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The last sitting · Friday, Nov. 6

Commons devotes day to budget debate amid debt criticism

Government orders on budget 2026 consumed the largest portion of the sitting. Parliamentary Secretary Ryan Turnbull defended the plan's investments in infrastructure and critical minerals while Conservatives Greg McLean and others attacked the added debt and spending.

Question period featured clashes over debt servicing costs and a $2.3-billion Telesat contract. Conservative MP Michael Chong questioned future fiscal flexibility and Conservative MP John Brassard pressed on conflict-of-interest rules; Liberal Parliamentary Secretary Ryan Turnbull and Liberal Parliamentary Secretary Mike Kelloway replied that fiscal anchors remain intact and ethics rules are followed.

The House also heard statements on local anniversaries, veterans and mental health before moving to private members' business on spectrum policy.

Summarized from the Hansard record of sitting No. 164, 242 interventions. Full Hansard

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, Friday, Nov. 6 · Video from CPAC

Who held the floor · 2026-11-06

Government (Liberal)OppositionOver the day: government 42%, opposition 58% of the words spokenGovernment businessQuestion PeriodGovernment business▲ Government side held the floor▼ Opposition held the floorOpened 10:0011:0012:0013:00Last speech 13:40Time of day, Ottawa · the House sat 3 h 40 min · each dot is a stretch of debate, placed at the minute it began
30mostly argumentThe sitting focused heavily on the budget and finance with almost no procedural interruptions. No votes were held and no bills advanced despite the time spent.AI-rated Score out of 100; the verdict and the answer ratings behind it are a model’s reading. How the AI rates this

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Public Services and Procurement

Conservative MP Michael Cooper said the Prime Minister changed his account of involvement in the $2.3-billion Telesat award to a personal friend.

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Employment

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis noted the loss of more than 50,000 private-sector jobs and a jump in youth unemployment to 13.7 per cent.

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Climate Change

Bloc Québécois MP Patrick Bonin said the budget ignores climate commitments and continues to subsidize oil and gas.

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Indigenous Affairs

Conservative MP Billy Morin said the budget fails to fix medical-transport failures that contributed to the death of Miranda Mamakwa.

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Rail Transportation

Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman called the Alto project a vanity project that could take rural land without a business case.

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7of the last 30 sittings decided nothing at all: no recorded vote, no bill moved forward.

Each dot is a sitting, shaded by its score; red rings went nowhere. “Decided nothing” is counted from the stored record of votes and bill stages.

AI-rated The scores rest partly on a model’s rating of Question Period. How the AI rates this

9.8%of 81,716 questions in Question Period got a straight answer, as rated by AI. Most were deflected.

AI-rated A language model reads each exchange and rates the answer. How the AI rates this

  • Answered 9.8%
  • Partly answered 19%
  • Deflected 51%
  • Answered something else 20%

The policy field · last ten sittings

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Each circle is a policy area, sized by its share of the House’s time. Areas debated in similar language sit close together; the arrow shows where the debate has moved since the ten sittings before. The colour compares the talk with the record: bills passed and major projects advanced.

Department report cardHighest two and lowest three, by score84Finance$148 billion · met 98% of targets80WAGE$398 million · met 90% of targets53DND$48 billion · met 50% of targets46ISC$25 billion · met 46% of targets36PCO$246 million · met 38% of targetsScore out of 100: 55% from the share of its own targets met, 25% from the share it reported a result for, 20% from whether results kept pace with real spending. It is not the met percentage.

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