The PM was on his way to Yellowknife, and Pierre Poilievre was elsewhere, in advance of his own trip to the US, leaving it up to Melissa Lantsman to lead off. She complained that there is no strategic oil reserve, and demanded the government adopt their plan to create one, to which Tim Hodgson explained how the IEA works, which is that net importers have reserves while net exporters don’t. Lantsman shot back that just because you don’t need one it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t, before she demanded the government scrap environmental laws to pump more oil. Hodgson responded that the Conservatives apparently can’t take a lesson from the Alberta government in working together to build. Gérard took over in French to demand the same oil reserve, to which Steven MacKinnon repeated Hodgson’s first response in French. Deltell accused the government of having “contempt” for Canadian energy, before he pivoted to food price inflation, and this time MacKinnon reminded him that he voted against all help for Canadians who needed it. Chris Warkentin took over, and in English, he too read the script on food price inflation with the falsehoods about “hidden taxes.” Wayne Long took a swipe about Poilievre going to Europe for no reason while Carney was in the Asia Pacific to sign trade deals including uranium. Warkentin tried again and Julie Dabrusin reminded him that the industrial carbon price has zero effect on food prices.

"A ten-year record of shutting down our oil and gas sector"

— Aaron Wherry (@aaronwherry.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T18:23:43.134Z

Christine Normandin led for the Bloc, and she worried about the government not informing the public about Canadian personnel at a military base in Kuwait being targeted by Iran. Anita Anand said that Canada is not participating in the conflict, but could not say more for security reasons. Normandin tried again, and Anand again stated that all Canadian Armed Forces personnel in the region are safe and sound, and then made a pitch for international law. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay tried this yet again, and Anand repeated her same answer.

Round two, and Rachael Thomas recited the falsehoods about “hidden taxes” (Dabrusin: The clean fuel standard is creating a market for canola farmers in the prairies with biodiesel; MacKinnon: Based on recent opinion polling, it’s not us who are out of touch in Alberta), Scot Davidson read the same script (Church: We have delivered on supports for Canadians; Champagne: We have the second-fastest growth in the G7 and one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios), Steven Bonk read it again (Belanger: The headlines in Saskatchewan are about the increase in canola at grain terminals; Scott Moe is so busy signing deal after deal thanks to us), and Richard Martel tried it again in French (Lightbound: You always vote against help for your constituents).

Sébastien Lemaire demanded a public inquiry into the pension software (McLean: We publicly released all documents at the public accounts committee, and you also got a technical briefing from the department), and Andréanne Larouche tried the same again (Lightbound: Thanks for finally getting a technical briefing, and the direct costs of the programme are less than anticipated).

Scott Aitchison cited a CMHC report on falling housing starts (Robertson: That same report shows that rents and mortgages are going down, and you should support our Build Canada Homes bill; We are cutting taxes for first time home-buyers and the Housing Accelerator Fund is working), Jacob Mantle cited the condo collapse in the same report (Robertson: There is a war in the Middle East, but we have secure agreements with provinces and territories), and Eric Lefebvre shouted about housing in French (Lightbound: Quebec signed agreements with us to build more affordable housing).

I honestly thought I was hallucinating when I heard the Housing Minister say in QP "Well, it's no surprise Canadians are challenged with buying homes right now when there is a war in the Middle East."I was not. This was a thing that was said.

— Dr. Mike P. Moffatt (@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T20:07:20.000Z

Jacob Mantle: The war in “eye-ran.” #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T18:48:14.904Z

Round three saw questions on auto exports by deliberate misreading the trade data today (Joly: We just announced three thousand new jobs in Windsor; I know the Oshawa community is going through hardship, while your colleague from the region went to Washington and forgot to advocate for autos; MacKinnon: Tell your colleague to stop going Washington and saying Canadians are having a hissy fit; Fragiskatos: We have a plan and we have the support of the unions), charges being thrown out in a fentanyl case (Anandasangaree: Hooray for our lawful access bill!; Support our bail reform bill), supposed Iranian terrorists in the country (Anandasangaree: The IRGC was listed as a terrorist entity in 2024 and law enforcement is working on removals; Those visas were revoked and they were never allowed in Canada), below-market loans for wind farms in Nova Scotia (Hodgson: You should talk to the conservative premier of Nova Scotia, who said it was a one of the best projects he’s ever seen; This is a large megawatt project that is good for Nova Scotia), building the Afghanistan war memorial (McKnight: We continue to moving forward with it), Israel bombing Lebanon (Anand: We did announce support for Lebanon, specifically $37.7 million in humanitarian assistance), and pacific salmon allocations (Thompson: There was an extensive review, and need completed consultations and we will bring findings forward when they’re ready). 

Kyle Seeback is deliberately misreading today’s trade data on autos, and is blaming the government for not getting Trump to lift tariffs. #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T18:53:38.327Z

Kirkland shouting to Fragiskatos: You are with the elites and you know it! #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T18:57:58.796Z

Overall, I was slightly surprised that the Conservatives led with the dumb idea of creating a strategic oil reserve in Canada, and that they didn’t once again bang on about supposed Iranian terrorists until late in the game, but the fact that they decided to go back to their old falsehoods about so-called “hidden taxes” driving up inflation and food prices was, well, a choice. Everything about those questions, from the framing to the underlying assumptions in them, is wrong (especially the notion that government deficits are driving inflation—inflation is well within the Bank of Canada’s target range, and there are proper explanations for why food prices are trending higher), but they keep banging that drum regardless, and they keep getting away with it because nobody will actually properly call them out on it, or ridicule them on how ridiculous the whole concept of their questions actually is.

Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Christine Normandin for a long-sleeved white sweater with button detailing on the shoulders, along with black slacks, and to Ryan Turnbull for a dark blue three-piece suit with a white shirt and matching pocket square with a burgundy tie. Style citations go out to Glen Motz for a black jacket with a  white shirt, light blue tartan tie, and blue jeans, and to Pauline Rochefort for a navy jacket over an orange and blue floral collared top and black slacks. Dishonourable mention goes out to Buckley Belanger for a black suit with a white shirt, grey slacks, and a yellow stripe tie.