Event21 September 2026Statement

Andrew Scheer says the Conservatives will take a careful look at Bill C-39 before taking a position

On 21 September 2026, the first day of Parliament's fall sitting, the government tabled Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, a major-projects and labour bill. CBC News reported in its live coverage that Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer told Power & Politics host David Cochrane that his party would take a careful look at the bill before taking a position. Scheer said his party supports workers' right to demand better pay when "Liberal inflation erodes the value of their paycheque". He noted that the Liberals had said their previous major projects bill, C-5, would let them move quickly, and, referring to the federal Major Projects Office established in 2025, said: "Not a single project has been completed through that office." CBC noted that the Conservatives had backed C-5, and that the Liberals now have enough votes in their own caucus to pass the new bill in the House.

Date

21 September 2026

Kind

Statement

Where

Canada

Evidence

Statement: Something was said. Weighted lowest: words cost less than actions. How evidence is weighed

Who

Andrew Scheer (spoke); Conservative Party of Canada (acted)

Sources

• CBC News, “New major projects bill, rowdy question period kick off Parliament's fall sitting” (external site), September 2026. source record

Laws and agreements

• Building Canada Strong Act (C-39)

Claims that rest on this event

• SupportsMechanism

  Nothing yet tests whether C-39 (the bill making the federal fast track permanent) and the Productivity Mega Deduction (a tax write-off for new investment) would survive a change of government: the Conservatives have not voted on either and have not said how they will vote on C-39, so claims that they are durable rest on statements.

  No position taken.

How it bears on the outcome