Sitting 60 — November 25, 2025

The sitting opened with a deeply moving statement by the Secretary of State for Nature, a survivor of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Members from all parties rose to share personal reflections and condemn violence against women in all its forms. The House then moved to extensive debate on Bill C-15, the Budget 2025 Implementation Act, with Conservative MPs criticizing the $78-billion deficit, the national school food program as a "bureaucratic" measure that fails to address root causes of food insecurity, and the budget's emphasis on "safe supply" drug policies over treatment and recovery. Liberal members defended the middle-class tax cut for 22 million Canadians, investments in the aerospace and quantum computing sectors, and the permanent establishment of the national school food program.

Question Period featured the first extended exchange between the new Prime Minister Mark Carney and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre since the G20 summit. Poilievre pressed Carney on the failed July 21 trade deal deadline, the doubling and tripling of various U.S. tariffs, and the Prime Minister's alleged conflicts of interest with Brookfield. Carney pointed to Indonesia's tariff reductions, the UAE investment commitment, and asserted Canada maintains the lowest tariffs of any U.S. trading partner. The Bloc Québécois revived the 1995 Quebec referendum controversy, accusing a previous Liberal government of having fast-tracked citizenship applications to influence the vote, which Carney dismissed as "focusing on the past." Pipeline politics also featured, with Poilievre pressing on the government's willingness to override British Columbia's objections to a west-coast pipeline, while Liberal ministers emphasized co-operative federalism.

Budget debate continued through the afternoon with Conservative members linking rising food bank usage—citing Feed Ontario's report of 8.7 million visits—to the government's fiscal policies. The session included a take-note debate on the softwood lumber industry in the evening, with MPs from British Columbia, Quebec, and New Brunswick detailing the impact of U.S. tariffs on their communities and workers. The debate saw Conservative members accusing the government of abandoning legal challenges to recover $10 billion in anti-dumping duties collected by the U.S., while Liberal members highlighted $1.2 billion in industry supports and a new comprehensive strategy. Private Members' Business featured Bill C-220, which would prevent judges from considering immigration status as a mitigating factor in sentencing, with the Conservative sponsor arguing the practice undermines the value of Canadian citizenship and Liberal members raising concerns about judicial independence.