The winter session of Parliament will open today on Parliament Hill, but in an unfamiliar setting.
M-Ps will report to a specially built, temporary House of Commons in the West Block building as their regular House in the Centre Block undergoes at least a decade of extensive renovations.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can expect to be on the hot seat this week over Canada's deteriorating diplomatic relations with China, which resulted in his weekend firing of Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, after nearly two years in the post.
And the Opposition Conservatives will also take Trudeau to task over what leader Andrew Scheer considers the Liberals' out-of-control spending and runaway deficits