OTTAWA – Members of Parliament are heading back to the House of Commons Monday to begin the fall session of parliament.

The priority for the Conservatives is the economy and that may be the big issue, thanks to the budget implementation bill. The first one was criticized for being too big and packed with unrelated legislation.

House leader Peter Van Loan said this next one won’t be short and sweet either.

“Traditionally, budget implementation bills are substantial if the government itself takes a lot of action,” Van Loan explained.

MPs will also tackle the abortion issue and will see bills to reform the senate and make changes to employment insurance.

As for the mood of the house, the NDP’s Nathan Cullen hopes MPs will behave.

“That is not to be heckling and yelling and acting like a bunch of drunk frat boys,”

But with the Liberal leadership race beginning in November and the controversial budget bill, others say we’re in for a very public battle.

As parliament resumed, a new poll found that the Conservatives and the NDP are virtually neck-and-neck in support from Canadians. The Tories have 32 per cent support while the NDP has 30 per cent. The Liberals have 24 per cent.

The prime minister’s approval rating bounced back and stands at 93 per cent, almost double that of NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair at 48 per cent.

Meanwhile, Occupy protesters gathered in dozens of other North American cities, including Ottawa, where about 150 protested in front of Parliament Hill.

Sept. 17 marks the first anniversary of the Occupy Movement. In celebration, protesters gathered in New York and marched on Wall Street in Manhattan’s financial district early Monday Morning.

Activists and union leaders made speeches in front of two big signs, one read, “Stop Harper,” the other, “solidarity.”

Garret was among the the demonstrators. He rode his bike all the way from Nelson, B.C., to prove to everyone “Occupiers” can be engaged in politics.

“We are good, kind caring people, and we have what it takes to make a good country,” he said.

In response to “Occupy Parliament” protests, police officers set up in a line at the top of the steps at Parliament Hill.

No problems or arrests have been reported.