OTTAWA — Liberals will be entering a new parliamentary session next week with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the helm of the party, still 20 points behind in the polls with no apparent plan to reverse course and with its deal with the NDP ripped to shreds.

And there is a possibility that the Liberals lose a seat in a Montreal stronghold, too.

In those circumstances, a prorogation — which would effectively press the pause button on the work of Parliament to force an agenda reset — could be tempting. But political insiders agree that it is unlikely that it will happen unless Liberals want an early election.