outlining a fresh agenda for his beleaguered government.
