While he had initially not planned to attend, things apparently changed and the PM did opt to show up today, as did Pierre Poilievre. He led off in French, and he immediately launched into his bullshit claims that the Trudeau government allowed Iranian terrorists into the country and that ten government needs to deport them. Mark Carney stated that the government deplores the shooting at synagogues and the U.S. consulate in Toronto, and they are offering police support, while the IRGC is already a listed terrorist entity. Poilievre meandered into food price inflation, and claimed it was because of the government’s “inflationary” taxes and policies. (Taxes are deflationary). Carney stayed on the claim about Iranian terrorists and said they are conducting removals, before switching to the food prices, and noted that they have provided additional support. Poilievre switched to English to repeat his first bullshit claims, and this time Carney exhorted him to support Bill C-14 and gun control, and noted that the government is investigating potential IRGC members in the country and that they have committed to another thousand RCMP. Poilievre claimed that the government was more concerned with protecting turkeys from farmers than people from criminals, and again repeated his same bullshit claim about Iranian terrorists. This time Carney exhorted the Conservatives to support Bill C-9 to protect synagogues. Poilievre dismissed this as the government trying to protect the Jewish community by banning sections of the Torah, and again blamed the government for Iranian terrorists. Carney said that the Charter protects the Torah and the Bible and any other religious text. Poilievre then returned to his false claims about food prices and demanded the government cut those hidden taxes. Carney reminded him that he impact of the industrial carbon price is close to zero, but the impact of their trade agreements for the farmers in his riding is enormous.
Yves-François Blanchet led for the Bloc, and he demanded clarity from the prime minister on his position on the Iran conflict and the strategic vision for the Middle East. Carney said that Canada supports the necessity of preventing Iran’s nuclear programme, but is not participating in the offensive operations and will not. Blanchet wondered what our European allies have come to in terms of position, and Carney listed the leaders of the G7 he has spoken to as they come up with a policy on de-escalation. Blanchet wondered if there were any short-term measures for those suffering from the affects of the conflict, such as higher inflation. Carney said the best option is de-escalation, which is why he is having conversations with other leaders in the G7 and in the Middle East.
Round two, and Mark Strahl returned to the claims about the clean fuel standard on food prices (Dabrusin: The impact of the industrial carbon price is zero, but the canola farmers in your leader’s riding will benefit from new biofuel markets; Hodgson: We are building new LNG plants and expanding existing ones), Richard Bragdon read the same script (Dabrusin: Same answer as before; Joly: Manufacturing new business activity is at a thirteen-month high), Bernard Généroux read the French version of that script (Lightbound: You voted against a tax cut and benefits for families who need it), and Eric Lefebvre turned to the pension software (Lightbound: The software already serves 7.7 million seniors, and the old software was failing; If you have any urgent cases, there is an MP hotline you can use).
If it's reckless for the clean fuel standard to raise gas prices by 7 cents, what is it for the federal gas tax to raise gas prices by 10 cents?
— Aaron Wherry (@aaronwherry.bsky.social) 2026-03-10T18:34:08.423Z
Andréanne Larouche also asked about the same pension software (Hajdu: The old system was failing, and we are getting any remaining cases the help they need).
Tamara Jansen returned to the claims of Iranian regime members not being deported (Anandasangaree: We are taking action and are removing those inadmissible to Canada; Those senior members of the IRGC are being removed), Tamara Kronis made the same claims (Anandasangaree: Same answer), Michelle Rempel Garner zeroed in on the claim that only one Iranian official out of 700 has been deported (Anandasangaree: Let me reject your claim of 700, and CBSA is removing those inadmissible; Diab: The government listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity in 2024 and any visas have been cancelled while CBSA works on removals).
Round three saw questions on supposed “anti-development laws” (Hodgson: We have been working with the government of Alberta; The Alberta government is working with us; LNG is shipping today, while two more LNG plants are under construction; LeBlanc: It’s important to build, and I just went to the port of Montreal and there is good news to come; We have approved an offshore project and new uranium exports from Saskatchewan), support for a private’s bill to allow Canada Post to ship alcohol across provincial lines (LeBlanc: The government of Ontario and Nova Scotia signed and agreement and we have a meeting coming up to go further; This is provincial regulation and your idea is a good one that I will raise with premiers), claims that below-market rate loans were given to Liberal insiders (Robertson: There was an independent process at the Infrastructure Bank, and the PC Government of Nova Scotia is backing this clean energy project; Hodgson: The conservative premier of Nova Scotia is tired of these conspiracy theories), Tumbler Ridge and a public inquiry (Anandasangaree: Let me acknowledge your efforts, and we will work with the province and the community), the Iran attack violating international law (Anand: We support Iran never obtaining a nuclear weapon, and our support is not a blank cheque), and cuts to a particular agricultural research centre (MacDonald: We are maintaining a presence in every province and streamlining research).
Can the Conservatives ever cite a real promise that the Liberals made, and not one that they just dreamed up? #QP
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-03-10T19:02:01.166Z
Overall, the Conservatives have once again decided that rather than question the prime minister on the Iran situation, or to try and point out his various shifting positions, they have instead decided to keep their focus on “affordability,” entirely in the usual lens of their nonsense claims about “hidden” taxes, and compounding it with their fabrications about “Iranian terrorists” that the Trudeau government supposedly let into the country, which is pure, baseless supposition. But again, this nonsense barely got any pushback from the government, other than a simple mention that question the notion that there were 700 senior IRGC members in the country of which only one had been deported, when this should be called out as conspiracy mongering and something that is trying desperately to tap into a deep ugliness within our society.
The only other observation I would make is that the government needs to push back harder on questions regarding decisions made by the Canada Infrastructure Bank. The bank operates at arm’s length, and yes, Gregor Robertson did mention that, but when he got three more questions of the same, he should have kept noting that the government doesn’t make these decisions.
Sartorially speaking, snaps go out Peter Fragiskatos for a tailored dark grey three-piece suit with a crisp white shirt and a light purple tie and pocket square, and to Julie Dzerowicz for a navy suit over a cream scoop-necked top. Style citations go out to Rosemarie Falk for a garish pink floral top with wizard sleeves over black slacks, and to Gabriel Hardy for a black suit with a cafe au lait shirt and tie.