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Wednesday, March 11, 2026 · sitting No. 94
House advances Indonesia trade deal amid clashes over Iran agents and energy
The House spent the largest share of its sitting on the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation Act. Liberal MP Steeve Lavoie opened debate by highlighting export opportunities for firms in his Beauport—Limoilou riding while Conservative MP Jason Groleau pressed the government to address U.S. tariffs first.
Question Period featured repeated Conservative demands for faster deportation of Iranian regime agents. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and MPs Melissa Lantsman and Michelle Rempel Garner cited visa revocations and synagogue shootings, while Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said 28 files are under active removal proceedings.
Bloc Québécois MPs Christine Normandin and Sébastien Lemire attacked cost overruns on the Cúram system used for Old Age Security payments, and Conservative MPs pressed the government on seniors living near the poverty line and on supervised consumption sites.
Decided that day
- Second reading of Bill C-233 failed
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Question Period – March 11, 2026. Video from CPAC. Watch on YouTube
Who held the floor · 2026-03-11
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Other moments
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Conservative MP Vincent Ho said only one IRGC-linked official has been removed after four years and called for enforcement of deportation orders.
Read the exchangeNatural Resources
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the Prime Minister has not approved a single new oil pipeline to tidewater despite global demand.
Read the exchangeSeniors
Liberal MP Stephanie McLean said the government has made the national school food program permanent and launched the Canada disability benefit to support seniors.
Read the exchangeMental Health and Addictions
Conservative MP Dan Mazier cited a new Alberta study showing that closing a supervised consumption site increased access to treatment without raising deaths.
Read the exchangeRail Transportation
Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Denis Garon said residents of Terrebonne fear expropriation under Bill C-15 for the high-speed rail project.
Read the exchangeQuestion Period, exchange by exchange
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- partly answeredImmigration, Refugees and CitizenshipPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Provides specific numbers on bans and investigations but avoids stating total current agents in Canada.
First, the government has already banned 10,000 IRGC officers from entering Canada.
- deflectedNatural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Ignores the request to reverse policies and instead lists unrelated achievements.
Canada has increased at record levels our oil exports.
- deflectedNatural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Avoids addressing policy reversal and attacks the questioner instead.
as I said in my book, as it is the policy of this government, we want the lowest-risk, the lowest-carbon and the lowest-cost oil and gas
- deflectedNatural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Dismisses the asker personally and pivots to export statistics without addressing stockpiles or reserves.
One of them is flip-flopping, jumping around and searching for ridings every election.
- misdirectedNatural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answers about G7 reserves generally rather than Canada's lack of stockpiles or policy reversal.
this is the way the G7 oil reserve works: If a nation is an importer, it has to have an oil reserve.
- deflectedNatural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Insults the asker and repeats export claims without addressing the zero stockpiles point.
the member opposite thinks he is on a rich vein, but he is tapping a dry well.
- partly answeredPublic Services and ProcurementChristine Normandin (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). substantive question.Gives numbers on unaffected seniors and recent improvements but does not address launching an inquiry.
Over the past week, the number of people experiencing delays related to these issues has been reduced by 10,000.
- deflectedPublic Services and ProcurementChristine Normandin (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). substantive question.Denies the premise of a financial disaster without addressing responsibility or the human impact on seniors.
Cúram is not a financial disaster.
- deflectedPublic Services and ProcurementSébastien Lemire (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores the request for an inquiry and instead highlights an unaccepted briefing offer.
the government offered a briefing to the Bloc Québécois and has yet to receive a response.
- deflectedPublic SafetyMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.The answer addresses removals but sidesteps the accusation of protecting terrorists and offers a security briefing instead.
if the party opposite wants more information, the Leader of the Opposition can go get a security check
- partly answeredPublic SafetyMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states the number facing removal and affirms ongoing efforts but does not commit to a one-week plan.
- deflectedPublic SafetyMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). substantive question.The answer gives a number under investigation but dismisses the 700 figure as contrived and pivots to a security briefing offer.
Seven hundred IRGC members is not a fact. It is contrived by the Conservative Party.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). substantive question.The answer blames opposition filibustering and avoids addressing the specific loophole or one-week plan request.
there are some important pieces of legislation that are now going through the House, which the opposition has been filibustering and obstructing.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyFrank Caputo (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts focus to hate-crime legislation and funding instead of addressing deportation plans for Iranian officials.
Members of the House have an opportunity to support the combatting hate act to help provide such protection to communities.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyPierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to promoting Bill C-9 on faith communities rather than outlining a deportation plan.
I encourage my colleague to support our Bill C‑9 , which is currently before the House.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyPierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer repeats praise for existing measures and again asks about supporting Bill C-9 instead of committing to a one-week plan.
Will the member and his colleagues say yes to these communities in Canada?
- deflectedRail TransportationJean-Denis Garon (Bloc) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.Answer promotes project benefits without addressing specific expropriation or consultation concerns raised.
We will complete this project in a respectful way, in compliance with standards and with social licence.
- deflectedRail TransportationJean-Denis Garon (Bloc) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats general assurances on consultation without responding to the specific claim about expropriation threats.
We will make sure we do this right, consulting with landowners, communities, mayors, reeves and farmers.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyRoman Baber (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to hate crimes legislation instead of addressing the requested plan on Iranian officials and threat level.
We have an opportunity to support the combatting hate act to deliver this outcome now for Canadians.
- partly answeredPublic SafetyRoman Baber (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.Answer directly states that 28 IRGC-linked individuals are in removal process but avoids the one-week plan request.
There are 28 of them who are now going through the process.
- partly answeredPublic SafetyVincent Ho (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.Answer addresses synagogue attacks with funding announcement but ignores the call for a deportation and threat-level plan.
we are taking decisive action, including $10 million that was just announced to ensure the coordination of security efforts in places of worship
- misdirectedImmigration, Refugees and CitizenshipVincent Ho (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to Bill C-9 and criticizes the opposition rather than addressing deportation or foreign influence registry demands.
It is a shame that the party opposite will not listen to Jewish Canadians and do what they are asking.
- partly answeredImmigration, Refugees and CitizenshipHarb Gill (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.Answer explains the IRGC listing and removal process but does not commit to tabling a new one-week plan.
- misdirectedThe EconomySandra Cobena (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). loaded question.Answer discusses energy exports and global war instead of responding to seniors' affordability and tax concerns.
Oil production is at an all-time high.
- deflectedThe EconomySandra Cobena (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to jobs and LNG projects without addressing taxes, regulations or grocery prices.
what Canadians understand is that when they have good-paying jobs, they can afford things.
- deflectedThe EconomyDave Epp (Conservative) asked Julie Dabrusin (Liberal). loaded question.Answer claims zero food-price impact and shifts to greenhouse support instead of addressing fuel tax or research closures.
Studies show that the impact of the industrial carbon price on the price of food is zero.
- misdirectedThe EconomyDave Epp (Conservative) asked Heath MacDonald (Liberal). loaded question.Answer discusses R&D statistics and does not engage the question about fuel tax or research-station closures.
The research and development system is becoming less diverse.
- deflectedSeniorsConnie Cody (Conservative) asked Stephanie McLean (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists government programs and ignores the question about seniors facing unaffordability from domestic policies.
That is why we introduced legislation to reduce taxes for nearly 22 million Canadians.
- misdirectedSeniorsShelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservatives as ideological rather than addressing seniors' poverty or carbon-tax effects.
just yesterday, I heard a Conservative member of Parliament say that helping people was ideological.
- deflectedSeniorsChak Au (Conservative) asked Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to an opportunities agenda and jobs without addressing seniors' poverty or carbon taxes.
We put forward a serious plan for the future, an opportunities agenda, which is focused on getting our resources to market
- deflectedTaxationDominique Vien (Conservative) asked Julie Dabrusin (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats zero food-price impact and shifts to agricultural investment instead of fuel-tax removal.
Studies clearly show that the industrial carbon pricing does not affect food prices.
- deflectedTaxationDominique Vien (Conservative) asked Nathalie Provost (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists benefits and denies zero score without addressing industrial carbon tax on supply chains or food inflation.
All we have been doing since we were elected is giving purchasing power to Canadians, especially seniors.
- deflectedMental Health and AddictionsDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Marjorie Michel (Liberal). loaded question.Answer cites variety of studies instead of addressing the specific one cited.
Various studies have shown a variety of results.
- deflectedMental Health and AddictionsDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Marjorie Michel (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to provincial role and general treatment work without addressing the new study.
my colleague should know that this minister grants exemptions every time the provinces that fund these supervised consumption sites fund projects following consultations with their own communities.
- deflectedMental Health and AddictionsGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Marjorie Michel (Liberal). loaded question.Answer restates multi-pronged approach and claims deaths are down without engaging the Alberta study or admission of failure.
even if your study does not show this, all of the figures on drug-related deaths are down in Canada—
- deflectedFirearmsBlaine Calkins (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.Answer discusses enrollment numbers and amnesty expiry but ignores the deployed soldiers and criminalization concern.
I want to recognize the over 42,000 firearms enrolled in the compensation program.
- answeredInternational TradeJenny Kwan (NDP) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). substantive question.Answer states government opposition and explains the policy reasons against the bill.
the government opposes the bill.