The PM was again absent, which is unusual for a Tuesday, as he was on his way to Longueuil, Quebec, for another infrastructure announcement announcement, while Pierre Poilievre was present, and in French, he declared the question was for the “Liberal prime minister” and he complained that he expected a parade because GDP per capita went up 0.2 percent. Mélanie Joly said that incomes are outpacing inflation, and that Canada has become a destination for investment, so their plan was working. Poilievre took a swipe that the (absent) PM was not answering, and complained about the number of monthly declines in GDP. Steven MacKinnon noted that they are facing headwinds, but they have a plan that is working. Poilievre switched to English to repeat his demand that the PM answer the question and repeated the same question on GDP per capita. Tim Hodgson noted that our Canada is the most integrated with the U.S., and that Canadians understand the headwinds that include two “economy-destroying wars” and wanted him to stop taking down the economy. Poilievre repeated his point from yesterday about Mexico, and David McGuinty accused him of inventing a phoney narrative, and that the last time Poilievre had a plan, he told people to buy crypto. Poilievre read a quote about the scarring effects of recessions, and demanded Carney stand up and own it. Patty Hajdu insisted that Canadians are excited about all of the building happening. Poilievre went on a rant about how tired Canadians are and that Carney doesn’t have the “decency” to answer, and after some prolonged applause and shouting, to which Anita Anand reminded the House that Canadian exports to non-U.S. markets rose by over 17 percent, and they have secured $10 billion in new investments.

Poilievre is leaving the Chamber after his round of questions, and the Liberals are all loudly bidding him farewell after Poilievre spent his questions pretending Carney was present and not answering. #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T18:28:45.885Z

Yves-François Blanchet led for the Bloc, and demanded wage subsidies for business suffering from tariffs so that they can maintain jobs and expertise. Joly patted herself on the back for the measures they are taking. Blanchet said that wasn’t a wage subsidy, and wanted the government to adopt the solutions from the forestry industry about buying back countervailing duties. MacKinnon noted that Carney would be in Quebec later this afternoon to make an announcement. Gabriel Ste-Marie took over to repeat the same demand for the buy-back, and Joly repeated her same back-patting as before.

Round two, and Sandra Cobena read the party’s misleading recession script (Long: You should help us build; We are in a trade war and Canadians don’t want political theatre), Jonathan Rowe read the script in his Newfoundland accent (Thompson: I want to celebrate the apprenticeship programme; We are working closely with the Conservative provincial government), Andrew Lawton shouted the recession script (Naqvi: We are in a trade war that is not of our making, which is why we have a plan and it’s working; We are in a serious moment and that requires serious leadership), and Shuvaloy Majumdar read the same script with added indignation (Zerucelli: We are proud to stand up for our record).

Patrick Bonin accused the Americans under Trump of doing more than Canada to fight climate change (Provost: Hooray for our nature plan and methane regulations; Dabrusin: We are a leader on work at the international level).

Eric Lefebvre read the recession script en français (Gainey: We have a plan to build a strong economy; In your riding, 32,000 people are benefiting from dental care that you voted against), Jason Groleau gave the same again (Miller: You aren’t saying anything about productivity being up), and Bernard Généroux tried yet again (Provost: Our plan is working and when people get the enhanced GST credits they will know we supported them while you voted against it).

Round three saw yet more questions on the “recession” (Belanger: It’s time that we celebrate Canada; Valdez: We are providing help with things like the school food programme; van Koeverden: You voted against supports for people; Church: You voted against help for people; Anand: We are supporting the creation of thousands of new jobs with our approved projects), the prime minister’s speech against antisemitism (Solomon: There is a dangerous and serious crisis and you only drive more division), temporary foreign workers (Hajdu: The programme is administered to ensure Canadians get jobs first, and employers need to treat workers with respect, and that regions with tight job markets can access it when needed; Belanger: Here are some quotes with you demanding permits), BC ferries not getting the same federal funds as Atlantic ferries—which, I will remind you, are inter-provincial unlike BC (McKelvie: We are looking forward to future conversations), and evacuating Palestinian students with approved student placements (Diab: Over 1400 Gazans have arrived in Canada and we are trying to expedite those who have been able to exit Gaza).

Conservatives keep accusing the government of “gaslighting.” #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T19:00:15.092Z

Overall, it was mostly a repeat of yesterday, but louder and more theatrical. Poilievre trotted out the old tactic of pretending the absent prime minister was present but not answering in order to highlight his silence over the “recession” issue. Carney did make a brief and somewhat gave statement to the press this morning, but again, this is more ceding the narrative to Poilievre. As for the Conservatives’ questions, they were all premised on the notion of playing dumb, or being deliberately obtuse, that Canada’s economy isn’t somehow more deeply tied to the American economy than other G7 countries, and that makes out trade exposure that much more precarious when it comes to Trump’s capricious tariff demands. Continuing these questions of “Why are we different?” is like an admission that you’re not very bright.

Ben Carr just launched into a tirade across the aisle about Conservatives trying to claim a monopoly over the Jewish community. #HoC

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T19:18:20.367Z

I ran into Greg Fergus after this went down. I asked him if he missed being in the Chair."Oh god, no," he replied.So that's about how well things are going.

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T20:39:52.452Z

After QP concluded, there was a bunch of yelling on the floor of the Chamber, particularly from Liberal Ben Carr who went on a tirade about the hypocrisy of the Conservatives about how they were shouting down Solomon on the questions of the antisemitism speech, and how they were trying to claim a monopoly on the Jewish community. It was…something. I was almost wondering if he was going to rush across the floor to start a fight, but he stayed seated. It’s a bit of an indication of the mood, and some of the simmering acrimony below the surface.

Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Laila Goodridge for a black dress under a fuchsia jacket, and to Brendan Hanley for a tailored navy suit with a pale pink shirt and dark pink tie. Style citations go out to John Williamson for a navy jacket, tan khaki slacks, a light blue shirt and a bright red tie, and to Tamara Jansen for a light blue collared shirt over white slacks with giant blue florals across them.