Chief Strategy Officer Marci Surkes spoke to Politico’s Ottawa Playbook on what to expect as the House returns and temperatures are turned up.

“In a particularly heated moment, it is imperative for the Prime Minister's Office to be able to separate out who is working on the immediate crisis and who is able to keep focus on advancing the agenda,” says Surkes.

She told Ottawa Playbook “volatility” will be the word of the week and business will highly unpredictable.

“That's far from ideal for a governing party or any party in the Commons, frankly, that is interested in doing the business of Canadians,” she told Playbook. “But that's the reality of where we are, and where we're going to be for the next week.”

Surkes had two words of advice: “Buckle up.”