| 44th Parliament of Canada | |||
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| Minority parliament | |||
| 22 November 2021 – present | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime Minister | Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau 4 Nov 2015 – present | ||
| Cabinet | 29th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Hon. Erin O'Toole 24 Aug 2020 – 2 Feb 2022 | ||
| Hon. Candice Bergen 2 Feb 2022 – 10 Sep 2022 | |||
| Hon. Pierre Poilievre 10 Sep 2022 – present | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | Bloc Québécois | ||
| New Democratic Party[a] | |||
| Independent Senators Group* | |||
| Canadian Senators Group* | |||
| Progressive Senate Group* | |||
| Unrecognized | Green Party | ||
| * Only in the Senate. | |||
| House of Commons | |||
 Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Hon. Anthony Rota 5 Dec 2019 – 27 Sep 2023 | ||
| Louis Plamondon (interim) 27 Sep 2023 – 3 Oct 2023 | |||
| Hon. Greg Fergus 3 Oct 2023 – present | |||
| Government House Leader | Hon. Mark Holland 26 Oct 2021 – 26 Jul 2023 | ||
| Hon. Karina Gould 26 Jul 2023 – 8 Jan 2024 | |||
| Hon. Steven MacKinnon (interim) 8 Jan 2024 – 19 Jul 2024 | |||
| Hon. Karina Gould 19 Jul 2024 – 24 Jan 2025 | |||
| Hon. Steven MacKinnon 24 Jan 2025 – present | |||
| Opposition House Leader | Gérard Deltell 2 Sep 2020 – 4 Feb 2022 | ||
| John Brassard 5 Feb 2022 – 12 Sep 2022 | |||
| Andrew Scheer 13 Sep 2022 – present | |||
| Members | 338 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
.svg) Seating arrangements of the Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Hon. George Furey 3 Dec 2015 – 12 May 2023 | ||
| Hon. Raymonde Gagné 12 May 2023 – present | |||
| Government Senate Rep. | Hon. Marc Gold 24 Jan 2020 – present | ||
| Opposition Senate Leader | Hon. Don Plett 5 Nov 2019 – present | ||
| Senators | 105 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 Feb 1952 – 8 Sep 2022 | ||
| Charles III 8 Sep 2022 – present | |||
| Governor General | HE Rt. Hon. Mary Simon 26 Jul 2021 – present | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session 22 November 2021 – 6 January 2025 | |||
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The 44th Canadian Parliament is the session of the Parliament of Canada which began on 22 November 2021, with the membership of the House of Commons, having been determined by the results of the 2021 federal election held on 20 September. Parliament officially resumed on 22 November with the re-election of Speaker Anthony Rota, and the Speech from the Throne read by Governor General Mary Simon the following day.
It is led by a Liberal Party minority government under the premiership of Justin Trudeau. It is the longest running minority government in Canadian history. Six months into the first session on 22 March 2022 it was announced that the New Democratic Party would henceforth support the government with confidence and supply measures.[1][2] The support was contingent on the government implementing a pharmacare program and a dental care program. The temporary Canada Dental Benefit was established in December 2022, and the permanent Canadian Dental Care Plan began rolling out in December 2023.[3][4] The NDP ended their confidence and supply arrangement with the Liberal government, on 4 September 2024.
On 6 January 2025, amid political pressure, Trudeau announced that he would tender his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister, and would step down once his successor is elected. As part of the announcement, Trudeau also stated that he had requested to the Governor General the prorogation of Parliament until 24 March 2025 while his successor is determined, thus ending the first session of the 44th Parliament; he stated that "despite best efforts to work through it, Parliament has been paralyzed for months."[5][6]
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