With so many developing stories happening, it was probably a good thing that the PM was in attendance for a second day in a row, though it remained to be seen just how many of these issues would merit attention. Pierre Poilievre led off in French, and immediately jumped into the complete falsehood about what the $1 trillion figure around investment in the American market, and said that if it’s supposed to be private money, if the government would “force” them to invest in the US or to just invest in Canada—which makes no sense whatsoever. Mark Carney responded in English that it was a momentous day and that they should recognise the Middle East peace plan, which he offered his support of. Poilievre, still in French, said that while they congratulate Trump on negotiating peace, but he asked a question in French about jobs and that the prime minister owed respect to answer the question, again about the falsehoods about the trillion dollar figure. Carney responded with his canned bullet points about having the best trade deal, and that they are still negotiating a better deal, and finally that as a result of the agreement, there would be more investment in Canada. Poilievre switched to English to repeat the same bad faith question on “forcing” investment in the U.S. Carney reminded him that he was there, before repeating his same bullet points that did not correct the disinformation or the bad faith reading. Poilievre insisted that we have he fastest-shrinking economy in the G7 (untrue), and again tried to insist that Carney was somehow going to force Canadian private money to invest money in the U.S., or just send them fleeing with high taxes. Carney reminded him that they cut income taxes, the capital gains tax, and the carbon levy, and then touted the forthcoming “generational investment budget.” Poilievre read Carney’s words on the trillion dollar investment, and framed it misleadingly, and wondered if there was an agreement that Trump would send the same north. Carney reminded him that there are no tariffs on auto parts or finished goods, and that they are working toward an agreement that will increase investment in Canada—which again, did not actually answer the question. Poilievre switched topics to energy, and the support for the a Keystone XL pipeline which can’t be filled so long as the emissions cap is in place (which is patently false). Carney said that the motion he voted against was about something that does not exist—being the supposed taxes on groceries. 

Yves-François Blanchet led for the Bloc, and worried about the ongoing softwood lumber tariffs. Carney said that Canada currently has the best deal with the U.S. in the world, and that they are working to bring the steel and aluminium tariffs, and that the tariffs an autos and trucks are the lowest in the world. Blanchet then concern trolled that a new pipeline to the U.S. was not diversifying out economy. Carney patted himself on the back for the recent agreement with Indonesia and that more deals are coming for South America. Blanchet then pointed out that money for support programmes for steel and aluminium have not flowed yet, and Carney responded that they will have an opportunity to vote for that support in the budget.

Round two, and Michael Barrett returned to the trillion dollar bullshit (Anand: We have a strategic response fund that is supporting the sector while maintaining the lowest debt-to-GDP in the G7; We believe in the potential of this country), Rachael Thomas read the same falsehood (MacKinnon: Nobody can follow your logic, but we are negotiating a great deal; We’ll take our statistics from Statistics Canada), Jeremy Patzer accused Carney of selling of Canadian workers to the U.S. (Leitão: Eighty-six percent of trade with the U.S. goes without tariffs and capital moves across the border without restrictions), Pierre Paul-Hus read the French version of the trillion dollar bullshit script (Leitão: You don’t understand the notion of capital flows in an open economy like ours).

Rhéal Fortin again gave an unhinged reading of Sean Fraser’s words (Fraser: It is essential for the federal government to uphold the Charter, and we will at the Supreme Court; Guilbeault: There is nothing our factum that would prevent provinces from using the Notwithstanding Clause).

Ellis Ross read the trillion dollar falsehood script (Hogan: We are working to address the unfair tariffs; We are standing with workers in these affected sectors), Gaétan Malette haltingly read the script with a Northern Ontario shoutout (Hajdu: I am from Northern Ontario, and we have been offering support to those industries), Jim Bélanger read the very same script (Hajdu: This is a great time for me to point out the great work of FedNor), Dan Albas have another round of the same (Hogan: Here are the supports for the sector).

Some MPs are really halting in their script-reading today. #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T18:47:24.884Z

Round three saw yet questions on the false trillions dollar claim (Naqvi: We are in a moment of transformation and we are working to get the best deal and to get new markets; Anand: We are making investments in the auto sector while we support workers; Hajdu: Canadians don’t trust Conservatives because they lie to them all the time—and got cautioned by the Speaker for it; MacKinnon: Canada’s economy is actually growing; We will always stand with the auto industry; Leitão: We understand the softwood lumber sector, and we want to get a good deal). There were also questions on temporary residents having babies in Canada who get citizenship (Diab: We will support a fair and constitutional citizenship system like we have since the Second World War; You want to create a two-tier system and we won’t penalise children), French only making up seventeen percent of the prime minister’s speeches (Guilbeault: We have done the most for official languages across the country), support for a bill protecting the right to strike (Hajdu: We have significantly strengthened the rights to collective bargaining), and capitulating to Trump (Anand: Businesses across the world are choosing Canada).

Overall, the day was much of the same, with the same falsehood being repeated over and over again, to little pushback. Yes, Carlos Leitão did talk about cross-border capital flows in an open economy at one point, and yes, Steven MacKinnon did push back on the line about how “Canada has the fastest-shrinking economy” by pointing out correctly that the economy is growing (per last months GDP data, but again, when the same falsehoods get repeated every single question because this is their clip-gathering “strategy,” and they don’t get corrected or pushed back on consistently, or indeed mocked for everyone having the same script and canned lines, well, this is how mis- and disinformation spreads and festers. The Liberals should have a better grasp of how to handle this now, especially given the current harvesting tactics, but they simply refuse to. Come on already.

Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Melissa Lantsman for a navy jacket with a pink windowpane pattern over a white collared shirt and black slacks, and to Carlos Leitão for a dark grey suit with a crisp white shirt and a fuchsia tie. Style citations go out to and to Mona Fortier for a belted burgundy dress with black, white and beige geometric patterns under a tan jacket, and to Clifford Small for a dull brown jacket over a light blue shirt and dark grey slacks with a dark blue tie. Dishonourable mention goes out to Mandy Gull-Masty for a black button-up top with bright yellow florals with black slacks.