Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre held their first verbal joust in the House of Commons as MPs returned to Ottawa for the fall sitting.
Carney had stood several times in the House last spring to take questions from opposition MPs, but Poilievre was not there at the time, having lost his long-held Carleton seat in the April 28 election.
Poilievre apologized for being late to the parliamentary session when he rose to speak during question period on Sept. 15.
“I had some meetings with extremely important people in East-Central Alberta,” Poilievre said in reference to his August byelection win in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot. The Tory leader thanked his constituents and former MP Damien Kurek, who resigned his House seat to allow Poilievre to run….