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Friday, June 18, 2021 (No. 121)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

Q-725² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to Elections Canada, since January 1, 2014: (a) how many (i) electoral district associations, (ii) election campaigns were sent a confirmation email from Elections Canada that their financial return had been received by Elections Canada, broken down by year; (b) how many (i) emails, (ii) phone calls were received by Elections Canada related to political financing, broken down by quarter, province and year; (c) how many and what percentage of the political financing emails and phone calls in (b) received a response, broken down by quarter, province and year; (d) what are Elections Canada’s performance metrics for email and phone call response rates, broken down by year; (e) are political financing response emails required to include the name of the individual providing the response, and, if not, why not; and (f) how many and what percentage of political financing emails did not have the name of the individual providing the response, broken down by province?

Q-726² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to Elections Canada, broken down by province, political party and year, since January 1, 2014: (a) how many and what percentage of annual electoral district association returns were considered completed within (i) one month, (ii) two months, (iii) four months, (iv) six months, (V) nine months, (vi) 12 months, (vii) 13-18 months, (viii) 18-24 months, (ix) greater than 24 months of their initial submission to Elections Canada; (b) how many electoral district associations have been deregistered; (c) how many local (riding-level) election campaign returns for the 2015 election were completed within (i) one month, (ii) two months, (iii) four months, (iv) six months, (V) nine months, (vi) 12 months, (vii) 13-18 months, (viii) 18-24 months; (d) how many local (riding-level) election campaign returns for the 2019 election were completed within (i) one month, (ii) two months, (iii) four months, (iv) six months, (V) nine months, (vi) 12 months, (vii) 13-18 months, (viii) 18-24 months; (f) how many 2019 local election campaign returns submitted to Elections Canada have not been completed; and (g) how many of the campaigns in (f) would qualify for, but have not yet received their election rebates funds?

Q-727² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to Elections Canada, broken down by year since January 1, 2014: (a) how many full-time permanent employees worked at Elections Canada, excluding temporary employees hired for a specific election period; (b) how many individuals on contract with Elections Canada provided full-time labour or support to Elections Canada; (c) what is the yearly total amount of the contracts in (b); (d) how many individuals employed by or providing full-time labour or support to Elections Canada were given their position through an outside employment firm or agency; (e) of the employees in (a), how many had annual salaries (i) under $29,999, (ii) between $30,000 and $49,999, (iii) between $50,000 and $69,999, (iv) between $70,000 and $89,999, (v) between $90,000 and $119,999, (vi) between $120,000 and $149,999, (vii) over $150,000; (f) of the individuals in (b), how many received an annual renumeration with an annual rate (i) under $29,999 , (ii) between $30,000 and $49,999, (iii) between $50,000 and $69,999, (iv) between $70,000 and $89,999, (v) between $90,000 and $119,999, (vi) between $120,000 and $149,999, (vii) over $150,000; (g) what was the yearly turnover rate for the employees in (a); (h) what was the yearly turnover rate for the individuals in (b); and (i) for the individuals having contracts with Elections Canada in (b), who fell ill or were required to quarantine, what, if any, specific sick leave or access to compensation has Elections Canada provided them, and on what date did this policy come into effect?

Q-728² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to the Senate Appointment Advisory Board, broken down by fiscal year since 2016-17: (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents were or are working with or assisting the board; (b) of the positions in (a), what are the (i) job titles, (ii) Treasury Board classifications (AS-01, EX-02, etc.) and related pay ranges; (c) what are the total expenditures for the board, broken down by type of expenses and line item; (d) how much was spent to set up the board, including (i) the salaries of the staff that support the board, (ii) the furniture, (iii) the moving costs, (iv) the website development, (v) the information technology costs, (vi) other costs, broken down by type of costs; (e) how many resumes were received; and (f) how many Senate positions were filled from the resumes in (e)?

Q-729² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to Requests for Proposal (RFP) put forward by Shared Services Canada (SSC) since January 1, 2020: (a) how many RFPs were issued by SSC; (b) for each RFP in (a), how many were issued that stated a brand name as a requirement; (c) what is the number of contracts issued by SSC based on brand name requirements in the RFP, broken down by (i) brand name, (ii) date, (iii) value of the contract, (iv) description of the service rendered, (v) file number; and (d) what is the number of contracts issued by SSC that were awarded through RFPs in (a) to companies offering an equivalent product?

Q-730² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to all grants and contributions provided to the Centre for Inquiry Canada, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity, since 2006: (a) what are the details of each grant or contribution, including the (i) date, (ii) type of grant or contribution, (iii) program, (iv) department, (v) purpose of funding and project description, (vi) location where related work took place, (vii) amount; and (b) which of the grants and contributions in (a) were related to the Canada Summer Jobs program?

Q-731² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to the Pickering Agricultural Lease Renewal Strategy announced by Transport Canada on May 15, 2017: (a) what is the total number of leases signed under the strategy; (b) how many of the leases were (i) provided to new leaseholders, (ii) renewals of existing leaseholders; (c) what are the details of each lease, including (i) the size of holding, (ii) the dollar value, (iii) the nature of use, (iv) the length of tenure, (v) the restrictions, (vi) whether or not a purchase option was included, (vii) the name of lease, (viii) the nationality of lease, (ix) whether or not lease is transferable; (d) for leases with a purchase option, was the price set at fair market value, at the time of the signing of the original lease, or at the time of purchase; (e) what comparables were used to determine the market value used to set lease rates; (f) what was the number of expressions of interest made to lease land at Pickering; (g) what was the number of one year leases affected by the 60-day termination clause and were renewed under the 10 year lease to the original leaseholder, or to a new leaseholder; and (h) what are the details of all meetings or consultations, including those with lobbyists or politicians, related to the formulation of the Pickering Agricultural Renewal Lease Strategy, including, for each meeting, the (i) date, (ii) list of attendees?

Q-732² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to the Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) since January 1, 2016, broken down by year: (a) how much was collected from passengers, broken down by averages per (i) day, (ii) month, (iii) year; (b) how much was used to pay for security services; and (c) what other programs or services are funded with the ATSC, and how much funding was provided to each program?

Q-733² — May 3, 2021 — — With regard to the court cases Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 BCSC 1494; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 BCCA 237; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), (29 March 2012) SCC File No. 34387; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 BCCA 300; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), (30 January 2012) SCC File No. 34387; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General Trial decision (Garson J.) – 2009 BCSC 1494; BC Supreme Court Docket No. S033335; the Supreme Court of Canada’s file number 34387; Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) 2021 BCCA 155; and all related cases: what are, including information from the Attorney General of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Environment and Climate Change Canada, for each case, the (i) total amount spent by the Crown between January 1, 2006, and April 30, 2021, (ii) total amount, adjusted for inflation, (iii) total spent by the Crown by category (travel, salary, supplies, etc.), (iv) total amount spent in each fiscal year from 2005 to 2021, (v) total payment that has been, or is projected to be paid by the Crown, and an explanation as to how this figure was calculated, (vi) date by which it will be or is projected to be paid by the Crown?

Q-734² — May 4, 2021 — — With regard to Canadian aid to Burma and the need to enforce the economic sanctions on Burmese military officials: (a) how is the funding from the Joint Peace Fund being allocated since the military coup in February 2021; (b) is any funding being directed to or through state or military-controlled channels, and, if so, what are the details, including the amounts; (c) what is the general breakdown of how Canadian aid dollars for Burma are being distributed and to whom; (d) does the government consider lobbying on behalf of the military regime in Burma a contravention of the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations; and (e) is the government investigating or did it investigate Ari Ben-Menashe of Dickens & Madson (Canada) Inc. for a possible contravention of the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations, and, if so, what is the status of the investigation?

Q-735² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s acquisition of 88 advanced fighter aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force: (a) in what month are the successful bidder and aircraft expected to be chosen by the government; (b) in what month is a contract expected to be signed with the chosen bidder; (c) will the government conduct a revised cost analysis of the acquisition, and, if so, (i) when will the analysis be conducted, (ii) will the analysis be made public, and, if so, when; and (d) will the government sign the contract before the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s cost analysis of the acquisition is completed and made public?

Q-736² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to the 2021 Census soundtrack: (a) who decided what songs would be included on the soundtrack and what criteria was used to decide which songs would be included; (b) how much is the government paying Spotify and YouTube for the services related to the playlist; (c) what are the details of how artists on the soundtrack are being remunerated for their songs, including the total amount being paid to artists for their songs being on the soundtrack; and (d) what are the costs incurred by the government to create and maintain the soundtrack website, broken down by line item?

Q-737² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to the Minister of Foreign Affairs' trip to the United Kingdom (UK) in early May 2021, and to the Prime Minister’s comments made on January 29, 2021, in relation to the hotel quarantine requirements for international travellers, that “travellers will then have to wait for up to three days at an approved hotel for their tests results at their own expense”: (a) did the minister and his entourage pay for their approved hotel quarantine rooms at their own expense; and (b) did the government cover or reimburse the costs of the rooms for the minister and his entourage during his trip to the UK, and, if so, what were the total costs related to the hotel stays that were paid for by the government, broken down by line item?

Q-738² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to the statement made by the Prime Minister in the House on May 4, 2021, that “victims of fraud will not be held responsible for the amounts paid to people who stole their identity” in relation to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) asking victims of identity theft to pay taxes on payments they never received: (a) what specific measures are in place to ensure that CRA does not ask identity theft victims to pay taxes on money they never received; (b) when and by what means was the directive outlined in the Prime Minister’s statement provided to CRA officials; and (c) what punitive measures are in place for CRA officials who ignore the directive and continue to ask victims to pay taxes on payments they never received?

Q-739² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to Canadian Armed Forces members operating in Iraq between December 2015 to present: (a) how many Canadian Armed Forces members were injured; (b) how many of these members were injured as a result of attacks; (c) what was the nature of each injury; (d) what was the cause of each injury; (e) how many of these injured members received a military decoration as a result of their injury, broken down by type of decoration; and (f) how many of these injured members were repatriated to Canada as a result of their injury?

Q-740² — May 5, 2021 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence (DND) firing ranges in Nanaimo and Chilliwack, British Columbia (BC): (a) did the use of the Nanaimo range change since the 2019 closure of the Vokes range in Chilliwack, including (i) how many days per year the range is being used now versus before the closure of the Vokes range, (ii) any change in the caliber of weapons being used in the Nanaimo range; (b) did the DND assess the (i) sound intensity, including rapidity and decibel levels of the firing range at various distances over time, including before and after the closure of Vokes range, (ii) social and health impacts of the range on local residents within a 10-kilometre radius from the range, including residents with post-traumatic stress disorder and refugees from war zones, (iii) impact of the range on the surrounding environment and wildlife, (iv) feasibility of relocating the range to a less populated area, well outside of present and future residential neighbourhoods and potential developments; (c) did the DND complete its planned review of all of its assets in BC and, if not, when does it estimate it will be completed; and (d) did the DND conduct any of said assessments or reviews, and, if so, (i) what were the results, (ii) what actions have been taken as a result, (iii) will future actions be taken as a result, and, if so, when?

Q-741² — May 6, 2021 — — With regard to meetings between Canadian and American government officials about the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, between April 1, 2021, and May 6, 2021: what are the details of each meeting, including the (i) date, (ii) name and title of the participants, (iii) format (in person, Zoom, etc.), (iv) summary of decisions or progress made at the meeting, if applicable?

Q-742² — May 6, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new website: what is the number of full-time equivalents assigned to the project to update the site?

Q-743² — May 6, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new website: what is the total cost of the website redesign project?

Q-744² — May 6, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new website: (a) for this project, has the Office of the Prime Minister used external suppliers; and (b) what are the details, including the (i) dates, (ii) value, (iii) name of the suppliers, (iv) reference number, (v) description of the services provided, of any contracts under $10,000 awarded for this project, if applicable?

Q-745² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to the new portrait on the Prime Minister’s new website: how much did it cost to produce the portrait, including (i) the amount paid to the photographer or the firm responsible for photography services, (ii) the costs associated with graphic enhancements, (iii) the amount paid for all professional image consultant services, if applicable, (iv) the total amount spent on men’s fashion consulting or stylist services, if applicable?

Q-746² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new website and the response to question Q-563 on the Order Paper: (a) did the Office of the Prime Minister use external suppliers; (b) for all contracts over $10,000 awarded for this project, what, if applicable, are the details, including the (i) dates, (ii) value, (iii) name of the suppliers, (iv) reference number, (v) description of the services provided; and (c) as of May 5, 2021, was the information in (b) available on an open government website, and, if not, why does the government reference a link in its response where the information requested in question Q-563 was not available?

Q-747² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new website: (a) what is the total cost of the Prime Minister’s website redesign project, including the (i) amount spent on writing biographical content about the Prime Minister, (ii) graphic design, (iii) website development, (iv) migration of the content from the old website to the new one, (v) Prime Minister’s new official portrait, (vi) translation and language editing costs; (b) what is the number of full-time equivalents assigned to the website update project; and (c) what external suppliers did the Office of the Prime Minister use for this project, and, if applicable, what are the details, including the (i) dates of the contracts, (ii) value of the contracts, (iii) names of the suppliers, (iv) reference numbers, (v) description of the services provided?

Q-748² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to recruiting in the Canadian Armed Forces between January 2019 to present, broken down by month: (a) how many individuals who showed an interest in joining the Regular Force or the Primary Reserve contacted the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centres or the Primary Reserve units, online or in person; (b) of the individuals in (a), how many were male and how many were female; (c) of the individuals in (a), how many began the enrollment process, broken down by sex; and (d) how many of the individuals in (c) completed the enrollment process, broken down by sex?

Q-749² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Rapid Housing Initiative: (a) which organizations and communities in Northern Ontario applied for funding through the Initiative; (b) which organizations and communities in (a) received funding; (c) how much funding did each organization and community in (b) receive; and (d) what was the specific criteria or formula used to determine which applications were accepted and how much funding each successful applicant would receive?

Q-750² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Canada Recovery Benefit and the government’s original commitment to process applications and deliver payments within four weeks: (a) how many applications were received; (b) how many applications received payments (i) within four weeks of being received, (ii) not within four weeks of being received; (c) what was the (i) average, (ii) median times between when an application is received and a payment is made; (d) what was the (i) average, (ii) median processing times for the applications that were not processed within four weeks; and (e) how many applicants were still awaiting payments as of May 7, 2021?

Q-751² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to housing, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the response to the Order Paper question Q-552: (a) how much has been committed to individual projects in (i) dollar amounts, (ii) units, broken down by (A) province, (B) project stage (i.e. finalized agreement, conditional commitment), (C) program (i.e. Rental Construction Financing Initiative (RCFI), National Housing Co-investment Fund (NHCF)), (D) type of applicant (e.g. for-profit, non-profit, government, faith group, etc.); (b) as of which date is the information in (a) current; (c) what is the city and average rent of the individual projects referred to in (a); (d) does the CMHC track the average rent of units meeting the affordability criteria under the RCFI, as it does so for the NHCF, and, if not, why not; (e) what is the average processing time to reach a finalized agreement for projects under the RCFI and NHCF; (f) how much insured lending did the CMHC approve for rental financing and refinancing of multiunit rental assets since 2010, broken down by (i) year, (ii) type of investor (e.g. Real Estate Income Trusts (REIT), other capital corporations, property companies, holding companies, individuals, etc.); (g) how much of the insured lending in (f) is associated with the purchase of existing moderate rent assets; (h) what is the (i) average rent of units prior to the acquisition, (ii) average rent for each year following the acquisition, (iii) percentage of the loan provided by CMHC, broken down by project receiving funding in (f); (i) what projects in (h) required a rental achievement to receive a portion of the loan; (j) what is the rent trajectory for each year following the acquisition that can be linked to the use of the annual rental survey and property listing managed by CMHC for the 205 properties acquired by REIT identified in the government’s response to question Q-552; (k) what projects have been approved under the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI), broken down by (i) project, (ii) the number of units, (iii) the amount of funding, (iv) the province, (v) the city and stream; (l) what projects in (h) involve Indigenous households; (m) what percentage of applications received for the RHI were for Indigenous housing projects; and (n) in each locality where RHI projects were approved, what is the percentage of housing going to Indigenous peoples compared to (i) the percentage of Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in that region, (ii) the proportion of the overall population of that region who identify as Indigenous?

Q-752² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): (a) how was the cap determined for each stream under the temporary public policy update for essential and health-care workers in Canada as a pathway to permanent residency launched on May 6, 2021; (b) what are IRCC’s projections for the streams in (a) regarding (i) the number of people who are eligible to apply in each stream, (ii) how quickly the intake caps will be achieved; (c) what are the processing standards for this new stream; (d) what measures have been put in place to ensure remote workers with limited internet, who are more prominent under certain eligible National Occupational Classification codes, will have sufficient chances to apply under the new public policy stream; (e) what changes have been put in place for the new public policy pathway in order to address the issues that were raised around fairness under the 2019 first-come first-served parents and grandparents program; (f) broken down by stream, what is the number of applications across all caregiver streams currently in inventory; (g) what is the rational for deciding on the 2,750 annual intake cap for each caregiver pilot program; (h) what happens to both applications if a caregiver has an application for both the new public policy as well as the interim or pilot programs; (i) since 2010, broken down by stream and year, how many caregivers whose permanent residency application were refused did not meet the language requirements; (j) in the 2021-23 Immigration Levels Plan, why was the minimum levels ranges for 2021-23 reduced relative to previous plans while the overall target increased; (k) broken down by stream, if applicable, and year, what is the average processing time for reunification of family members of asylum seekers; (l) since 2010, broken down by province and year, what is the number of applications under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) that have been (i) received, (ii) accepted, (iii) refused; (m) broken down by province, what is the current inventory under the PNP; (n) broken down by province and year, what is the number of applications under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot program (AIPP) that have been (i) received, (ii) accepted, (iii) refused; (o) broken down by province, what is the current inventory under the AIPP; (p) since 2010, broken down by province and stream, what was the yearly immigration target for the (i) PNP, (ii) AIPP; and (q) what is the yearly immigration target for each province under the (i) PNP, (ii) AIPP in the 2021-23 immigration levels?

Q-753² — May 7, 2021 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), VFS Global, site visits to visa application centres (VACs) and the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration: (a) since learning that a subcontractor was employed by the Beijing Public Security Bureau, were the site visits carried out by IRCC pre-announced to the VACs; (b) did the site visits in (a) include the office in Beijing; (c) what is assessed in these site visits; (d) are the site visits carried out by employees specialized in information security; (e) was the site visit process developed with direct support from the Communications Security Establishment or the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS); (f) what were the findings of the site visits referenced in (a); (g) is the government looking to continue using the same visa application centre (VAC) in Beijing; (h) who is responsible for vetting employees at the VFS Global facility in Beijing; (i) what security clearances are required for VACs employees, particularly the one in Beijing; (j) is the CSIS engaged in the vetting process in (h); (k) when was IRCC made aware that VFS Global engaged with subcontractors; (l) was IRCC aware that VFS Global engaged with subcontractors during the November 28, 2013, meeting at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration when the former Deputy Minister and former Assistant Deputy Minister of Operations indicated they were not aware of it; (m) what complaint process is available for VACs clients who feel that their application has been mishandled or who have concerns about privacy breaches; (n) what are the details of any briefing notes or correspondence since 2006 (i) regarding VFS Global subcontractors, (ii) between IRCC and Chinese security or police authorities; (o) what are the details of any briefing notes or correspondence since September 2020 regarding VFS global; and (p) what are the details of any briefing notes or correspondence prepared for the November 28, 2013, meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration?

Q-754² — May 10, 2021 — — With regard to retention and attrition in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF): (a) what was the retention and attrition rate in the CAF, broken down by year since 2015; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) regular and reserve forces, (ii) diversity representation (women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, etc.)?

Q-755² — May 11, 2021 — — With regard to the decision to increase the number of weeks of sickness benefits under the Employment Insurance program from 15 to 26 weeks: (a) what studies, statistics and data, including of a medical nature, justify the decision to not increase the number of weeks of sickness benefits to 50 weeks, including studies that show that workers (i) would not be likely to return to their job, (ii) might take a leave of absence that is much longer than 50 weeks, (iii) might leave the labour force altogether after taking more than 26 weeks of leave; and (b) what are the reasons that lead the government to believe that extending sickness benefits beyond 26 weeks would not be consistent with the objectives of the Employment Insurance program?

Q-756² — May 11, 2021 — — With regard to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): (a) since March 2020, including both the total number as well as change from the previous month or quarter, how many staff members has the PHAC employed in each month or quarter; and (b) in each month or quarter, how many of each of the following kinds of employee did PHAC employ, including both the total number as well as change from the previous month or quarter, (i) medical professionals and experts, (ii) communications personnel, (iii) administrative and operations personnel, (iv) policy personnel?

Q-757² — May 13, 2021 — — With regard to government funding allocated within the constituency of Vancouver Kingsway for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21: what is the total amount, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) department or agency, (iii) initiative, (iv) amount?

Q-758² — May 13, 2021 — — With regard to information collected from the former long-gun registry that was abolished in 2012: does the government, including the RCMP, currently have access to any of the information collected from the former registry, and, if so, what specific information and how is it being used?

Q-759² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to tugboats under 15 gross tons registered with Transport Canada, since 2015 and broken down by year: (a) how many safety inspections undertaken by Transport Canada officials have occurred to ensure compliance with the Canada Shipping Act and related regulations; (b) with regard to inspections in (a), how many registered vessels were found to not be in compliance, broken down by safety issue; and (c) how many such vessels have been involved in marine incidents reported to Transport Canada or the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, broken down by year and type of accident?

Q-760² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the proposed changes to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations: (a) since 2016, what evidence was used to determine the need for changes to transportation security clearance requirements for port employees, including the number of (i) security breaches at port facilities, (ii) port employees found accessing restricted areas without clearance, (iii) port employees without transportation security clearance operating in positions where this is required, (iv) marine facility record keeping found to be insufficient, (v) port activities found to be in violation of a marine facility security plan; (b) what specific gaps in the regulations have been identified that require amending; (c) what risk will be addressed by requiring those port employees who have remote access to critical systems in restricted areas to obtain a marine transportation security certificate; (d) what risk will be addressed by requiring port employees loading bulk shipments of grain or coal to obtain a marine transportation security certificate; (e) what assessments have been undertaken by Transport Canada to assess the regulations in comparison to international standards, particularly in the United States, and what were the findings of these assessments, including the (i) standard of security clearance requirements for port employees in the United States, (ii) number of port employees requiring security clearance in the United States, (iii) application of restricted areas and specified cargo to determine the requirements for security clearance in the United States; (f) how many port security assessments have been conducted by the department since 2016, broken down by (i) port assessed (ii) year; and (g) what is the number of security incidents at Canadian ports each year over the last 10 years?

Q-761² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the resolution of pending complaint files associated with the Phoenix pay system: how many files are from citizens residing in Quebec in the city of (i) Lorraine, (ii) Sainte-Thérèse, (iii) Blainville, (iv) Bois-des-Filions?

Q-762² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to spousal sponsorship and visa applications and the staffing and operations of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) visa offices (VOs) abroad, broken down by the offices of Accra, Mexico City, Dakar, New Delhi, Port-au-Prince, London, Paris and Cairo: (a) since January 1, 2019, how many spousal sponsorship applications have been received each month, broken down by the applicant’s country of residence; (b) of the applications in (a), how many (i) were processed, broken down by the applicant’s country of residence, (ii) required a new medical examination because the initial examination had expired during the process, (iii) required a new police or security certificate because the initial certificate had expired during the process; (c) of the applications in (b)(i), how many (i) were approved, (ii) were refused, (iii) are being processed; (d) of the applications in (c)(iii), how many are awaiting a meeting, either virtual or in person, with an immigration officer; (e) how many officers (i) were employed at each of the VOs as of September 24, 2020, (ii) have been hired since IRCC’s announcement of September 24, 2020; (f) of the number in (e)(ii), broken down by month from March 2020 to the present, how many officers (i) worked on site, (ii) were teleworking, (iii) could not work because of COVID-19; (g) during the COVID-19 pandemic, were these VOs closed, and, if so, when did they reopen; (h) do these VOs have the equipment necessary to hold virtual meetings; (i) when did the spousal sponsorship file digitization pilot project announced on September 24, 2020, officially begin, and what percentage of files have been digitized since; (j) since January 1, 2019, how many visitor visa applications linked to a sponsorship application have been received each month, broken down by the applicant’s country of residence; (k) of the applications in (j), how many were processed each month; (l) of the applications in (k), how many (i) were approved, (ii) were refused, (iii) are being processed; (m) how many sponsorship applications have been finalized, broken down by month since January 2019; and (n) of the applications in (m), how many were refused?

Q-763² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s new official portrait and his new website: (a) for this project, did the Privy Council Office use external suppliers; (b) if so, what are the (i) dates of the contracts, (ii) value of the contracts, (iii) names of the suppliers, (iv) reference numbers, (v) description of the services provided; and (c) if applicable, can the government include all the requested information in its response to this question without referring to external sources?

Q-764² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the Veterans Bill of Rights: (a) is it covered in employee training at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC); (b) are violations tracked by VAC and, if so, if there is a violation, are VAC employees required or authorized to (i) inform the client, (ii) direct the client to the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman, (iii) conduct a follow-up with the client to ensure the issue has been resolved; and (c) if the response in (a) or (b) is negative, what is the rationale for leaving it out?

Q-765² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to Canada’s National Housing Strategy: (a) how much money has been allocated to Calgary since 2017, broken down by year through (i) the Rapid Housing Initiative, (ii) the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, (iii) the National Housing Co-Investment Fund, (iv) the Rental Construction Financing Initiative, (v) in total through National Housing Strategy Funding Programs; (b) how much money is targeted to Calgary in total and through each of the National Housing Strategy Funding Programs in Budget 2021; (c) how many units have been supported in Calgary in total and through each of the funding programs since 2017; (d) how many units will be supported in Calgary in total and through each of the funding programs through Budget 2021; (e) how do the funding and units allocated to Calgary through the National Housing Strategy compare per capita to the funding and units allocated to other major Canadian cities, including Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Montreal; and (f) is any money being allocated towards adaptive reuse of Calgary’s vacant office spaces through the National Housing Strategy, and, if so, (i) through which funding programs, (ii) how much money is allocated, (iii) how many units will be created, and (iv) when will units be created?

Q-766² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the Clean Fuel Standard and Clean Fuel Regulations: (a) what is the estimated cost of compliance for fossil fuel suppliers; (b) what is the difference between the cost of compliance per tonne of emissions reductions through the Clean Fuel Standard compared to the cost per tonne of emissions reductions through the government’s market-based carbon pricing plan; and (c) what is the estimated increase in price borne by liquid fuel consumers (industry users and households) under (i) the clean fuel standard, (ii) the carbon pricing plan between now and 2050, (iii) cumulatively?

Q-767² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the Clean Fuel Standard and Clean Fuel Regulations: (a) has the government identified the expected sources of renewable fuel expected to be used in transportation fuels under the Clean Fuel Standard; (b) what is the expected carbon intensity of the renewable fuels to be used in transportation fuels; (c) what is the expected net impact on carbon intensity of transportation fuels; and (d) what is the expected net impact on total greenhouse gas emissions?

Q-768² — May 20, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s price on carbon: (a) how much has been paid by the average household each year since its introduction (i) in each province and territory, (ii) in urban, suburban, and rural locations; (b) how much has been returned to the average household (i) in each province and territory, (ii) in urban, suburban, and rural locations; (c) what has been the average reduction in emissions for households as a result of the price on carbon introduction (i) in each province and territory, (ii) in urban, suburban, and rural locations; and (d) what is the overall price for households per tonne of emissions reductions (i) in each province and territory, (ii) in urban, suburban, and rural locations?

Q-769² — May 25, 2021 — — With regard to considerations or analysis made by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to move the Embassy of Canada to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, since January 1, 2016: (a) what specific actions were taken by GAC in relation to any considerations or analysis made related to the location of the embassy; (b) what was the specific timeline for each action in (a); (c) what was the final decision regarding whether to move the embassy or not; (d) how many officials were assigned to analyze or give consideration to options related to a possible relocation of the embassy; and (e) have GAC officials conducted any site visits to potential locations in Jerusalem which may be used in the future by GAC, and, if so, what are the details including, the (i) location, (ii) date of the visit, (iii) potential future uses by GAC?

Q-770² — May 25, 2021 — — With regard to the ban on blood donations from gay men, men who have sex with men and trans women and the statement by the Minister of Health during Oral Questions on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, that she has “urged Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Quebec to submit their applications for review of the policy” : (a) when was her request to submit new recommendations made to Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Quebec; (b) what are the details of this request; (c) what is the deadline for Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Quebec to respond; and (d) if there is no response from Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Quebec, does the minister plan to use her statutory or regulatory authority to lift the ban on blood donations from gay men, men who have sex with men and trans women as no longer required for the safety of the blood supply?

Q-771² — May 26, 2021 — — With regard to federal transfers to provinces and territories between March 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021: what was the maximum each provincial and territorial government could receive and how much have they received, broken down by the (i) essential worker wage top up program, (ii) safe long-term care fund, (iii) rapid housing initiative funds, (iv) province or territory?

Q-772² — May 26, 2021 — — With regard to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program and proposed projects in the riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London that have been received by the government from the Province of Ontario, but have not been announced: (a) what are the details of all such projects, including the (i) name of the project, (ii) date the application was received, (iii) funding stream the project qualifies for, (iv) current status (approved, rejected, awaiting decision, etc.); (b) for each application that has been approved but not announced, what are the plans related to the announcement, if an announcement is planned; (c) for each application that was rejected, why was it rejected; and (d) for each application where a decision is still pending, what is the anticipated timeframe for when a decision will be made?

Q-773² — May 27, 2021 — — With regard to repayable contributions made by the government between January 1, 2016, and January 1, 2020, and whether or not the repayments were actually made: (a) what was the total amount paid out through repayable contributions; (b) how much of the total amount in (a) has since been repaid; and (c) what are the details of each contribution, including the (i) date of the contribution, (ii) recipient, (iii) location of the recipient, (iv) purpose of the contribution or the project description, (v) amount of the contribution, (vi) amount repaid to date, (vii) date of the repayment, if applicable, (viii) reason the amount was not repaid, if applicable?

Q-774² — May 27, 2021 — — With regard to the National Housing Strategy: how many units have been actually built under the strategy, broken down by year, since the strategy was announced in 2017?

Q-775² — May 27, 2021 — — With regard to the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: (a) when is the statutory review of the act by a committee of Parliament expected to begin; (b) why has the Minister of Justice allowed the review to be delayed beyond the required five years; and (c) has the Department of Justice assessed the outcomes of the act to date, and, if so, what are those findings?

Q-776² — May 28, 2021 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s statement in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, that “over the past number of years we have taken significant steps to strengthen security around our sensitive institutions, particularly our universities and research facilities”: what specific steps were taken and when was each step taken?

Q-777² — May 28, 2021 — — With regard to the announcement made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Natural Resources on Thursday, May 27, 2021, about energy efficient homes: (a) what were the total costs related to the announcement, broken down by line item; (b) what were the total costs related to the production of the video shown during the announcement; and (c) was Randy Spracklin or HGTV compensated in any way for participating or endorsing the announcement or program, and, if so, what are the details of such compensation, including the terms and amount of any such agreement?

Q-778² — May 28, 2021 — — With regard to the emails concerning WE Charity written by the Office of the former Minister of Finance to ministers' offices in the previous Government of Ontario, referred to in paragraph 50 of the Morneau II Report: (a) to whom was each email addressed; (b) by whom was each email sent; (c) on what date was each email sent; (d) what is the summary of the contents of each email; (e) was a reply received to each email; and (f) for each reply received, (i) on what date was it received, (ii) from whom was it received, (iii) what is the summary of the contents of each email?

Q-779² — May 31, 2021 — — With regard to solar-powered projects funded by the government since January 1, 2016: does the government know which of these projects use solar-grade polysilicon produced with forced Uyghur labour, and, if so, which ones?

Q-780² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the Speech from the Throne’s commitment to increase the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) survivor's benefit: (a) what is the estimated cost of implementing this commitment, and what level of increase was used to determine the estimated cost; (b) how many recipients of the CPP survivor's benefit would be eligible for the increase; (c) what analysis, if any, has been done to determine the implication of this increase on other income tested benefits; (d) how many recipients of the CPP survivor's benefit and the Quebec Pension Plan survivor's benefit are also recipients of Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS); (e) what is the projected net impact of the proposed increase to the CPP survivor's benefit for recipients who also receive the maximum GIS benefit; (f) how many recipients of the CPP survivor's benefit and the Quebec Pension Plan survivor's benefit also collect the CPP disability pension; and (g) how many recipients of the CPP survivor's benefit and the Quebec Pension Plan survivor's benefit also collect their own CPP pension?

Q-781² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the External Review into Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces, commonly known as the Deschamps Report, since November 4, 2015: (a) what specific action has the government taken in relation to each of the 10 recommendations listed in the report, broken down by recommendation; and (b) on what date was each action taken?

Q-782² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the deployment of spectrum, between January 1, 2000, and June 1, 2021: (a) how many spectrum licenses did not meet their deployment conditions; and (b) what are the details of all instances, including (i) the licensee, (ii) the province, (iii) the year the license was granted, (iv) the description of the conditions not met, (v) whether or not the license was revoked?

Q-783² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the government payments made to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): has the government done a value-for-money analysis on its payments to the AIIB, and, if so, what are the details of the analysis, including (i) the date the analysis was completed, (ii) who conducted the analysis, (iii) the findings?

Q-784² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the government's investments in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): does the government know how many Canadians are employed on projects funded by the AIIB, and, if so, what is the breakdown by project?

Q-785² — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the financial support Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided to fossil fuel companies within the past 10 years, including, but not limited to, any loans, guarantees, equity, and insurance: (a) how many fossil fuel companies did EDC provide financial support to and what was the value of this support in both dollars and percentage of EDC’s total financial support, broken down by year; (b) how many of these companies are involved in hydraulic gas fracking and what is the value of financial support each company involved in hydraulic gas fracking received from EDC, broken down by year; (c) what percentage of EDC support was given to fossil fuel companies operating overseas, and of those companies, which ones are involved in hydraulic gas fracking or oil extraction or mining; and (d) has EDC declined any applications or requests for financial support from fossil fuel companies due in full or in part to the company’s fossil fuel emissions, impacts on climate change, or hydraulic gas fracking activities, and, if so, how many?

Q-786² — June 2, 2021 — — With regard to individuals who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), were later deemed ineligible and have been ordered by the government to repay the benefit: (a) how many individuals are at or below the low-income after-tax threshold; (b) of the individuals in (a), how many (i) live in deep poverty, defined as below 40 percent of adjusted median income, (ii) will have other income benefits reduced this year based on an increased 2020 income due to receipt of the CERB; (c) what are the demographics, including (i) the family type, (ii) the province or territory of residence, (iii) the gender, (iv) the disability, (v) any other available demographic data in relation to these individuals; and (d) which federal benefits will be reduced based on increased 2020 income due to receipt of the CERB?

Q-787² — June 2, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s hotel quarantine program for international travellers: (a) does the government collect any revenue from the hotels or other contractors participating in the program, and, if so, what are the details of how the revenue is collected (reservation booking fee, program participation fee, percentage of room rate, etc.); and (b) what has been the total amount collected, broken down by month for each type of revenue stream in (a)?

Q-788² — June 2, 2021 — — With regard to the request made to the RCMP under the Access to Information and Privacy Act (ATIP) file number P-2020-06904: (a) why has the processing of this request taken so long; (b) what is the timeline for when the requestor will receive the documents; and (c) does the Commissioner of the RCMP consider delays in excess of six months when processing requests made under ATIP to be acceptable, and, if not, what specific actions are being done to ensure that these types of delays do not happen in the future?

Q-789² — June 2, 2021 — — With regard to the VIA rail station in Cornwall, Ontario: (a) what are the details of all capital investments which have occurred at the station since 2010, including the (i) date of the investment, (ii) project completion date, (iii) project description, (iv) amount of the investment; (b) what was the daily train schedule, including the (i) numbers and times of all stops at the station, since January 1, 2010, (ii) dates and details of all changes to the schedule; and (c) how many individual departures and arrivals were made at the station, broken down by month, since January 1, 2010?

Q-790² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the funding granted in 2020 to United Way Centraide Canada, through the Emergency Community Support Fund, to increase response capacity and expand 211 service coverage to all Canadian residents, with said funding coming to an end on March 31, 2021, as far as Quebec is concerned: (a) what amount was spent to expand coverage of the 211 service across Quebec; and (b) how many referrals were made using the 211 service, broken down by each region of Quebec?

Q-791² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the Policy on Legal Assistance and Indemnification, in relation to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner’s Trudeau III Report and Morneau II Report: (a) did the Department of Justice provide legal services for (i) the Prime Minister, (ii) the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, (iii) the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, (iv) Bill Morneau, (v) Ian Shugart, (vi) Katie Telford, (vii) Graham Flack, (viii) Gina Wilson, (ix) Rick Theis, (x) Rachel Wernick, (xi) Michelle Kovacevic, (xii) Amitpal Singh; (b) are there individuals not referenced in (a) that the Department of Justice provided legal services to, and, if so, whom; (c) for each affirmative response in (a) and (b), what is the approximate value of the legal services provided; and (d) did the government pay for outside legal counsel retained by any of the individuals in (a) or (b), and, if so, what was the total value of those services, broken down by individual?

Q-792² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s environmental commitment during the 2019 election campaign to plant two billion trees across Canada: (a) how many trees are expected to be planted in Quispamsis; (b) how many trees are expected to be planted in Fundy Royal; and (c) will the trees being planted be saplings, semi-mature or mature trees?

Q-793² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the tweet by the Minister of Justice in May 2021 announcing the appointment of Montreal lawyer Daniel Urbas to Quebec's Superior Court: (a) who initially authorized the tweet; (b) why was the tweet deleted; (c) are individuals other than the Minister of Justice permitted to post tweets under the minister's Twitter handle without his direct approval, and, if so, which individuals have such permission; (d) is Daniel Urbas still being considered for a judicial appointment; and (e) has the Minister of Justice recused himself from making any decisions about a judicial appointment for Daniel Urbas as a result of a possible conflict of interest due to the political donations made by Mr. Urbas to the minister, and, if not, why not?

Q-794² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB): (a) how many individuals receiving CERB had a mailing address outside of Canada; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by the number of individuals in each country; and (c) what is the total value of CERB payments made to individuals with a mailing address outside of Canada?

Q-795² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the government investments in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the ongoing genocide against Uyghur women in China: has the government conducted a gender-based analysis on its AIIB investments since the genocide began, and, if so, what are the details, including the (i) timeline, (ii) findings, (iii) methodology of the analysis?

Q-796² — June 3, 2021 — — With regard to the projects stream of the Rapid Housing Initiative since October 27, 2020: (a) what are the details of each project received but not selected to receive funding, including the (i) name of the applicant organization, (ii) city where the project would have been located if accepted, (iii) federal riding where the project would have been located if accepted, (iv) province where the project would have been located if accepted; (b) what is the total amount requested for the projects in (a), broken down by province; and (c) what are the details of each project that has received funding, including the (i) name of the applicant organization, (ii) city where the project is to be carried out, (iii) federal riding where the project is to be carried out, (iv) province where the project is to be carried out, (v) amount of funding provided?

Q-797² — June 4, 2021 — — With regard to the lndo-Pacific strategy under development by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) since 2019: (a) what is the current status of the strategy; (b) when will the strategy be finalized; (c) how many GAC officials have been assigned to work on the strategy; (d) how many outside consulting or other contracts have been awarded in relation to the development of the strategy; and (e) what are the details of all contracts related to (d), including the (i) amount, (ii) start and end dates, (iii) vendor, (iv) location of the vendor, (v) description of the goods or services provided?

Q-798² — June 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) audit programs for businesses and particulars, since November 2015, broken down by year and by program: (a) how many audits were completed; (b) what is the number of auditors, broken down by category of auditors; (c) how many new files were opened; (d) how many files were closed; (e) of the files closed in (d), what was the average time it took to process the files before they were closed; (f) of the files closed in (d), what was the risk level of each file; (g) how much was spent on contractors and subcontractors; (h) of the contractors and subcontractors in (g), what is the initial and final value of each contract; (i) among the contractors and subcontractors in (g), what is the description of each service contract; (j) how many reassessments were issued; (k) what is the total amount recovered; (l) how many taxpayer files were referred to the CRA's Criminal Investigations Program; (m) of the investigations in (l), how many were referred to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada; and (n) of the investigations in (m), how many resulted in convictions?

Q-799² — June 7, 2021 — — With regard to the Guide to Railway Charges for Crossing Maintenance and Construction 2019: (a) when will the next guide be published; (b) what is the precise process for updating the guide; and (c) what consultation mechanism will be used to include input from (i) the public, (ii) municipalities, (iii) provincial and territorial authorities, (iv) railway companies?

Q-800² — June 7, 2021 — — With regard to the implementation of call to action number 58 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, since November 1, 2015: what diplomatic representations did the government make to the Holy See in order to have the Pope apologize to Canada’s Indigenous peoples for the wrongs that the Roman Catholic Church committed throughout the history of residential schools?

Q-801² — June 7, 2021 — — With regard to contracts entered into by the government since January 1, 2020 where payments were made to the vendor prior to receiving the goods or services, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) how many instances is the government aware of where advanced payments were made to vendors who failed to deliver the goods or services in the contract or were otherwise unable to fulfil the terms of the contract; (b) what are the details of all instances in (a), including the (i) vendor, (ii) date of the contract, (iii) value of the contract, (iv) amount paid out in advance, (v) amount of advance payment that was later recovered by the government, (vi) description of the circumstances or the reason the contract was not fulfilled; (c) what is the total of all amounts paid out in (b)(iv); and (d) what is the total of all amounts recovered in (b)(v)?

Q-803² — June 8, 2021 — — With regard to the size of the public service: (a) what is the total number of employees or full-time equivalents, broken down by year since 2010; and (b) what is the annual breakdown of (a) by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity?

Q-804² — June 8, 2021 — — With regard to the Advisory Panel on systemic racism, discrimination with a focus on anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, LGBTQ2+ prejudice, gender bias and White Supremacy announced by the Minister of National Defence in December 2020: (a) why was focusing on antisemitism and Islamophobia not a part of the panel’s mandate; (b) was the decision to exclude antisemitism or Islamophobia intentional or was it a mistake; and (c) if these exclusions were a mistake, what specific action, if any, has the Minister of National Defence taken to correct these errors, and on what date was the action taken?

Q-805² — June 8, 2021 — — With regard to the August 15, 2020 Statement from the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada on recent credential stuffing attacks: (a) what specific actions were taken in response to the attacks; and (b) on what dates did each action referred to in (a) occur?

Q-806² — June 8, 2021 — — With regard to attacks by hackers on government networks, broken down by year since 2016 and by department or agency: (a) how many times did foreign hackers target government networks, broken down by known or suspected country; (b) how many times were the foreign hackers successful, broken down by known or suspected country; (c) how many times did domestic hackers target government networks; (d) how many times were the domestic hackers successful; (e) how many of the (i) foreign, (ii) domestic hacking attempts resulted in a police report being filed; and (f) how many hacking incidents were not reported to the police, and, for each incident, broken down by date, why was the incident not reported to the police?

Q-807² — June 9, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s operation of call centres: (a) what are the details of each call centre operated by or on behalf of the government, including (i) the department or program, as applicable, for which it provides services, (ii) the purpose, (iii) the location, (iv) whether it operates wholly or in part with remote staff; (b) for each call centre in (a), is it wholly or in part the object of a tender or contract for third-party provision of services, and what are the details of the contracts, including the (i) name of the vendor, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) term of the contract; and (c) for each call centre in (b), was a business case for contracting out carried out, and, if so, what were the justifications for contracting out?

Q-808² — June 9, 2021 — — With regard to ministers blocking certain accredited members of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery from their Twitter or other social media accounts, since January 1, 2016: what are the details of each such instance, including the (i) date, (ii) description of the minister's social media account, including the host (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and the handle or name of the account, (iii) name of the Press Gallery member who was blocked, (iv) reason for blocking?

Q-809² — June 9, 2021 — — With regard to costs incurred by the government in relation to the trip taken by the Prime Minister's spouse and other family members to the United Kingdom in March 2020 to attend a WE Day gathering: (a) what were the total costs incurred by the government in relation to the trip, including costs incurred by the RCMP for security; and (b) what is the itemized breakdown of the costs?

Q-810² — June 9, 2021 — — With respect to the environmental promise made by the government during the 2019 election campaign to plant two billion trees across Canada, broken down by federal electoral riding and by year: (a) how many trees are expected to be planted; and (b) will the trees planted be saplings, semi-mature or mature trees?

Q-811² — June 9, 2021 — — With respect to the commitment to impose a digital services tax as per page 304 of the 2021 Budget: (a) how many internal memos, presentations or other similar documents about the proposed tax have been prepared by the government or by consultants that it has hired; (b) of the documents in (a), what are their titles and dates; (c) in what internal documents is it estimated that this measure will increase federal revenues by $3.4 billion over five years, starting in 2021-22, and when was this estimate made; (d) what methodology was used to come up with the $3.4 billion in (c); and (e) will revenue from user subscription fees for viewing content be exempt from the digital services tax, and, if so, why?

Q-812² — June 9, 2021 — — With respect to the commitment to impose a luxury tax as per page 304 of the 2021 Budget: (a) how many internal memos, presentations or other similar documents about the proposed tax have been prepared by the government or by consultants that it has hired; (b) of the documents in (a), what are their titles and dates; (c) in what internal documents is it estimated that this measure will increase federal revenues by $604 million over five years, starting in 2021-22, and when was this estimate made; and (d) what methodology was used to come up with the $604 million amount in (c)?

Q-813² — June 10, 2021 — — With regard to requests from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities for the identification of undocumented and unmarked burial sites, mass graves, cemeteries, or individual remains at former Indian Residential Schools since November 1, 2015, broken down by year and category of request: (a) how many requests for funding have been made; (b) how many requests in (a) were provided for the funding requested; (c) how many requests in (a) were partially funded; (d) how many requests in (a) were denied funding; (e) what is the total amount of funds dedicated to these requests that have not yet been met; (f) what is the average number of days for processing applications in (a); and (g) broken down by date and attendees, with which Nations, communities, or their representatives, have the Ministers of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services consulted?

Q-814² — June 10, 2021 — — With regard to gain-of-function virology research: (a) what is the government's position on (i) funding such research, (ii) such research taking place in Canada; (b) has the government conducted any such studies since January 1, 2016, and, if so, what are the details of each study, including (i) who conducted the research, (ii) the location of the laboratory where research was conducted, (iii) the purpose or goal of the study, (iv) the findings; and (c) what are the details of any such studies or research funded by the government since January 1, 2016, including the (i) amount of funding, (ii) recipient, (iii) date of the funding, (iv) description of the project, (v) project start and end dates?

Q-815² — June 10, 2021 — — With regard to the June 10, 2021 CBC story titled "Federal government stops using Liberal Party database to vet would-be judges": (a) how exactly was the government using the Liberal Party database to vet would-be judges; and (b) on what date did this practice stop?

Q-816² — June 10, 2021 — — With regard to Canadian Environmental Protection Act investigations and prosecutions during 2020-21, broken down by category of offence: (a) how many investigations were conducted; (b) how many investigations have resulted in prosecutions; (c) how many prosecutions have resulted in convictions; (d) what was the average length in days of an investigation that resulted in a conviction, from initiation to either laying of charges or discontinuation for (i) small and medium enterprises, (ii) large enterprises; (e) how much money was spent investigating violations by small and medium enterprises, broken down by industry; (f) how much money was spent on investigating violations by large businesses, broken down by industry; (g) how much money was spent prosecuting violations by small and medium enterprises, broken down by type of business; and (h) how much money was spent prosecuting violations by large enterprises, broken down by type of business?

Q-817² — June 14, 2021 — — With regard to the proposed establishment of an office of biometrics and identity management by the Canada Border Services Agency: (a) what will be the mandate or purpose of the office; (b) what biometric information will the office have of (i) Canadians, (ii) non-Canadians who enter Canada; and (c) what is the projected timeline for when the office will become functional?

Q-818² — June 14, 2021 — — With regard to the government's $49 million investment in Mastercard's Intelligence and Cyber Centre in Vancouver and made through the Strategic Innovation Fund, since January 23, 2020: (a) to date, what is the actual number of jobs (i) created directly by this investment, (ii) maintained directly by this investment; (b) for the jobs in (a), where are they located and how many are (i) full-time, (ii) part-time, (iii) permanent, (iv) temporary; (c) what method was used to estimate that 380 jobs will be maintained and created through this $49 million investment; (d) how is the government ensuring that its $49 million investment meets the objectives of its National Cyber Security Strategy; (e) to date, what are the objectives of its National Cyber Security Strategy that this investment has achieved; (f) what are the conditions attached to this investment; (g) which of the conditions in (f) have not been met; and (h) until what date must the conditions in (f) be respected?

Q-819² — June 14, 2021 — — With regard to the CBC News report from June 6, 2021, which stated that “the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to drive an increase in immigration fraud and human smuggling as desperate migrants try to get into Canada, says a strategic intelligence report prepared by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)”: (a) what are the government’s quantifiable projections related to the level of increases in immigration and human smuggling over each of the next five years; (b) since the CBSA report was issued in June 2020, has the government modified or changed any policies in order to prevent an increase in fraud or smuggling, and, if so, what modifications or changes were made; and (c) what impact will the modifications or changes in (b) have on visa processing times, broken down by country of applicant?

Q-820² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act contained in Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts: (a) what are the details, including the findings, of all economic or marketplace studies, analysis, estimates, or projections related to the anticipated pricing impact or market entry response of non-Canadian Internet services arising from the proposals in Bill C-10; (b) what are the projected consumer pricing impacts, both increases and decreases, related to each proposed measure in Bill C-10; (c) what is the government’s definition of net neutrality; (d) what analysis, if any, was conducted related to Bill C-10’s impact on net neutrality; (e) what were the findings of any analysis conducted related to (d); (f) what analysis, if any, was conducted related to the impact of the measures conducted in Bill C-10 on Canadian creators who operate or distribute their content primarily on the Internet, including those primarily disseminating through YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram; and (g) what were the findings of any analysis conducted related to (f)?

Q-821² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the impact of the proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act contained in Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts on Canada’s trade obligations: what are the projected impacts that the amendments contained in Bill C-10 will have on (i) Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (ii) Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, (iii) Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and what are the details, including any statistic used, related to how the projections were made?

Q-822² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to executives at the Canadian Infrastructure Bank receiving bonuses in excess of $100,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic: for the 2020-21 fiscal year, how many executives received bonuses in excess of (i) $100,000, (ii) $250,000?

Q-823² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the hotel quarantine in Ottawa for the Prime Minister and the accompanying delegation upon the return from the G7 meetings in the United Kingdom in June 2021: (a) what is the total or estimated cost to the government related to the quarantine, broken down by item or type of expense; (b) how many individuals on the trip were required to stay at the quarantine hotel in Ottawa; (c) were any individuals on the trip exempted from the hotel quarantine requirement, and, if so, what are their titles; and (d) were any individuals on the trip required to pay for the cost of their hotel quarantine stay with their own funds, and, if so, who, or did the government cover the hotel quarantine costs for all travellers on the trip?

Q-824² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s recommendation that individuals who have not been fully vaccinated practice physical distancing and keep a distance of at least two metres from others: (a) why did the Prime Minister not abide by this advice while in the United Kingdom for the G7 in June 2021; and (b) does this advice not apply when the Prime Minister is socializing with celebrities?

Q-825² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to family members of deputy ministers at the Department of National Defence (DND) working for companies that bid on contracts related to defence procurement: (a) are deputy ministers at DND required to recuse themselves from any meetings concerning procurement if they have relatives or family members who work for companies that bid on defense procurement contracts; and (b) what specific recusals or other measures, if any, were put in place with regard to the situation outlined in the June 14, 2021, story in the Ottawa Citizen titled “DM's son works at defence firm behind winning warship bid; DND silent on what guidelines are in place to avoid conflict of interest”?

Q-826² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, since January 1, 2016, and broken down by year, where applicable: (a) what are the rules regarding providing security clearance and access to the NML to foreign nationals who have connections to a foreign government or foreign military; (b) how many individuals with connections to a foreign government or foreign military (i) applied, (ii) were approved for security clearance so that the individuals could have access to the NML; (c) what is the breakdown of (b)(i) and (b)(ii) by country represented by the individual; and (d) how many individuals in (b) have had their security clearances revoked prior to the end of their scheduled tenure at the NML, broken down by country represented?

Q-827² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the commitment of the government to launch a consultation on predatory lending as set out on page 123 of budget 2021: (a) how many days will the consultation process last, and on what date will it (i) begin, (ii) end; and (b) on what date will the consultation documents be released, and which stakeholders will they be distributed to?

Q-828² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to the government’s commitment to limit excessive interest deductions by large companies as per page 306 of the 2021 budget: (a) how many internal memos, presentations or other similar documents about the proposed measure have been prepared by the government or by consultants that it has hired; (b) of the documents in (a), what are their titles and dates; (c) in what internal documents is it estimated “that this measure will increase federal revenues by $5.3 billion over five years, starting in 2021-22” and when was this estimate made; (d) what methodology was used to come up with the amount in (c); (e) why is Canada the only G7 country that has still not taken action to limit excessive interest deductions by large companies; and (f) when will the government release the promised draft legislation and to which stakeholders will it be distributed?

Q-829² — June 15, 2021 — — With regard to Her Majesty the Queen v. Cameco Corporation: what is the total amount spent on legal fees from the beginning of the legal proceedings to the Supreme Court decision to deny leave to appeal, including the total amount given to Cameco, broken down by year?

Q-830² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the international transfer of offenders by Correctional Service Canada: (a) how many requests have been approved by Canada in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country of the convicted offender; (b) how many requests have been denied by Canada in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country of the convicted offender; (c) how many requests have been denied by other countries in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country making the request; (d) what are the conditions for requesting a transfer from Japan; (e) where in the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons does it say that an offender must have served one third of their sentence before they can be transferred to Canada from Japan; (f) of all transfer requests in the last 10 years, how much time has elapsed, on average, between the transfer request and the transfer itself; (g) how many times has the Department of Foreign Affairs, in the last 10 years, intervened to fast-track a transfer request of a Canadian sentenced abroad; (h) in the last 10 years, how many administrative transfer agreements have been approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Safety; and (i) in the last 10 years, how many administrative transfer agreements have been signed by Canada with nations that are signatories to the Convention?

Q-831² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the intention to pay the remaining eight weeks of the extended Canada Recovery Benefit at a lower rate of $300 per week claimed, as per page 88 of the 2021 budget: (a) how many internal memos, presentations or other similar documents about the proposed measure have been prepared by the government or by consultants that it has hired; (b) of the documents in (a), what are their titles and dates; and (c) in what internal documents was this measure analyzed?

Q-832² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the Canada School of Public Service, broken down by department: (a) how many government employees, by unit and percentage of total employees, have completed the Indigenous Learning Series, as of June 10, 2021; (b) is participation in the Indigenous Learning Series mandatory; (c) are new employees expected to complete any part of the Indigenous Learning Series as part of their training; (d) how many employees have access to the available learning products of the Indigenous Learning Series; (e) are employees, both new and experienced, given time to complete training through the Indigenous Learning Series during contracted working hours; and (f) what percentage of content available through the Canada School of Public Service is available in an Indigenous language?

Q-833² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the mandate letter of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the establishment of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages: (a) which meetings did the Minister of Canadian Heritage or departmental staff have with First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments, organizations, and rights holders, broken down by date and organization or individual; (b) what was the process for establishing and selecting members of the committee designed to appoint the Commissioner and Directors; (c) how many members of the Selection committee, as a total number and percentage, are representatives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, governments, or organizations; and (d) what were the key qualifications for the office as identified through consultations and prioritized by the selection committee?

Q-834² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the Ottawa area hotel used by the Prime Minister and the rest of the delegation as a quarantine hotel upon their return from the United Kingdom in June 2021: (a) how much did the government spend converting the hotel to a quarantine site, broken down by type of expense; and (b) did the Public Health Agency of Canada inspect and approve the site as a quarantine site, and, if so, who conducted the inspection and on what date was the inspection completed?

Q-835² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to government employees working from home during the pandemic, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many employees, who were working from a government office location prior to the pandemic, or as of March 1, 2020, were still working from home as of June 15, 2021; (b) how many and what percentage of the employees in (a) will be (i) returning to work from a government office location in the future, (ii) working from home permanently; and (c) for those returning to a government office, what is the timeline for the return?

Q-836² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB) ongoing campaign to discredit the benefits of Trikafta for Cystic Fybrosis patients and the position of the government on Trikafta: (a) why is the PMPRB accusing proponents of Trikafta of spreading misinformation; (b) does the PMPRB have any evidence to backup their misinformation claim, and, if so, what are the specific details of the evidence; (c) who at the PMPRB made the decision to engage in efforts aimed at discrediting Trikafta’s proponents; (d) why was the decision made to discredit Trikafta; (e) what is Health Canada’s position regarding the benefits of Trikafta; (f) why has Health Canada not yet approved Trikafta; (g) does the Minister of Health approve of the actions taken by the PMPRB against Trikafta proponents, and, if not, is she taking any measures to stop them; and (h) what is the timeline regarding when a decision will be made related to the approval of Trikafta?

Q-837² — June 16, 2021 — — With regard to the job posting which closed in October 2020 where the Privy Council Office was looking for a storyteller to join the Prime Minister and Visual Communications team: (a) how many storytellers are currently working for the Privy Council Office or the Office of the Prime Minister; (b) what is the organizational structure for the storytellers, such as is there a lead storyteller that the other storytellers pitch their stories to; (c) who decides whether or not a story is worth telling; (d) what is the yearly budget of the storytelling department; (e) who does the lead storyteller report to; and (f) of the storytellers currently employed, how many have prior experience writing fictional stories?


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