The House of Commons has adjourned for the summer — what did it accomplish?

The House of Commons has risen for the summer, sending MPs back to their ridings to meet with constituents and point to their legislative accomplishments over the past year.

The Liberal government is hailing the recent sitting as a success. The Commons passed 15 government bills on such matters as medical assistance in dying, foreign interference, child care, pharmacare and cybersecurity.

«We worked very, very hard for Canadians and we secured results. We are proud of what the government was able to accomplish even in a minority context,» Steven MacKinnon, government House leader, said this week.

Recent polling suggests the Liberals are trailing the opposition Conservatives by a wide margin. MacKinnon said the government's legislative accomplishments will form a key part of the Liberals' argument for re-election.

«I think as we analyze the work that got done over this past winter and spring, Canadians will come to realize we have made significant progress on a lot of fronts,» he said.

Two priority pieces of government legislation did not become law during this sitting.

These two bills, now stuck at second reading stage in the House of Commons, will have to be taken up again in the fall when MPs return to Ottawa.

C-63, the Liberal government's Online Harms Act, proposes to police seven categories of harmful content online. Those categories include content used to bully a child and content that encourages a child to harm themselves.

The bill proposes to police hate speech, content that incites violence or terrorism, content that sexualizes children or victims of sexual violence, and sexual content that is posted without consent.

C-71, which would amend the Citizenship Act, would allow Canadians to pass citizenship rights down to