With the revelations of that radicalized individual being identified in the hit-and-run in Quebec yesterday, it would be interesting to see how prominent that would be in QP. Thomas Mulcair led off asking for an update on the incident. Stephen Harper gave a “thoughts and prayers” response and called the incident a despicable act of violence. Mulcair wondered why they disclosed unconfirmed terror claims in the Commons yesterday and wanted a full briefing. Harper said that he told the House as soon as he found out. Mulcair moved onto the Ebola vaccine and the sale of the development rights for $205,000, which Harper didn’t quite answer as he reiterated that the government held the rights to the vaccine donated to the WHO. Mulcair asked about the auction of protective equipment, to which Harper responded that they made available all surplus materials when the WHO asked for them, and that they would continue to assist. Mulcair wanted clarification as to when the request came, to which Harper recounted his meeting with the WHO in New York and how Canada has been praised for our response. Justin Trudeau was up next, and after offering his condolences to the family of the soldier who was killed yesterday, and asked about those radicalized individuals under surveillance. Harper responded that they were examining the ways in which to give more tools to security organizations in order to make arrests more swiftly. Trudeau then asked about their supply day motion on the Ebola response and ensuring that the Health minister is available to committee, to which Harper insisted that the minister has been very available and they hoped a motion could be drafted that all parties could support. To close the round, Trudeau asked if the government could match donations made for the Ebola crisis, but Harper didn’t make such a commitment.

Round two, and Paul Dewar and Hélène Laverdière wondered if the combat mission in Iraq would really last at least a year (Baird: Here is what we’re trying to do in the region and Canada is trying to do its share), Elaine Michaud and Jack Harris asked about the threats that National Defence made against the parents of a soldier who committed suicide (Bezan: This was not acceptable and we are acting), Kennedy Stewart and Laurin Liu asked about muzzling scientists (Holder: Look at all of this investment we’ve made into science!), and Guy Caron and Murray Rankin wondering why right-wing think tanks are not getting audits by the CRA (Findlay: The CRA process is not subject to political direction). Emmanuel Dubourg asked about the small amount of promised funds being dispersed to fight Ebola (Paradis: We are working with all of these credible organizations!), Kirsty Duncan asked about Canada not sending more medical personnel to west Africa without medical evacuation plans (Ambrose: We have taken many steps and evaluated many options and we currently have an agreement with an American commercial operation but it’s too limited), and Ted Hsu asked about the manufacturing capacity for Ebola antibodies in Canada (Ambrose: We are pursuing all options). Jean Crowder asked about the Cindy Blackstock court challenge around shortfalls for on-reserve care funding (Valcourt: That’s false, and protecting women and children on reserves is our priority and we have increased investment by 40 percent), and Jinny Sims and Sadia Groguhé asked about Temporary Foreign Workers into areas with high First Nations unemployment (Kenney: That’s false and those employers need to reach out to them first).

Round three saw questions on various fees being charged to consumers, cuts at French-language CBC programming outside of Quebec, matching charitable donations for organizations helping refugees from Syria and Iraq, the final disposal of the Canadian Wheat Board, the end of door-to-door mail delivery, Canada not being part of the expansion of the monitoring mission in Ukraine (Baird: We don’t have any drones), heavy urban search and rescue, EI fund surpluses, and a naval construction contract for the Davy shipyard.

Overall, it was another well-behaved day and nobody made much hay over the spectre of domestic terrorism. That said, Mulcair was again all over the map, while the Liberals were far more coherent than average when it comes to their questions on the Ebola crisis. Add to that, Rona Ambrose gave some coherent answers to those same questions, which was refreshing to see.

Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Shelly Glover for a red dress with grey and black side panels and a black jacket, and to Jonathan Genest-Jourdain for a grey pinstripe suit with a light blue shirt and a dark blue tie. Style citations go out to Gary Goodyear for a black suit with a pale yellow shirt and light blue striped tie, and to Gail Shea for a melon pink jacket with three-quarter sleeves and a black top with subtle white polka dots. Special mention to Jean Rousseau for a spectacularly bad brown paisley tie with a chocolate brown suit and shirt.