Sitting 14 — June 12, 2025

The sitting featured a Conservative opposition day motion focused on the GC Strategies procurement scandal, demanding that the government recover the $64 million paid to the ArriveCAN contractor and implement procurement reforms. Conservative members documented the Auditor General's findings that 46% of contracts had no evidence of work performed, security clearances were not enforced, and the two-person company operated without IT expertise. Parliamentary Secretary Jacques Ramsay defended the government's response, noting contract termination, security clearance revocation, and a seven-year debarment by the office of supplier integrity, but the opposition insisted these actions came years after the problems were first exposed. The motion generated 137 speeches, with Bloc Québécois members supporting it while criticizing both major parties for their procurement records.

Question Period was again dominated by ArriveCAN, with Conservative MPs from across the caucus pressing the government on the failure of responsible ministers to face consequences. Public Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound delivered variations of the same response throughout the hour, emphasizing contract termination, RCMP referral, and the supplier integrity office's action. The Bloc raised separate concerns about Bill C-5's closure motion, carbon pricing rebates to Quebec, and foreign affairs including the G7 guest list. A notable exchange occurred between MP Frank Caputo and Justice Minister Sean Fraser regarding a sentence of house arrest for possession of child sexual abuse material, with the minister affirming mandatory minimum penalties while the member argued existing law was insufficient.

The sitting also saw the introduction of Bill C-209 to establish Albanian Heritage Month, and the committee of the whole on the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) consumed 284 speeches, with the President of the Treasury Board fielding detailed questions on the national debt, deficit, and public debt charges. Statements by Members addressed topics ranging from the Air India crash to the 275th anniversary of Mascouche, and the day concluded with continued debate on the one Canadian economy legislation.