Unusually for a Thursday, the PM was present, and maybe he would correct false accusations again? Maybe? Pierre Poilievre led off in French, reciting scary tales of an murder while on bail and a child who found a crack pipe, and blamed it on “Liberal laws.” Mark Carney offered sympathy for families, and said that “comprehensive” legislation was on the way. Poilievre switched to a English to only mention the murder, and told the government to “get out of the way” to pass their bill. Carney expounded on how the government’s consultations and said that they have evidence-based laws on the way, and not just cut-and-paste American laws. Poilievre accused him of “screaming” and “ranting and raving,” and again decried the bail system. Carney, more calmly, said that they have only been in government for six months, and that comprehensive was on the way. Poilievre insisted that there were “massacres” happening in the streets, and Carney repeated that they have comprehensive bail reform on the way in a few weeks. Poilievre ranted about me tales of victims of crime, and got the same answer again from Carney. Poilievre again spouted falsehoods about past laws, and demanded the government set-aside partisanship to pass their own bill at all stages. Carney said that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms won’t just “get out of the way” like the Conservatives want, and invited the Conservatives to support their incoming legislation.
Christine Normandin led for the Bloc, and accused the government of letting the postal strike happen. Carney said that Canada Post is no longer viable and that they need reforms, which is why they need to implemented the policies from the industrial report. Normandin said the government was absent on reforms for the years, and allowed things to get to this point. Carney again raised that report as a path forward and said that they need to come to an agreement. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau read a script that said the same thing, and Carney repeated that they need a real solution.
Round two, and Arpan Khanna read today’s script on bail laws (Sahota: Our new bill will be a comprehensive package; Community safety has been our top priority), Larry Brock angrily read today’s script (Anandasangaree: We have been consulting on these laws; Our bill is coming), Dane Lloyd read the script with another scary story and accused the government of running “criminal experiments” (MacKinnon: If you want to talk about criminal experiments, what about the tattered legacy of the Harper government that had all of their laws struck down), Pierre Paul-Hus read the French version of today’s script (MacKinnon: The Conservatives’ laws were a total mess).
Today is “scary crime script” day in #QP, and it’s as edifying as it sounds.
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T18:43:39.407Z
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay worried about new lumber and wood tariffs (Joly: We have launched a programme to support business and I hope you support it).
Michael Guglielmin read the bail script (Lattanzio: If you want to scrap the former bail law, you should actually read it because it makes it harder for domestic violence to get bail; You government’s laws kept getting struck down), Fred Davies read a script about a horrific assault in his riding (Sahota: We are taking action because of cases like that), Colin Reynolds read another script with more falsehoods about the current law (Anandasangaree: We have committed to bring in forward comprehensive reform, but the provinces have a role to play in funding their courts properly), and Sukhman Gill claimed a local shooting was a result of bail laws with no evidence whatsoever (Lattanzio: We have a new bill on the way).
Round three saw yet more questions on bail (Lattanzio: We did strengthen the response to domestic violence; We have consulted extensively and we don’t want it to be struck down), a listed sex offender being allowed into the country (Diab: You should pass Bill C-2; Anandasangaree: The CBSA has been working to remove the largest number of inadmissible people), job losses (Hajdu: We announced the first five projects from the Major Projects Office; Joly: We have a plan, GDP is growing, wages are up), the bullshit claim that there are “taxes” on food (Hajdu: There is no GST on food and we cut taxes; Joly: Let’s debate on facts—there is no GST, and we cut taxes and the carbon levy; Turnbull: The answer to food insecurity is income security, which includes a social safety net; MacKinnon: Hooray to McCain Foods, and there is no tax on food), the ban on Kneecap from entering the country (Diab: Each case is assessed individually and we can’t comment on individual cases).
If you think the government is responsible for Imperial Oil job losses, you’re huffing something noxious. Zeus wept, this is ridiculous… #QP
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T19:00:15.414Z
Overall, it was another incredibly repetitive day, but they changed up the day’s script because it was also their Supply Day, and their motion being debated was for the House of Commons to adopt their plainly unconstitutional “jail not bail” bill at all stages. Hence, the majority of their questions in QP were on the same topic, trying to goad the government into supporting it. And so, we got script after script with horrific incidents that they blame on “Liberal bail,” which is nonsense (the Liberals actually toughed bail conditions in their most recent reforms, which the Conservatives lie about every single day). We also saw Poilievre return to one of his old tactics, which is that when the PM raises his voice even a little bit in a response, Poilievre goes “There he goes, screaming and ranting and raving” when that was not at all what happened, while Poilievre himself goes on an unhinged rant as he lists examples, but as usual, it’s fine when he does it, but when the other guy responds with even a little bit of a raised voice, he’s the problem. This is pure gaslighting.
Meanwhile, we did get a return to a few questions on the so-called “grocery taxes,” and when ministers actually pointed out that there are no taxes on groceries (I’m as shocked as you are), the Conservatives then stressed that these are “hidden” taxes. Of course, that’s still not true, but the government didn’t actually press them on that (though I heard Steven Guilbeault heckling about how not true it was, particularly on the so-called “packaging tax”/plastic pollution laws, which don’t apply to nearly all grocery items. But again, nobody seems to care about the truth at all, and this is where we are as a result.
Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Maggie Chi for a tailored navy dress with a v-neckline and three-quarter sleeves, and to Peter Fragiskatos for a dark blue with with a pale pink shirt, and a blue tartan tie. Style citations go out to Simon-Pierre Savard Tremblay for a navy jacket, light grey waistcoat, dark grey slacks, light blue shirt, and a navy scarf tied into a comically oversized quasi-tie, and to Stephanie Kusie for a light orange sweater with a cowl neck over black slacks.