What happened during the fall sitting of the House of Commons, by the numbers

Number of bills introduced in the House of Commons: 17 (4 government bills, 13 private member’s bills)

Number of bills that got royal assent: 3 (supplementary estimates, the GST holiday bill and an amendment to the National Parks Act to change land-use rules for the town of Jasper, Alta., after last summer’s devastating wildfire.

Number of attempts to bring down the government with a non-confidence motion: 3

Number of confidence motion votes the Liberals survived: 3

Number of times someone said “axe the tax”: 303 (an average of 5.4 times per day)

Number of times an MP referred to the “common-sense Conservatives”: 183

Number of mentions of “carbon tax Carney,” the Conservatives’ nickname for former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney: 111

Number of times someone talked about what they’re doing “on this side of the House”: 286

Number of times that was said by the Liberals: 209

Number of mentions of “corporate greed”: 42 (NDP said it 29 times)

Number of times an MP declared “I wasn’t even thinking about sex”: 1

Number of times an MP was chastised for referring to former Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault as “cocaine Randy”: 1

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2024.

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press

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What happened during the fall sitting of the House of Commons, by the numbers

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