Parliament returns today + a surge in workers trying to escape abusive employers

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Good morning. This is the Wednesday, May 28 edition of First Up, the Star's daily morning digest. Sign up to get it earlier each day, in your inbox.
Here's the latest in Ottawa as Parliament returns (BTW, did you catch Justin Trudeau's footwear yesterday at the Throne Speech? Some are calling the former prime minister's shoes 'retirement runners.').
Plus, we have more on a surge in workers trying to flee abusive employers, and a grim, record-breaking month for real estate sales.
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
DON'T MISS
Parliament gets back to work today
The House of Commons will look quite different today. Here's who's in and who's out.
Mark Carney sets July 1 deadline for huge defence deal with the EU
Government moves to purge consumer carbon pricing from law
King Charles uses throne speech to bolster Canada's autonomy against Donald Trump's threats
There's a surge of temporary foreign workers trying to escape abusive employers
An immigration consultant and a lawyer told the Star workers are reporting these abusive situations.
Admissions of temporary foreign workers to Canada buck a recent trend
Toronto-area new home sales are worse than during the 1990s housing crash
New home sales were down 72 per cent compared to last year. Here's what's happening.
Nearly half of Canadian low- and moderate-income renters surveyed lack air conditioning
Ontario's record-setting mortgage delinquencies 'enormously concerning'
WHAT ELSE
U.S. President Donald Trump.
Yuri Gripas TNS
Donald Trump's response to the King's speech should focus Canadian minds, Allan Woods writes.
Here's Allan Gregg's take on the one issue the throne speech didn't address.
See what Bono said about Canada recently, including that the 'world is in awe' of the country.
Donald Trump said it will cost Canada $61 billion to join the 'Golden Dome.'
Amid an overtime ban, Canada Post and the union are set to get back to the bargaining table today.
Ontario has a family doctor crisis. Here's a key reason why it's hard to find one.
And a general surgeon said this silent epidemic is plaguing Ontario.
A Via Rail subsidiary paid $330,000 for this high-speed rail project rebrand.
Stratford Festival's 'As You Like It' is not as you know it. Here's our critics review.
Here's how costs have soared for this Toronto bar owner since Trump's tariffs went into effect.
This mouth-watering $12 sandwich is the best thing our food reporter ate in Toronto this week.
Bruce Arthur: It's hard to see how the Leafs will be better without a president.
POV
Here's what's really behind Toronto's new bubble zones that limit protests — it's deeply disappointing.
CLOSE UP
King Charles III delivers the Speech from the Throne next to Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday.
BLAIR GABLE POOL/AFP via Getty Images
SENATE OF CANADA: King Charles III delivers the Speech from the Throne next to Prime Minister Mark Carney during the opening the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada. The historic visit makes him the first reigning British monarch to do so since his mother Queen Elizabeth II delivered the speech in 1977.
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