Sitting 114 — April 30, 2026

Conservative opposition day debate on the government's proposed sovereign wealth fund occupied the majority of the sitting. Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre moved a motion calling the Canada Strong fund a "gimmick," arguing that a true sovereign wealth fund requires budget surpluses and resource revenues, not borrowed money. He noted the fund would start $25 billion in debt and characterized it as a Liberal slush fund for politically connected projects. Liberal parliamentary secretaries, including Anthony Housefather and Kody Blois, defended the fund as modeled on successful international examples and argued it would attract private investment for nation-building projects. Green Party leader Elizabeth May agreed with many of the Conservative critiques, noting the economic update contained only one sentence explaining the fund. The Bloc Québécois questioned the fund's resemblance to the controversial Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Question period saw the Conservatives continue their post-budget offensive. Melissa Lantsman (CPC) characterized the spring economic update as $37 billion in "new inflationary spending" and called the Prime Minister "just another Liberal." Ministers defended the update by citing the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7, investments in skilled trades, and the creation of 96,000 jobs over six months. The Bloc Québécois pressed on climate and energy policy, with Yves Perron arguing the update provided nearly $40 billion in oil and gas subsidies while offering nothing for media or seniors. Immigration questions focused on the entry of an IRGC-linked individual, with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree reiterating that IRGC members are inadmissible.

Routine proceedings included tabling of the veterans affairs committee report on suicide prevention, with Conservative MP Blake Richards presenting a supplemental report calling for an independent military hospital network. The environment committee tabled its 2030 emissions reduction plan report with dissenting opinions from Conservatives and supplementary views from the Bloc. In private members' business, Bill C-267, the National Framework on the Durability of Electronic Products and Essential Home Appliances Act, received second reading debate with cross-party support for combating planned obsolescence. The adjournment proceedings covered housing affordability in British Columbia and food security.