Sitting 65 — December 2, 2025

Budget debate on Bill C-15 dominated the sitting, with Conservative MPs launching pointed attacks on the Prime Minister's personal finances and his previous role at Brookfield Asset Management. John Brassard (Barrie South—Innisfil) led off with allegations about the Prime Minister's offshore investments and conflicts of interest, prompting Liberal parliamentary secretary Kevin Lamoureux to denounce what he called "character assassination." The back-and-forth set the tone for a day of unusually personal exchanges, with Conservatives repeatedly linking government policies in carbon capture, nuclear energy, and housing to Brookfield's business interests, and Liberals accusing the opposition of trafficking in conspiracy theories while ignoring the budget's affordability measures.

Question Period featured a rare direct confrontation between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, with Pierre Poilievre pressing Carney on the newly appointed Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture's statement that he was "fed up" with the debate on French decline, on the government's failure to begin pipeline consultations with first nations eight months after taking office, and on a Parliamentary Budget Officer report that cast doubt on the government's housing targets. Carney defended the MOU with Alberta as creating necessary conditions for development while respecting provincial and indigenous rights, and pointed to Nunavut housing investments when challenged on the housing file. The Speaker tabled the fourth edition of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, a significant parliamentary milestone.

The Leader of the Opposition also made an emergency debate request regarding the Algoma Steel layoffs affecting 1,000 workers in Sault Ste. Marie, which the Speaker took under advisement. Conservative MPs repeatedly raised specific job losses—CAMI in Ingersoll, Domtar in Crofton, and Algoma—linking them to the government's trade negotiation failures. Bill C-241, the national strategy on flood and drought forecasting act, was debated during Private Members' Business with broad support, though Conservative speakers cautioned against creating additional bureaucracy without clear accountability. Adjournment proceedings addressed foreign credential recognition for doctors, extortion and public safety in British Columbia, and food inflation.