Sitting 68 — December 5, 2025

The House continued second-reading debate on Bill C-15, the Budget 2025 Implementation Act, with Conservative MPs denouncing the government's deficit spending and what they characterized as a decade of economic mismanagement that has doubled weekly grocery costs. Liberal parliamentary secretaries countered by highlighting net new job creation of 54,000 positions in the most recent month, including 50,000 for youth, and pointing to Conservative votes against the Canada child benefit, dental care, and the national school food program. Bill C-218, a private member's bill proposing to indefinitely exclude mental illness as a sole condition for medical assistance in dying, also received second-reading debate, with deeply personal interventions from members on all sides sharing experiences of suicide, familial loss, and concerns about expanding MAID access.

Question Period focused overwhelmingly on the 2026 Canada's Food Price Report, with Conservative MPs from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia citing specific food bank statistics and constituent stories to argue that the Prime Minister's own metric—judging his government by grocery prices—shows failure. Liberal responses emphasized that climate change is the primary driver of food cost increases, citing the report's lead author, and pointed to affordability measures in Budget 2025. The forestry industry featured prominently, with Conservative members highlighting recent mill closures in British Columbia—Crofton, Williams Lake, and other communities—and criticizing the government's failure to negotiate a softwood lumber agreement. The Bloc Québécois raised concerns about the resignation of the former environment minister and the government's perceived abandonment of climate commitments in favour of an oil-focused MOU with Alberta. Question Period also saw exchanges on committee obstruction at the transport committee, foreign credential recognition, and international trade negotiations with the United States.