Parliament Returns 20100919

A worker dusts the speaker's chair as the House of Commons chamber is prepared for the resumption of parliament in Ottawa, Thursday September 16, 2010.The House of Commons has long been seized by mock outrage and dreary debate. Its return this week promises a rare moment of high drama.Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives will likely learn Wednesday whether their 15-year-long quest to scrap the long-gun registry comes to fruition during a vote that has split the country along a jagged rural-urban divide and shaken the unity of the Liberal and New Democratic parties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld