| Q-25462 — April 15, 2024 — — With regard to the communities which comprise the federal electoral district of Carleton, since fiscal year 2005-06: (a) what are the federal infrastructure investments, including direct transfers to municipalities and First Nations, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, and project; (b) what are the federal infrastructure investments transferred to regional districts, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, and project; (c) what are the federal infrastructure investments transferred to Island Trusts; (d) what are the federal infrastructure investments transferred to First Nations, broken down by First Nation, fiscal year, total expenditure, and project; (e) what is the funding of highways, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, and project; and (f) what other infrastructure investments are provided through the funding of national parks, highways, the Building Canada Fund, Infrastructure Canada, the Gas Tax Fund, Small Crafts and Harbours, etc., broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, and project? |
| Q-25492 — April 15, 2024 — — With regard to loans and other repayable contributions made by government departments and agencies since November 4, 2015, excluding student loans and those made as part of emergency pandemic relief programs such as the Canada Emergency Business Account: (a) how many instances have occurred where loans or repayable contributions were made and the recipient did not repay the amount owed in accordance with the terms of the agreement, in total and broken down by program under which the funding was provided; (b) what is the dollar value of the loans and contributions in (a); (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by type of situation or reason (late payments, business insolvency, etc.); (d) of the amount which was not paid back in accordance with the terms of the agreement, how much (i) has been recovered to date, (ii) has not yet been recovered but is expected to be recovered, (iii) has been written-off, by the government; (e) what is the breakdown of (d) by funding program; and (f) what are the details of all instances where the amount written off by the government was in excess of $1 million, including, for each, the (i) recipient, (ii) original amount of funding, (iii) amount written off, (iv) purpose of the funding, (v) date the funding was provided, (vi) date the funding was written off, (vii) reason for the amount being written off? |
| Q-25502 — April 15, 2024 — — With regard to the cost to the government to administer remittances for the Goods and Services Tax and the Harmonized Sales Tax, broken down by year for each of the last three years: (a) what is the total amount spent to administer the remittances; and (b) what was the total amount spent to administer remittances to businesses generating (i) under $30,000, (ii) between $30,000 and 60,000, (iii) between $60,000 and $100,000, (iv) between $100,000 and $500,000, (v) over $500,000, in revenue? |
| Q-25522 — April 15, 2024 — — With regard to the benefits received by Canadian Armed Forces veterans classified as wartime service veterans and benefits received by veterans who fought under the “special duty service” classification: (a) what are the benefits received by (i) wartime service veterans, (ii) special duty service veterans; (b) how many veterans are receiving “special duty service” benefits for the (i) Persian Gulf War, (ii) Bosnian War, (iii) Afghan War; (c) what is the cost of benefits provided to wartime service veterans in (a) for (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2016, (v) 2017, (vi) 2018, (vii) 2019, (viii) 2020, (ix) 2021, (x) 2022, (xi) 2023; (d) what is the cost of benefits provided to “special duty service” veterans in (a) for (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2016, (v) 2017, (vi) 2018, (vii) 2019, (viii) 2020, (ix) 2021, (x) 2022, (xi) 2023; (e) what would be the increased cost to provide “wartime service” benefits to Persian Gulf War veterans if benefits were applied for the year (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021, (v) 2022, (vi) 2023; (f) what would be the increased cost to provide “wartime service” benefits to Bosnian war veterans if benefits were applied for the year (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021, (v) 2022, (vi) 2023; and (g) what would be the increased cost to provide “wartime service” benefits to Afghan War veterans if benefits were applied for the year (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021, (v) 2022, (vi) 2023? |
| Q-25542 — April 15, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada (HC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) or the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and the COVID-19 vaccines: (a) when did the (i) Chief Public Health Officer, (ii) Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, (iii) the Chief Medical Officer at Health Canada, (iv) the Minister of Health at the time, become aware that the COVID-19 vaccines did not prevent transmission of SARS CoV-2; (b) when were any of the federal health agencies in Canada made aware of this information and by who; (c) when was the information described in (a) delivered to (i) the Prime Minister’s office, (ii) the Privy Council, (iii) the Cabinet, (iv) the members of the House of Commons; (d) what federal entity, Ministry or Minister first initiated the concept of “COVID-19 vaccine passports”; (e) on what date did the federal government implement vaccine passports for (i) federal employees, (ii) travel restrictions for all unvaccinated Canadians; (f) in 2021 and 2022, did any personnel from HC, PHAC or NACI engage with or share information about the vaccines’ inability to stop transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with any person involved with (i) WHO’s Strategic Group of Experts, (ii) Vaccines Together, (iii) the International Vaccine Institute, (iv) Dr. Hanna Nohynek, the World Health Organization’s Chair of Strategic Group of Experts on Immunization; and (g) if affirmative to (f)(i) through to (f)(iv), what were the summaries of those discussions or correspondences in relation to the transmission question and the validity of vaccine passports? |
| M-119 — April 15, 2024 — — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, |
| (i) the government’s 2023 draft State of PFAS Report assessed the Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) as a class, as permitted under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), and the entire class was found to be toxic, |
| (ii) PFAS are widely used in industrial applications and commercial products leading to environmental contamination of PFAS in Canadian soils, air, freshwater, drinking water, fish, and other consumable foods, |
| (iii) PFAS threaten health, biodiversity and Indigenous rights, |
| (iv) firefighters face significant exposure to PFAS from turnout gear and firefighting foam leading to higher rates of cancer among firefighters, |
| (v) firefighting unions have called for government response to quickly regulate PFAS and address the unnecessary risk to firefighters and the communities they serve, |
| (vi) the federal government’s current plan for regulatory action on this class of chemicals only targets PFAS-laden firefighting foams, ignoring more insidious sources of PFAS lurking in fire fighters’ turnout gear, as well as everyday consumer products, |
| (vii) tackling the PFAS contamination problem requires a class-based approach and comprehensive regulatory action, given that as one PFAS is regulated, it is often substituted with another harmful PFAS chemical in the same class, |
| (viii) safer substitutions exist, PFAS-free products are available, and the markets and leading brands are moving away from PFAS in products; and |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should: |
| (i) ensure all PFAS are included in the class and regulated under the CEPA, |
| (ii) combat industry misinformation about PFAS that seek to undermine efforts to regulate PFAS, |
| (iii) fast-track the process to list the PFAS class on Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the CEPA, |
| (iv) ensure that PFAS are phased out of firefighting turnout gear as quickly as possible, |
| (v) align with the Europeen Union and US states, and establish a timeline for phasing out PFAS in products, using the European Union’s roadmap for phasing out PFAS as a guide, |
| (vi) address microplastics and microfibre freshwater contamination, as they increase the levels of PFAS exposure in freshwater sources |
| (vii) protect the right of every individual in Canada to a healthy environment, |
| (viii) explore legal action to secure resources and compensation for drinking water and ecosystem cleanup, and exposure-related health care costs, especially when vulnerable populations are affected. |