After a year of inaction, the Carney Liberals must show up for work in 2026

While Canadians struggled with rising costs, economic uncertainty, and a global environment shifting beneath their feet, the session that just concluded will be remembered as one of the least productive in our Parliament’s history.

Prime Minister Mark Carney claimed Bill C-4, the Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act, was a high priority, and yet the legislation floundered in the House until the end of December, writes Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, leader of the opposition in the Senate.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LEO HOUSAKOS

January 22, 2026

As Parliament prepares to return, Canadians are entitled to ask a simple but fundamental question: what exactly has the Carney government been doing with the mandate it was given so far?

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