Opposition challenge

What They Voted On

That, given that, (i) in response to the trade war launched against Canada by the Trump administration, the Prime Minister promised that "whenever the federal government spends, we will select Canadian suppliers by default," and pledged to "ensure the federal government buys from Canadian suppliers", (ii) when the Buy Canadian Policy took effect on December 16, 2025, the Prime Minister said Canada would become its own "best customer," and the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement declared that the government was "putting Canadian workers and industries first", (iii) in April 2026, the Prime Minister promised to build Canada strong with "Canadian steel, Canadian aluminum, Canadian lumber, Canadian workers", (iv) in June 2026, the Canada Revenue Agency awarded a security services contract worth nearly $12 million to Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of the American multinational Allied Universal, (v) Allied Universal's subsidiary G4S reportedly holds contracts worth US $83 million with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda, and Allied Universal has reportedly received contracts worth more than US $290 million in 2026 alone from the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security, ICE's parent department, (vi) the contract was awarded over a Canadian bidder that is a not-for-profit and the largest employer of veterans, whose offer differed by roughly $80,000, less than one per cent of the contract's value which represents less than half of the $175,248.48 that, according to the government's own response to an Order Paper question, was spent on in-flight catering for the Prime Minister and his delegation during a 10-day international trip to China, Qatar and Davos, Switzerland in January 2026, the House call on the government to respect veterans, follow its own Buy Canadian Policy, cancel the Canada Revenue Agency's security contract with Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation and award it to a Canadian supplier.