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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · sitting No. 156
Conservatives move supply day motion on government debt costs
Conservative MP Eric Lefebvre moved a supply day motion asserting that government spending is driving up the cost of living, that interest on the national debt has more than doubled since 2021 and now exceeds the Canada Health Transfer, and that an average family of four will pay nearly $6,000 in federal taxes toward debt interest this year. The motion, which consumed 43 per cent of the sitting, remained before the House at adjournment.
In Question Period, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pressed the government on housing construction targets and immigration levels, citing an Order Paper response that admitted the government will not meet its doubling pledge. Liberal MP Gregor Robertson accused the opposition of blaming immigrants for the housing shortage.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet questioned the exclusion of Quebec from speaking at a Canada–Europe summit in Montreal, while Conservative MP Michael Chong asked whether the government would breach its new fiscal anchors in the upcoming budget.
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Who held the floor · 2026-10-27
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Steel and Aluminum Industry
Conservative MP Michael Guglielmin pressed Industry Minister Mélanie Joly to table the demand letter sent to Cleveland-Cliffs over Stelco commitments, noting that laid-off workers remain without answers.
Read the exchangeFisheries and Oceans
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis asked why Fisheries Minister approved a public subsidy to Ichiboshi L.P.C. after the company fired Canadian workers to hire illegal workers, citing the government’s own Order Paper response.
Read the exchangeLabour
Bloc Québécois MP Andréanne Larouche warned that Bill C-39 would give the minister unprecedented power to end strikes, a measure she said exceeds practices in any other G7 country.
Read the exchangeVeterans Affairs
Liberal MP Braedon Clark asked Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight how the government is advancing recognition of modern veterans beyond Remembrance Day.
Read the exchangeSmall Business
Liberal MP Joël Lightbound highlighted the productivity mega deduction, which he said will generate $22 billion in annual economic benefits and support up to 80,000 new jobs each year.
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- deflectedThe EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer promotes EU trade benefits without addressing sovereignty, jurisdiction or arrogance claims.
Our diplomatic efforts are bearing fruit.
- deflectedThe EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to export stats and redefines inflation instead of addressing debt or results.
What exactly is an inflationary program?
- misdirectedThe EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer attacks the questioner's credibility and experience rather than addressing debt or windfall spending.
the leader, as Canadians know, has no credibility when it comes to the economy.
- misdirectedThe EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer attacks the questioner's work history instead of addressing debt interest or deficits.
The leader has never worked one day in the economy and is in his third decade in the House producing nothing.
- deflectedHousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). loaded question.The answer accuses the asker of attacking immigrants instead of addressing broken housing promises.
first and foremost, I would reprimand the member opposite for constantly attacking immigrants.
- deflectedHousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). loaded question.The answer draws a distinction without addressing the document quote or housing shortage admission.
there is a difference between immigrants and immigration, first and foremost.
- deflectedIntergovernmental RelationsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights trade gains and election results instead of addressing muzzling Quebec at the summit.
They are encouraged to see that exports to markets outside the United States have increased by 11% over the past year.
- deflectedIntergovernmental RelationsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). substantive question.The answer repeats EU market benefits without addressing Quebec's request to speak at the summit.
Canada negotiates in the interest of Canada, in the interest of all the provinces and in the interest of Quebec.
- deflectedIntergovernmental RelationsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). loaded question.The answer addresses the dinner invitation but avoids the core issue of Quebec's exclusion from substantive talks on its jurisdictions.
The invitation is still open. I think it would be good for the Government of Quebec to be there.
- misdirectedOil and Gas IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the Conservatives for fighting indigenous people instead of addressing the tanker ban or the bill.
Rather than pick fights with indigenous people, why do the Conservatives not join us on the north coast transmission line and help us build that with indigenous people?
- misdirectedOil and Gas IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists projects and urges working with indigenous people but ignores the tanker ban and bill request.
Instead of fighting indigenous people, he should work with indigenous people to build Canada strong.
- deflectedFinanceMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists government achievements but does not confirm or deny the PBO projection on fiscal anchors.
We found over $60 billion in government savings, reported a lower deficit in the spring economic update, and are on track to balance the operating budget a year ahead of schedule.
- deflectedFinanceMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights positive stats and savings but evades the yes-or-no question on blowing through fiscal anchors.
Canada starts with the strongest fiscal position in the G7.
- misdirectedFinanceMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to listing projects and calls Conservatives pessimistic rather than addressing debt interest versus services.
the Conservatives are blinded, I think, by their pessimism and negativity.
- deflectedFinanceMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes government record on growth and housing but does not address the motion or committee appearance request.
This is a government that is focused on what matters to Canadians, like bringing the cost of housing down, ensuring that they have affordable child care and ensuring that there are investments in the skills, training and education that they need to build the brightest future possible.
- misdirectedFinanceEric Lefebvre (Conservative) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the member's voting record on benefits instead of responding to the invitation for the Prime Minister to appear.
Does he tell the people he meets that he has consistently voted against all these measures that are helping residents?
- deflectedLabourAndréanne Larouche (Bloc) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer promotes investments and labour climate without addressing the specific concerns about ministerial powers compared to G7 countries.
Bill C‑39 is intended to build Canada strong by advancing major projects and major construction initiatives, as requested by workers, among others.
- deflectedLabourGabriel Ste-Marie (Bloc) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer dismisses the criticism as exaggeration and shifts to general statistics on collective agreements without addressing the bill's powers or totalitarian claims.
I think that is an exaggeration.
- misdirectedGovernment AppointmentsJohn Brassard (Conservative) asked Ernie Klassen (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservatives for political points instead of addressing the request for Mrs. Carney to appear before the committee.
The Conservatives are trying to score cheap political points, but we are focused on the work.
- misdirectedGovernment AppointmentsJohn Brassard (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer calls the question a spurious attack and pivots to oceans protection without addressing accountability or committee appearance.
this is a particularly spurious attack coming from the opposition.
- partly answeredSteel and Aluminum IndustryMichael Guglielmin (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses working with steelworkers and protecting jobs but does not confirm providing the demand letter or a timeline.
Of course I am willing to work with the opposition, because I believe that not only do we have a strong case but this should not be a partisan issue.
- answeredSteel and Aluminum IndustryMichael Guglielmin (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly affirms commitment to including steel service centres in the task force.
- misdirectedSteel and Aluminum IndustryJason Groleau (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to criticizing the question and calling for unity against the US instead of addressing the failed deal or tariffs' impact.
I think he should have thought about his question before asking it.
- deflectedHousingMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses immigrants' role in construction without addressing where increased immigration levels will find housing.
Immigration is critical to addressing skill gaps in the construction sector when Canadians are not available to fill those jobs.
- deflectedHousingMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). loaded question.Answer claims levels are under control and lists housing programs but avoids addressing the request to decrease immigration levels.
as the immigration minister said, the levels are under control right now.
- misdirectedHousingCostas Menegakis (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). substantive question.Answer attacks the opposition for voting against measures instead of addressing why the government fails to understand the supply-demand principle.
that is rich coming from the other side who vote against affordable housing measures at every turn.
- deflectedHousingCostas Menegakis (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). loaded question.Answer provides statistics on temporary residents and rents but does not address the claim that the Prime Minister wants to increase levels despite warnings.
The temporary resident population has dropped by 80% for international students and 59% for temporary workers, with a 69% decline in asylum claims.
- misdirectedFisheries and OceansColin Reynolds (Conservative) asked John Zerucelli (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists unrelated major projects and jobs instead of explaining the fisheries minister's approval of the subsidy to Ichiboshi.
Let me give some examples. Maybe the member has forgotten about LNG Canada phase two, with $33 billion in private investment and 4,000 new construction jobs.
- misdirectedFisheries and OceansGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked John Zerucelli (Liberal). substantive question.Answer again lists construction projects rather than addressing the specific Order Paper question about the fisheries subsidy.
What this government is doing is building. We are building projects right across the country, with Canadian steel, Canadian lumber and Canadian unionized workers.
- deflectedFisheries and OceansGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Ernie Klassen (Liberal). substantive question.Answer announces a new fisheries fund but does not address the subsidy to the specific company that fired Canadians.
the minister recently announced the renewed Atlantic fisheries fund with her provincial counterparts.
- deflectedFisheries and OceansGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Ernie Klassen (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats the fisheries fund announcement and ignores the question about subsidies to companies hiring illegal workers.
the minister recently announced the renewed Atlantic fisheries fund with her provincial counterparts.
- partly answeredYouthGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer addresses building opportunities for young people via investments and aid but does not engage the critique of subsidy announcements versus real opportunity-building.
our colleague talks about building opportunities for young people. That is exactly what our government is doing across the country.
- misdirectedNatural ResourcesShannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores the repeal question and pivots to partnerships while attacking the opposition.
They want to fight with indigenous people. Why do they not stop fighting and start building with us?
- deflectedNatural ResourcesShannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists foreign investments but never addresses the tanker ban or repeal request.
There are people from all over the world coming to invest in this country because of Liberal policies.
- misdirectedNatural ResourcesAaron Gunn (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes unrelated projects and attacks the new member's political status instead of addressing the ban.
Guess what. The member is new. He lives with regret because he is not the premier of British Columbia today.
- deflectedRail TransportationJacques Gourde (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes the project and urges support but never confirms whether the $150 billion is included in the deficit figures.
I urge and implore my colleague to get on board with high-speed rail.
- deflectedNatural ResourcesGord Johns (NDP) asked Rebecca Alty (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses consultation processes but avoids any direct commitment to upholding the tanker ban.
The building Canada strong act would not change the duty to consult.
- deflectedMarine TransportationGord Johns (NDP) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer expresses interest in Port Alberni but redirects responsibility to the province instead of committing to federal budget action.
As for BC Ferries, as the member well knows, that is a provincial Crown corporation that reports to the Minister of Transportation of British Columbia