Sitting 52 — November 6, 2025

Budget 2025 dominated the sitting with over 130 speeches in the Government Orders section alone, marking one of the most extensive debate days of the session. The Prime Minister faced sustained questioning from the opposition benches, with the Conservative deputy leader opening exchanges on the $78-billion deficit and accusing the government of borrowing from the next generation to fund inflationary spending. The Prime Minister countered that Canada maintained the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7, that 75% of new measures were for sovereignty and affordability, and that the budget would catalyze a trillion dollars in investment by the end of the decade. The Bloc Québécois leader pressed the Prime Minister on seniors' benefits, health transfers, and housing affordability, receiving assurances that the budget included $80 billion in senior transfers and major housing investments.

Conservative backbenchers maintained a coordinated line of questioning focused on the industrial carbon tax's impact on food prices, frequently citing food professor Sylvain Charlebois's analysis of widening wholesale price gaps between Canada and the United States. Government ministers responded by pointing to the Canadian Climate Institute's research showing industrial carbon pricing has essentially no effect on grocery costs and highlighted the budget's tax cuts for 22 million Canadians, the permanent national school food program, and increased defence spending. The opposition also raised the Brookfield tax avoidance allegations against the Prime Minister, which he deflected by emphasizing his commitment to public service.

Private members' business featured Bill C-244, the clean coasts act, which would amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act to address derelict vessels and marine pollution. The bill received cross-party support, with members from coastal ridings in British Columbia, Atlantic Canada, and Quebec sharing experiences of abandoned vessels threatening ecosystems and local economies. Adjournment proceedings covered youth employment, housing affordability, and immigration policy.