Davis Legree

This is Adjournment Proceedings, our weekly deep-dive into the issues and people driving Canadian politics. Check out the latest edition every Friday. Today, we look at the history of caucus revolts, ahead of what’s anticipated to be a tense meeting of Liberal MPs next Wednesday.

New analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Officer shows Canada’s plan for increasing defence spending to 1.76 per cent by 2030 is based on erroneous economic projections that forecast a four-year recession from the 2025-2026 fiscal year through to 2029-2030.

“I’m not going to let [Conservative Leader] Pierre Poilievre, the ‘King Cut’ himself, and the Bloc decide when to cut these things that people need,” said NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

A new report revealed Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions have only decreased by 7.1 per cent from 2005 levels, well off the government’s stated goal of a 40 to 45 per cent reduction.

“This is an opportunity for Trudeau,” said Muhammad Ali, a former Liberal staffer who now works as a vice-president for Crestview Strategy. “In the first Trump presidency, he got a lot of positive support for how he was handling a very difficult, difficult situation.”

Over the next two weeks, political and environmental leaders from around the world will congregate in Baku, Azerbaijan to negotiate a new target for mobilizing climate funding for the Global South.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said heard concerns from officials within both the Trump and Biden administrations that Mexico is not falling in line with American and Canadian trade policy on China.

“I think that this is a bit of a decision point for the Trudeau Government as to how they’re going to make their first signals to an incoming Trump administration around whether or not they’re willing to play ball on certain issues,” said Conservative strategist Jeff Rutledge.

Several Tory MPs called for the resignation of Employment and Workforce Development Minister Randy Boissonnault on Monday, following reports that his company unsuccessfully bid on two federal contracts in 2020 while identifying itself as Indigenous and Aboriginal-owned.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the government is “okay” for the next three to four weeks, but certain federal agencies could be vulnerable if the House of Commons doesn’t approve a $26.1 billion supply bill by December 10.