The PM was present today for the first time in two weeks, and it will be the last time for three as the next two weeks the House is not sitting. Pierre Poilievre led off in French, and as he did yesterday, raised the Auditor General’s report on student visas to once again demand that the current and past two immigration ministers be fired. Mark Carney said that he was blessed to have a great Cabinet, and that he has “taken back control” of immigration. Poilievre switched to English to compare current immigration numbers compared to under Harper, and returned to the AG’s report and demanded those minister be fired. Carney repeated his same answer in English. Poilievre recited the talking points about how poorly we are doing economically, and Carney noted how many jobs Canada grew versus the U.S., that wages are outpacing inflation, and rents are down to recent lows. Poilievre recited the same economic doom points again, getting some of his figures wrong, and Carney again praised our economic performance before listing off the strategies they have launched. Poilievre said that strategies won’t pay the bills, and declared how much cheaper Americans get gasoline, before demanding the industrial carbon price and clean fuel standard be repealed. Carney patted himself on the back for scrapping the consumer carbon levy, and again repeated that wages are outpacing inflation. Poilievre spun a complete fiction about carbon pricing, and Carney patted himself on the back once again for how much they are building.
Yves-François Blanchet led for the Bloc, and he first claimed that the Bloc supports freedom of religion before noting that Carney quoted from the Bible in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, and he wondered about church-state separation. Carney admitted he did quote from the Bible, but also Marcus Aurelius, because he had some good ideas. Blanchet then used this to pivot to the Supreme Court of Canada case on the Law 21 challenge, and demanded the government lawyers scrap their arguments. Carney noted that this is about the Charter, and that they would wait for its ruling. Blanchet tried to insist that Carney either say that religion can’t influence government or they have to stop fighting Law 21. Carney said this was a false choice, and praised their hate crime bill on protecting the Jewish community and others.
Round two, and Mark Strahl read a tired script about the industrial carbon price and clean fuel standard (Dabrusin: The industrial carbon price does not increase the price of food, but it you want to help Canadian, we cut real taxes instead of imaginary ones; Long: We are focusing on affordability be we cut taxes), Scot Davidson read the same script (Turnbull: We know that the war in Iran is causing global shocks, and we are doing what we can to stabilize prices while we also cut taxes; Hajdu: You voted against programmes to make life more affordable), Connie Cody read the script again (Solomon: We are building up while they talk down the economy), and John Barlow railed that farmers are angry at the government (Dabrusin: Canola farmers are benefitting from our clean fuel standard; MacDonald: We cut the carbon levy and they are still complaining).
Rhéal Fortin worried that there was a policy resolution at the upcoming Liberal convention about using dissolution if the Notwithstanding Clause is invoked, and the Speaker noted that this has nothing to do with government. Fortin tried again, and this time couched it in a demand to reopen the constitution (Fraser: We have been clear that the government has to defend the constitution, and that the best forum for this debate was the Supreme Court).
Gérard Deltell railed about food prices (Lightbound: There are a number of factors that affect these prices, but we have programmes to help people and our strategies will create jobs; Bernard Généroux read the same denunciations (Joly: This government has focused on Buy Canadian, which helps industries in your riding), Eric Lefebvre railed about the pension software possibly maybe one day increasing costs (Lightbound: When it comes to modernising benefits, we are replacing a system that was over 50 years old, and 7.7 million seniors are already getting benefits on time), Gabriel Hardy worried about cost overruns for an outsourced company that is tied to Brookfield (Lightbound: We are proud of the modernisation of benefits).
Round three saw questions on job losses and the economy (Hajdu: You keep voting against thinks that unions say we need for jobs; McGuinty: Here are the number of jobs created by our defence procurements; Zerucelli: Overall jobs are up and we are building big and bold; Valdez: Our plans have increased small business optimism; Hogan: We are in a trade war and we are still performing very well; The oil sands are at record production levels; Long: Your leader never participated in the economy while we are investing in major projects; Chartrand: We are making life more affordable; Solomon: The opposition has a fantasy that if they close their eyes the trade war will go away), some utter horseshit about Bill C-9 (Fraser: A local paper residents about your talking points and they panned them; This bill is about protecting communities from hate crimes), appealing the Emergencies Act decision (MacKinnon: You never tire of standing up for the people who illegally occupied downtown Ottawa), the Pacific salmon fishery allocation (Thompson: We had a one-year consultation, and we will have the results in due course), and the effects of the Iran conflict (Fortier: We are concerned about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and we are urge all parties to de-escalate).
The government weakened the oil sand so much that they are only at record production levels. Zeus wept. This is so stupid. #QP
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-03-25T18:58:52.091Z
Overall, it was another incredibly repetitive and dull day, where it was the same nonsense demands to retroactively fire past immigration ministers, and the constantly repeated scripts about the state of the economy. The newest line was that “every other G7 economy faces the exact same pressures.” Really? We all have the same economy? They’re all fully exposed to the US market like ours is? How is this even serious? This being said, the PM’s responses about how well our economy is performing relative to the US, and that average wages are outpacing inflation, still feels a bit flat and possibly tone-deaf to the notion that we have the economic of Türkiye or Argentina. Carney can certainly do better if he actually gives a shit, but clearly he doesn’t about QP.
Once again, the Bloc were incoherent about the Supreme Court of Canada challenge on Quebec’s Law 21 (again, not fodder for Question Period), and when they tried to ask about a Liberal party policy convention resolution, the Speaker (properly) disallowed the question because party business is not government business, and of course the Bloc went ballistic over it after QP. This shouldn’t be that hard, and yet here we are. Things also got a bit heated toward the end of QP when mendacious trash bag Andrew Lawton offered some complete horeshit about the hate crime bill, and Fraser went on about polling done by the Windsor Star. Really? This was followed by an incoherent rant from Marilyn Gladu about the decision to appeal the Emergencies Act decision to the Supreme Court, and again, Steven MacKinnon responded by chiding that the Conservatives keep standing up for the so-called “Convoy,” to this very day.
Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Rachael Thomas for a light grey skirt suit with a windowpane pattern over a black top, and to Peter Fragiskatos for a tailored dark grey three-piece suit with a crisp white shirt, matching pocket square, and a dark pink paisley tie. Style citations go out to Kevin Waugh for a milk chocolate brown jacket over a pink shirt, black slacks and a cranberry tie, and to Rosemarie Falk for a black top with bright red florals and wizard sleeves over black slacks.