March 9, 2026
What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.
A little over a week after the United States and Israel launched what would turn out to be the first wave of an ongoing series of military strikes on Iran, MPs could get the opportunity to put their thoughts on the latest conflict in the Middle East on the parliamentary record as early as later today.
In a post to X last night, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon served notice that he had “proposed to other parties (that) a debate on the hostilities in Iran and the Middle East and the impact for Canadians abroad” be held in the House of Commons this evening.
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