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Podcast: CBC Newfoundland Morning
Episode: The word 'prorogue' is in the spotlight, as Parliament is put on 'pause'
Description: When Justin Trudeau announced this week that he'd be resigning as Prime Minister, he also said something else important: that Parliament would be 'prorogued' until the end of March. But what does that mean for the operations of government? Jamie Merrigan is a Corner Brook lawyer who is a former national chair of the Constitutional and Human Rights Section of the Canadian Bar Association. He spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.