The sitting was dominated by debate on the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18), with the central political argument revolving around the government's economic record versus the opposition's call for a "Canadian sovereignty act" to fast-track resource projects and cut taxes. Oral Questions focused heavily on food inflation, carbon pricing, and housing affordability.
The main Government Orders business was second-reading debate on Bill C-18, which would implement a free-trade agreement with Indonesia. The government argued the deal would eliminate tariffs on nearly 86% of Canadian exports, benefiting farmers, seafood processors, forestry workers, and manufacturers, and was a key part of diversifying trade away from the United States. The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois indicated they would support sending the bill to committee for study, but raised concerns. Conservatives questioned the reciprocity of government procurement provisions, noting Indonesia had given better terms to the EU and UAE, and argued the deal's economic impact was modest. The Bloc and Green Party pressed for stronger human rights and forced-labour protections, with the Bloc noting the agreement includes investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms they oppose. The NDP was not recorded as speaking on the bill. A recorded vote on second reading was requested.
Oral Questions was dominated by Conservative attacks on the government over food inflation, which they pegged at 6.2%—the highest in the G7—and blamed on the industrial carbon tax and clean fuel standards. They demanded the government scrap those taxes and fast-track a "Canadian sovereignty act." Government ministers countered by citing the newly announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, investments in greenhouses and food banks, and accused the Conservatives of obstruction. A secondary theme was housing, with Conservatives citing falling homeownership rates among young Canadians and calling for the removal of HST on new homes; the government pointed to its first-time homebuyer GST break and the new Build Canada Homes agency. Other exchanges covered extortion in British Columbia, delays in OAS payments to seniors due to new software, and the government's record on approving major projects under Bill C-5.
In Routine Proceedings, the government tabled a notice of ways and means motion for a bill to implement the Red River Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Treaty. The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food presented a report on spent fowl imports. A large number of petitions were presented, the majority calling for the withdrawal of Bill C-9 over concerns it would criminalize religious texts, alongside petitions on MAID expansion, ghost gear, housing, and farmland acquisition. A request for an emergency debate on statements by the Trump administration was made but no decision was recorded. All questions on the order paper and motions for papers were allowed to stand. A point of order was raised about a member voting both in person and via the app, with the member asking for a ruling on voting procedures.