Sitting 122 — May 26, 2026

A Conservative opposition day motion calling for the cancellation of all federal taxes on gas and diesel and the repeal of the clean fuel standard occupied much of the sitting. Conservatives argued that gas prices were substantially higher than in the United States and that removing federal taxes would provide immediate relief, while the government countered that it had already suspended the excise tax and eliminated the consumer carbon tax, and that the Conservative motion would cost billions without a funding plan. The Bloc Québécois questioned whether cutting gas taxes would truly benefit consumers, noting that oil companies often absorbed the difference through higher refining margins.

Question period was dominated by sustained exchanges between the Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister on three fronts: gas prices, with the opposition leader comparing current pump prices unfavorably to the Harper era at equivalent oil prices; the Cowichan indigenous land rights decision and its implications for private property in British Columbia, with the Prime Minister affirming the government would defend property rights on appeal; and the Clarity Act's application to a potential Alberta referendum, with the Prime Minister acknowledging the act did not apply to Alberta's question while defending its principles for Quebec. The Bloc Québécois pressed the government on climate policy, suggesting the member for Laurier-Sainte-Marie might leave the Liberal caucus over oil policy shifts, while the Secretary of State for Nature expressed confidence the government would reach net zero by 2050.

Other notable exchanges covered the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report on the interim federal health program for asylum claimants, with the immigration minister emphasizing that volumes had decreased by 59%; the PrescribeIT program; and organized crime at Pearson airport. In the evening, the House resolved into committee of the whole on the Department of Finance's main estimates, where the finance minister faced over three hours of questioning on debt levels, deficit projections, fiscal anchors, and the government's economic strategy. In private members' business, Bill C-264, which would repeal the oil tanker moratorium on British Columbia's north coast, was debated, with the Bloc Québécois and government opposing it on environmental grounds.