The prime minister was present today, unusually for a Monday, as was Pierre Poilievre across from him. Poilievre led off in French, noted the prime minister’s stated goal of buying more Canadian, but an analysis from the Toronto Star shows that both dollar amounts and share of procurement were up when it comes to American procurements. Mark Carney toute that they have a buy Canadian policy, and listed off several of the big ticket items. Poilievre repeated the same question in English, and got the same response with the added point about the pipeline announcement last week. Poilievre repeated the same question and said that there were nothing but promises with no results, and Carney listed projects where shovels were in the ground. Poilievre sniped back that he was taking credit for projects approved before he was in office, and noted that the steel for LNG-2 was coming from China and not Hamilton. Carney praised the announcement, and said there would be 15,000 tonnes of Canadian steel in the “broader ecosystem” of the project. Poilievre then blamed Carney for the Stelco owner’s decisions, and demanded more projects with Canadian steel. Carney said that there was such a project—Pacific Link—while they were going after the owners to the full force of the law for not living up to their promises. Poilievre gave another paean about Canadian steel, and Carney repeated his same points about LNG-2 and invited Poilievre to support Bill C-39.

Christine Normandin led for the Bloc, and she lambasted the government for subsidising Pacific Link with no environmental assessment, and that the private sector has no interest in. Carney insisted that the pipeline was in the national interest because it would make Canada more independent, prosperous, and “inclusive.” Normandin accused Carney of putting his personal interests above the law, and Carney patted himself on the back for Churchill Falls. Xavier Barsalou-Duval took his own shot at the diminution of environmental standards and making the Henry VIII powers permanent. Carney responded with some bafflegab about building.

Round two, and Poilievre got back up to demand the government adopt their plan for homes (Robertson: You told the media you would do nothing but leave it to the market while we are taking leadership; You fought against our plan for a GST break on housing; Hajdu: You don’t understand about our partnerships for jobs), Poilievre switched to French to decry the price of diesel (Lightbound: You voted against your constituents getting dental care; Hodgson: We are building new jobs with LNG and Pacific Link; Diesel projection is already up 16 percent this year because we export it; Stop talking Canada down).

Poilievre is back on the bullshit about not having a “strategic reserve ” of diesel.We don’t need a reserve because we’re a net exporter. This is so stupid. #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-10-05T18:37:51.059Z

Andréanne Larouche brought back the concerns about the Curam pension software and demanded a public inquiry (Hajdu: We are working to ensure that every senior gets their pension in a timely manner; Lightbound: Your figures are completely wrong, and the backlog has been reduced).

Frank Caputo raised the issue of a child killer getting day parole (Anandasangaree: This situation is abhorrent, but this is not partisan; We need to ensure the right changes to the criminal justice system), Jaime Schmale raised another child killer getting temporary leave (Sahota: Those laws were last changed by the Conservatives), and Pierre Paul-Hus gave some nonsense about criminals not feeling afraid (Fraser: Nationally the rate of crime is going down and you are the only ones not collaborating; We did toughen penalties).

Questions about so-called “Liberal parole” are gross and are nothing but the most disgusting form of rage-bait. Just unacceptable. #QP

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-10-05T18:44:03.194Z

Round three saw questions on steel workers (Joly: We stand with the workers, and I have engaged with the owner, and he rejected supports offered; The owners have obligations and we will use the full force of the law; Stelco makes auto steel, and the kind of steel the produce needs to change; Hodgson: Look at all of these new projects), diesel costs (MacDonald: This is a global issue, and farmers are on the front line, which is why we reduced the excise tax; Dabrusin: You should be excited as an Albertan which creates biodiesel from canola in her province; Lightbound: We suspended the excise tax and we cut taxes for millions of Canadians), projects and tariffs (Joly: We denounce tariffs and we are open to conversations about projects in your riding), the “Buy Canadian” question (Hajdu: Look at these recent announcements; Lightbound: Hooray for our Buy Canadian policy), Canadian steel (Solomon: We have delivered $7.5 billion of supports across the country including in the steel sector), side-effects of malaria meds in veterans (McGuinty: We don’t get involved in litigation), and the Pacific Link pipeline (Dabrusin: We are establishing more ocean protections).

Overall, the day was a bit rowdy off the start, but nothing was too surprising given the recent events. Poilievre quoted the Toronto Star (and didn’t make any snide remarks about it’s supposed “Liberal” leanings) in his attack on the government, and Carney didn’t really have a great response to the actual issue—it was mostly just the usual back-patting about their recent announcements. Poilievre and the Conservatives also made a lot of plaintive wails about Stelco not supplying the steel for the LNG-2 project, and it wasn’t until several questions in that Mélanie Joly had to correct the record and point out that Stelco mostly makes steel for the auto market, and not the steel necessary for the LNG-2 project, which is why they’re trying to get Stelco to change their production lines in order to feed these Canadian projects. That might have been something that Carney should have stated in order to get better clips off the top to show how Poilievre is simply spouting nonsense to rage-bait.

Otherwise, we got even more nonsense from Poilievre about our lack of a “strategic reserve” or oil or diesel, even though as a net exporter we have no need for one. (Seriously—Canada’s “strategic reserve” is to pump more from the ground. We don’t have supply issues). There were other rage-bait question on child killers getting day passes from prison, with Conservatives calling it “Liberal parole,” which is both gross, misleading, and the absolute worst kind of naked rage-bait. The government pushed back a little, but didn’t stomp on this kind of rhetoric which people need to understand is misleading and unnecessarily partisan.

Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Jagsharan Singh Mahal for a light grey three-piece suit with a light blue shirt with a Conservative Party blue turban and tie, and to Rachael Thomas for a black lapel-less suit jacket and matching slacks over an eggplant top. Style citations go out to Madeleine Chenette for a dull brownish jacket with pink florals over a black top and slacks, and to Jim Bélanger for a green-tinged taupe suit jacket over bile-yellow slacks, white shirt, and a dark grey tie.