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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (No. 356)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

Q-2905² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to budget 2024 and the government’s subsequent amendments to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Canada Student Loans Act: (a) what criteria did the government use to develop the list of health care professionals and social services professionals included in the amendments; (b) which health care professionals and social services professionals were included in the assessments in (a); (c) for each health care professional and social services professional included in the assessments but not included in the amendments, what is the rationale to exclude the professionals from the final list; (d) what is the total expected cost of the loan forgiveness measures announced in budget 2024, broken down by profession; and (e) what was the estimated cost of including occupational therapists in the loan forgiveness program?

Q-2906² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF): (a) under the “National Call to Address Capacity Constraints” first call for proposals in July 2017, how many projects were approved for British Columbia; (b) under the “Continuous call for Trade Diversification” launched on January 15, 2019, how many projects were approved for British Columbia; (c) under the “lncreasing the Fluidity of Canada's Supply Chains” launched on December 9, 2021, how many projects were approved for British Columbia; (d) under the “Relieving Supply Chain Congestion at Canadian Ports” launched on January 31, 2022, how many projects were approved for British Columbia; (e) under the “Advancing Supply Chain Digitalization” launched on February 13, 2023, how many projects were approved for British Columbia; (f) what is the current status of every NTCF funded project in British Columbia; and (g) how much program spending has been done each year since 2017-18?

Q-2907² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to budget 2024 which stated that the changes to capital gains taxes would increase federal revenues by $19.4 billion over five years starting in 2024-25: (a) how did the government arrive at this figure; and (b) what data sources were used?

Q-2908² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to changes in capital gains taxes as announced in budget 2024: after removing capital gains income from the calculation of total personal income, what is the share of capital gains tax revenue collected from those earning (i) equal or less than $50,000, (ii) between $50,001 and $100,000, (iii) between $100,001 and $150,000, (iv) over $150,000?

Q-2909² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Assessment Framework and Guidelines that deliver on Canada’s G7 and G20 commitments to phase out or rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies: (a) how many tax and non-tax measures have been assessed and met the criteria to be considered an efficient fossil fuel subsidy; and (b) for each tax and non-tax measure identified in (a), which of the six criteria identified in the framework were met?

Q-2910² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the pilot system for rapid heat wave attribution: (a) which heat waves have been assessed to calculate how much human-caused global warming changed the risks of such an event occurring, including during the development of the system; (b) what steps are being taken and what is the expected timeline to expand the pilot to include extreme cold weather events and extreme precipitation; and (c) are there plans to expand the pilot to include wildfires, drought, and floods?

Q-2911² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the 2 Billion Trees Commitment, broken down by province or territory since its inception: (a) what is the total amount of funding allocated under each of the (i) cost-sharing agreements with provinces and territories, (ii) Privates Lands stream, (iii) Urban Lands stream, (iv) Federal Lands stream, (v) distinctions based Indigenous stream; (b) what is the total amount of funding delivered under each of the (i) cost-sharing agreements with provinces and territories, (ii) Privates Lands stream, (iii) Urban Lands stream, (iv) Federal Lands stream, (v) distinctions based Indigenous stream; and (c) what is the total amount of funding on hold or undelivered under each of the (i) cost-sharing agreements with provinces and territories, (ii) Privates Lands stream, (iii) Urban Lands stream, (iv) Federal Lands stream, (v) distinctions based Indigenous stream?

Q-2912² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to species listed under the Species at Risk Act since October 2015, broken down by status (i.e. extirpated, endangered, threatened and special concern): (a) how many recovery strategies or management plans were (i) produced within the timelines set out in the act, (ii) overdue; (b) how many action plans required to support the implementation of recovery strategies were (i) produced within the timelines set out in the act, (ii) overdue; (c) how many species do not yet have recovery strategies or management plans; and (d) how many recovery strategies do not yet have action plans?

Q-2913² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to contracts between any government department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity and Speakers Spotlight, since November 4, 2015: what are the details of each contract, including the (i) date of event associated with the contract, (ii) amount, (iii) name of the speaker, (iv) event description and purpose of the speech?

Q-2914² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the increase to capital gains taxes announced in budget 2024: prior to the release of budget 2024, did the government consult anyone on these tax increases, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) who was consulted, (ii) how they were consulted, (iii) when they were consulted?

Q-2915² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the terms of the Pacific Salmon Commercial Licence Retirement Program (LRP) under the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI), broken down by each harvest area: (a) how many individual commercial salmon licenses have been retired each year broken down by gear type; (b) what were the average prices paid; and (c) what were the highest and lowest prices?

Q-2916² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada's (HC) decision to approve the COVID-19 modRNA vaccines and the Prime Minister's subsequent support for the vaccine mandates in the federal public sector and vaccine passports for travel purposes during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) what is the immunological mechanism of action of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines that enables them to stop the spread of SARS-CoV2; (b) what data supports this mechanism of action; (c) who or what agency provided the data and verified the data; (d) when was this data provided to (i) HC, (ii) the Office of the Prime Minister; (e) what data did Pfizer and Moderna produce to HC that demonstrated (i) the period of time the spike protein is produced in the body, (ii) where in the body the spike protein is produced; and (f) in relation to (e), what was the period of time Pfizer and Moderna tracked the spike protein in their clinical studies?

Q-2917² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada's (HC) establishing the safety of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in 12-15 year olds: (a) what serious adverse events (SAEs) did the pharmaceutical company disclose to Canada's health agencies for this age group pre-authorization; (b) since approving the product in this age group, has the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the National Advisory Committee on lmmunization (NACI) or HC become aware of additional adverse events (AEs) or SAEs that the pharmaceutical company had not disclosed during the initial authorization process; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, (i) what AEs and SAEs has the PHAC, the NACI and HC become aware of, (ii) when were they discovered, (iii) what are the means by which Canada's health agencies were provided this information; (d) prior to authorizing this product in this age group, was the PHAC, HC or the NACI given information about (i) the SAEs of a 12-year-old trial participant named Maddie de Geray who was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy which rendered her reliant on a wheelchair and feeding tube, (ii) any other specific SAE cases in this cohort following the Pfizer inoculation; (e) if the answer to (d) is affirmative, what was the date and means by which the PHAC, the NACI or HC became aware of these cases; (f) if the answer to (d) is negative, has Ms. De Geray's diagnoses been added to HC's list of SAEs on the HC website in this age group; (g) has the PHAC, HC or the NACI been aware that the adverse events experienced by trial participant Maddie de Geray were not properly disclosed within their trial studies as described in the scientific publication of said trial (i.e. NEJM - Frenck et al. 2021); (h) did the PHAC, HC or the NACI take any action after discovering the lack of proper disclosure of Maddie de Geray's SAEs by Pfizer; (i) what was the age stratified risk-benefit analysis for 12-15 year olds in relation to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the time of authorization, on May 5, 2021; (j) what was the data and calculations for quantifying the risks and benefits that Canadian health agencies used to authorize or approve the product in this age group; (k) what data indicated that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks at the time of authorization; (l) since the roll-out of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in this age group, (i) what are the top ten SAEs identified in this cohort, (ii) how have these SAEs been communicated to the medical community and the public at large; (m) what type and frequency of SAEs in 12-15-year-old would invoke an unfavourable benefits-risk ratio for healthy children and for children with underlying medical conditions; and (n) is HC, the PHAC or the NACI aware of any other jurisdictions worldwide that no longer recommends the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in children at (i) six months of age, (ii) between six months and two years (iii) between two to five years, (iv) between five to 12 years, (v) between 12-15 year, (vi) between 15-18 years?

Q-2918² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada's (HC) review of the COVID-19 modRNA vaccine products: (a) did HC consider the specific nature of the nanotechnology of the lipid particles used for the modRNA vaccine delivery; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what was their assessment; (c) why was the fact that modRNA vaccines contain nanotechnology omitted from the product monograph-label; (d) did HC assess the toxicity of pegylated nanoparticles, specifically the risk for complement activated related pseudo allergy (CARPA) with the lipid nanoparticles used in the mRNA vaccines; (e) if the answer to (d) is affirmative, why was this not included in the product labelling; (f) if the answer to (d) is negative, why wasn't this assessed; (g) did HC assess the risk of toxicity due to the nanoformat of these vaccines; (h) if the answer to (g) is affirmative, what was the assessment result; (i) if the answer to (g) is negative, why not; (j) did HC assess the lipid nanoparticles as a novel excipient; (k) if the answer to (j) is affirmative, what was the assessment; (l) if the answer to (j) is negative, why not; (m) with respect to nanotechnology products and their unique properties and behaviors particularly in their application to the modRNA vaccines, did HC examine (i) the safety, (ii) the effectiveness, (iii) the risk to the environment, (iv) its specific regulatory status; (n) if the answers to (m)(i) to (m)(iv) is affirmative, what were the assessment results; (o) if the answers to (m)(i) through (m)(iv) is negative, why not; (p) how do established safe levels of DNA apply, (i) when using pegylated LNPs as a delivery system, (ii) when a product that contains pegylated LNPs requires repeated dosing; and (q) what assessment was performed to assess the risk of residual DNA when using pegylated LNPs as a delivery system in a vaccine which requires repeated dosing?

Q-2919² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the project “Board of Education of School District No. 62 (Sooke)” under Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program, broken down by participating elementary, middle and secondary schools: (a) what are the names of the schools; (b) what is the cost of the curriculum, broken down by subject, which is being taught to the students; (c) what are the total number of materials that are being disseminated to the students, in total, and broken down by the names and titles of those materials; (d) broken down by schedule I, II, and III drugs and substances as defined by the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, how much of the total funding is being allocated to each specific “primary focus” as defined by the program, broken down by each specific drug and substance; (e) how many staff or volunteers are being funded; and (f) is it a mandatory requirement for all staff or volunteers to undergo a criminal background check, and (i) have staff or volunteers been subjected to criminal background checks, (ii) have any criminal background checks for staff or volunteers turned up criminal convictions that are indictable or summary convictions, (iii) was any hired as staff or a volunteer with an indictable or summary conviction?

Q-2920² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to a Statistics Canada report titled “Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022”, The Daily — Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022, and the report that there has been a 43% increase in the rates of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults between 2015 and 2022: (a) does Public Safety Canada acknowledge that level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults have increased 43% in that time period, and, if not, why not; (b) when did Public Safety Canada learn of the 43% increase in the rates of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults; (c) how long was the delay between Public Safety Canada learning of the 43% increase and the establishment of mitigation measures to reduce the number of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults, broken down by the dates the measures were undertaken by Public Safety Canada and its public safety partner agencies; (d) has Public Safety Canada and its public safety partner agencies taken measures to mitigate this increase of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults broken down by specific measures, including the funds allocated and spent by each specific mitigation measures?

Q-2921² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) Request for Assistance Program (RFA), which has historically been an effective tool for Intellectual Property (IP) rights owners to prevent counterfeit goods from crossing the Canadian border and entering the commerce stream, and having cut the RFA program significantly: (a) does the government have plans to (i) reassess the cuts to training and processes that limit CBSA officers from efficiently searching, identifying and detaining the counterfeit products, (ii) reinvest in the RFA program in the next years, and, if so, when, (iii) work and discuss the impacts that these cuts have had on Canadians, businesses and trade noting that Canada is the only G7 country on the 2023 United States Trade Representative Watchlist, (iv) meet directly with the Customs Immigration Union to ensure that the frontline officers participate in the process to reestablish increased searches, identification and counterfeit products processes; and (b) how much estimated value has been confiscated each year from this program and from how many seizures for the last ten years at all ports of entry to Canada?

Q-2922² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the federal target of achieving 100% Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) market share in Canada by 2035: (a) what is the government doing now, and what was done to date to address the lack of available public charging stations throughout the country to meet the demand for ZEVs; (b) what is the number of current public charging stations available through Canada, including locations, number, and types of chargers; (c) what is the projected number of public charging stations needed to meet demand by 2035; (d) did the government consider or have plans to increase the amount of the federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program (iZEV) from $5000; (e) did the government consider or have plans to match the United States’ federal incentive program to provide an equal and fair incentive for purchasing domestic vehicles; (f) did the government consider a plan for federal incentives for consumer purchases of used electric vehicles to help drive the sales and meet the environmental targets; (g) is the government tracking the import and export of new and used electric vehicles, and, if so, is it starting from the year 2022; and (h) is the government tracking the movement of electric vehicles purchased in one province the later moved to another province?

Q-2923² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the proposed deep geologic repository (DGR) plan by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) which could be located in South Bruce, Ontario: (a) should this site be selected, which falls within the Great Lakes basin, has the government (i) met with members of the United States Congress and United States Senate, or with our Canadian Ambassador to the United States, to hear the American concerns and opposition about storage of nuclear waste near, or within, the Great Lakes Basin, and, if so, who did they meet with, where were the meetings held and when, (ii) followed the progress of Amendment #947 to the to the FY 25 National Defense Authorization Act in U.S. Congress which calls for both Canada and the United States to not develop facilities to permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin and which has now moved to the United States Senate for further action and support, (iii) discussed with the NWMO alternatives to transporting and storing radioactive waste in the Great Lakes basin, (iv) considered alternatives to DGRs, such as recycling the radioactive waste, such as France, Japan, Germany and Belgium; (b) has the Prime Minister, the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development or the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry raised or responded to this issue to the President or other representative of the Biden Administration, and, if so, when and where did the meetings take place and with who?

Q-2924² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to VIA HFR – Dedicated Project Office 2023-2024 Operating Budget: (a) for each individual paid under “Technical Office: specialized individuals hired under contractual agreements”, (i) what was the average payment, (ii) what was the highest amount of payment, (iii) how many unique individuals received payment; and (b) what are the details of all entities paid under “Technical Office: Engineering, accounting, procurement, legal, technical and communication services”, including the (i) date of the payment, (ii) date signed, (iii) value, (iv) detailed description of the service(s) provided, (v) start and end dates of work, (vi) details on how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced, competitive bid), (vii) titles of the officials who approved or signed off on the contract?

Q-2925² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to all infrastructure projects that have received government funding since November 4, 2015, that require the use of steel: (a) what percentage of projects used only steel produced in Canada; (b) what percentage of projects partially used steel produced in Canada; and (c) what percentage of projects used steel produced outside of Canada?

Q-2926² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the federal carbon tax collected from the transportation sector, since April 1, 2019, broken down by year: (a) what were the amounts collected from Canadian Airports; (b) what were the amounts collected from (i) Canadian Airlines, (ii) non-Canadian Airlines; (c) what were the amounts collected from Canadian ports; (d) what were the amounts collected from (i) Canadian Maritime Transportation Companies, (ii) non-Canadian Maritime Transportation Companies; (e) what were the amounts collected from (i) Canadian trucking companies, (ii) non-Canadian trucking companies?

Q-2927² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the 21 privately-operated airport authorities in Canada: (a) what were the amount of rents collected from each airport authority since January 1, 2016, broken down by year; (b) what were the amounts of other fees or penalties collected from each airport authority since January 1, 2016, broken down by year, in total, and broken down by type of fee or penalty; and (c) since January 1, 2016, broken down by year, (i) how many projects at the 21 airports received funding by the federal government, (ii) what was the amount of funding received, broken down by project?

Q-2928² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to carbon pricing on government administration, including the Carbon Tax and the Carbon Rebate, since January 1, 2019: (a) how much did the Government of Canada collect in each riding and province during each calendar year in carbon tax, broken down by (i) federal administration, (ii) provincial administration, (iii) municipal administration; (b) how much did the Government of Canada return in each riding and province during each calendar year through the Carbon Rebate, broken down by (i) federal administration, (ii) provincial administration, (iii) municipal administration; (c) of (a)(i) and (b)(i), what is the breakdown of the movement of funds from (i) central agencies, (ii) ministerial departments, (iii) separate agencies with direct ministerial oversight, (iv) independent agencies and offices, (v) independent review bodies, (vi) branches of the Canadian Armed Forces, (vii) the Senate of Canada, (viii) the House of Commons, (ix) federal courts, (x) special operating agencies, (xi) Crown corporations, (xii) Canadian Coast guard auxiliary, (xiii) federal infrastructure projects; (d) of (a)(ii) and (b)(ii), what is the breakdown of the movement of funds from (i) provincial agencies, (ii) ministerial departments, (iii) separate agencies with direct ministerial oversight, (iv) independent agencies and offices, (v) independent review bodies, (vi) provincial legislatures, (vii) provincial courts, (viii) special operating agencies, (ix) Crown corporations, (x) provincial courts, (xi) school boards and school divisions, (xii) health authorities, (xiii) public post-secondary institutions, (xiv) provincial infrastructure projects; and (e) of (a)(iii) and (b)(iii), what is the breakdown of the movement of funds from (i) municipal administration, (ii) museums and art galleries, (iii) curling rinks, (iv) hockey arenas, (v) pools, (vi) recreational centres, (vii) stadiums, (viii) community centres, (ix) municipal infrastructure projects, (x) visitor centres, (xi) homeless shelters, (xii) parks, (xiii) emergency response, (xiv) enforcement services?

Q-2929² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to federally funded research for children’s illnesses: (a) how much federal funding was given out since 2015, broken down (i) year, (ii) province, (iii) illness, (iv) organization type; (b) which organizations received funding; (c) of (b), how much did each organization received, broken down by total amount (i) under $1000, (ii) $1,000 to $4,999, (iii) $5,000 to $9,999, (iv) $10 000 to $24,999, (v) $25,000 to $49,9999, (vi) $50,000 to $99,999, (vii) $100,000 to $249,999, (viii) $250,000 to $499,999, (ix) $500,000 to $999,999, (x) more than $1,000,000; (d) how many funding opportunities were available; (e) how many applications were received; (f) how many applications were accepted; (g) how much did Health Canada spend in-house; and (h) what reports were provided to the Government of Canada?

Q-2931² — June 18, 2024 — — With regard to the safety of novel therapeutic products approved by Health Canada (HC) through Agile Licensing: (a) does HC determine the specifications required to be completed by the manufacturer to determine a therapeutic product’s safety for use by Canadians based primarily on its (i) therapeutic indication, (ii) pharmacological mechanism of action; (b) how does HC determine that a therapeutic product is safe; (c) what clinical and pre-clinical criteria are used by HC to make a safety assessment in regards to (i) vaccines, (ii) modified mRNA products, (iii) lipid nanotechnology, (iv) medications, (v) other biologics; (d) based on the pharmacological phase of the COVID-19 vaccines (i.e. from administration to spike protein expression), (i) are adverse events following immunizations adequately detected based on the Brighton Collaboration Criteria, (ii) what are the anticipated adverse events; (e) if the answer to (d)(i) is affirmative, how has this been confirmed; (f) what specific criteria were used to confirm the COVID-19 vaccines’ safety profile at their time of (i) approval, (ii) authorization; (g) based on the requirements in (b), (c) and (f), was that information adequate to categorically declare the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines for all cohorts at the time of their (i) approval, (ii) authorization; (h) does approval of a novel therapeutic product based on the Agile Licensing pathway require criteria that are equivalent to that required under C.08.001(2) of the Food and Drug Regulations; (i) if the answer to (g) or (h) is negative, who approved the messaging from government, public health officials, and other authorities that “COVID-19 vaccines do not get approval from HC unless they are safe” or that “all vaccines authorized in Canada are safe”; (j) how has safety of the COVID-19 vaccines been re-evaluated based on detected impurities, including (i) residual DNA, (ii) residual dsRNA, (iii) SV-40 enhancer sequence, (iv) endotoxins, (v) unknown peptides resulting from frameshifting; and (k) how has safety of the COVID-19 vaccine been evaluated based on remaining excessive intracellular N1-methylpseudouridine following degradation of the synthetic modified mRNA?

Q-2932² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Emergency Business Account, broken down by province or territory and city: how many small and medium businesses which were classified as grocery or convenience stores filed for bankruptcy after January 1, 2024?

Q-2933² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the inventory of immigration applications in the Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) and other categories: (a) in which month and year were applications received, broken down by country of origin; (b) what is the average processing time from application submission to final decision, broken down by country of origin; (c) what are the total resources or staffing levels dedicated to processing applications in the H&C and other categories over the past three years to date; (d) considering that the 2024-26 Immigration Levels Plan target presently provides for a target of 29,750 allocations for the H&C and other categories in total from 2024 to 2026, with a low range of 22,000 and a high range of 41,500, and the current inventory already exceeds 70,000 applications, how many years does the department estimate it will take to clear the present application inventory without projecting for forthcoming applications; (e) what are the details of all special measures and policies included in the H&C and other categories over the last five years, including the (i) eligibility requirements for those immigration streams, (ii) descriptions of all processing prioritization directives given for each stream, (iii) dates on which updates or changes were made to those directives, broken down by country and the year the measure or policy came into effect; and (f) what plans or strategies are being developed to address the backlog of applications in these categories and to improve processing times?

Q-2934² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and their involvement in the inaugural Five Eyes alliance Unidentified Aerial Phenomena caucus working group on May 24, 2023: (a) what was the agenda of the May 24, 2023 meeting; (b) what are the names and titles of all CAF personnel who attended the meeting; and (c) has the CAF participated in any other meetings of the working group and, if so, what are the dates, agenda items, and details of CAF participants at each such meeting?

Q-2935^1-2 — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to destroyed goods for which a “drawback” (i.e., refund) was obtained for the duties and excise taxes paid, under the Obsolete or Surplus Goods Program of the Canada Border Services Agency, broken down by year since the program was created: (a) how many refunds have been granted for goods deemed obsolete or surplus by importers, producers, manufacturers and owners, respectively; and (b) what are the details of each case, including (i) the date of the refund, (ii) the description of the goods including their respective quantities, (iii) their declared values, (iv) the amount of drawback granted, (v) the name and municipality of the recipient?

Q-2936^1-2 — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to federal spending in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, for each fiscal year since 2020–21, inclusively: what are the details of grants and contributions and of all loans made to any organization, group, company or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) municipality of the recipient, (iii) date on which the funding was received, (iv) amount received, (v) department or agency that provided the funding, (vi) program under which the grant, contribution or loan was made, (vii) nature or purpose of the funding?

Q-2937² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to federal spending in the riding of Papineau, for each fiscal year since 2020–21, inclusively: what are the details of grants and contributions and of all loans made to any organization, group, company or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) municipality of the recipient, (iii) date on which the funding was received, (iv) amount received, (v) department or agency that provided the funding, (vi) program under which the grant, contribution or loan was made, (vii) nature or purpose of the funding?

Q-2938^1-2 — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the information revealed in the “Blood Gold Report,” which indicates that the Russian economy benefits from mining in Africa to the tune of $3.4 billion dollars Canadian, thanks in particular to the involvement of the Wagner Group, a private military company financed by the Russian state, as well as the activities of Canadian mining companies in Africa: (a) what information has the government received on the activities of two Canadian mining companies, Barrick Gold and B2Gold, operating under the Malian military regime, in connection with these revelations; (b) has the government contacted Barrick Gold or B2Gold on this subject, or does it plan to do so; (c) has the Canadian government assessed the national security implications associated with the fact that these two Canadian mining companies have made tax payments of $1.8 billion to the Russian-backed Malian regime since 2022, and are thus indirectly financing Russia’s war effort in Ukraine; (d) are there or will there be any measures, economic or otherwise, in place to prevent Canadian mining companies from indirectly financing Russia’s war effort in Ukraine; (e) are there or will there be any measures, economic or otherwise, in place with the Malian regime to make it impossible for Canadian companies to do business with the Russian state’s trading partners, including the Wagner Group; (f) how much has Canada provided to these two mining companies in grants, contributions and loans for each year since fiscal year 2019, inclusively; and (g) how much have these two mining companies paid in taxes to Canada for each year since fiscal year 2019, inclusively?

Q-2939² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, between January 1, 2016, and September 16, 2024, broken down by year: how many certificates of exemption from registration under the Controlled Goods Regulations were granted to or on behalf of (i) visitors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea within academia, government, and industry, (ii) temporary workers from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea within academia, government, and industry, (iii) international students from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea within academia, government, and industry?

Q-2940² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to ministers’ and government entities’ compliance with paragraphs 74(d) and 88(c) of the Access to Information Act: (a) has each minister or government entity, subject to those provisions of the Act, complied with the requirement to disclose proactively the briefing materials prepared for each parliamentary committee appearance; (b) what is the average period of time, broken down by minister or government institution, between a parliamentary committee appearance and the proactive disclosure of the briefing materials prepared for the appearance; (c) if (a) is negative, (i) why is the minister or government entity not in compliance with the law, (ii) what is being done to bring the minister or government entity into compliance with the law; (d) which parliamentary committee appearances, subject to those provisions of the Act, during the 43rd Parliament, have outstanding requirements to disclose proactively the briefing materials which were prepared and, broken down by outstanding requirement, (i) when is proactive disclosure expected to occur, (ii) what accounts for the delay; (e) which parliamentary committee appearances, subject to those provisions of the Act, during the 44th Parliament and up to May 10, 2024, have outstanding requirements to disclose proactively the briefing materials which were prepared and, broken down by outstanding requirement, (i) when is proactive disclosure expected to occur, (ii) what accounts for the delay; and (f) which officials are considered to be persons in “a position of equivalent rank” to deputy heads for the purposes of paragraph 88(c) of the Act?

Q-2941² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to amounts collected from the federal fuel charge: (a) to date, how much has been paid by municipalities, including any municipal department or agency, broken down by province or territory, municipality and by year; and (b) how much is estimated to be paid by municipalities in the future, broken down by province or territory, municipality and year?

Q-2942² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s claim that it will build 250,000 new homes by 2031 as part of the Public Lands for Homes Plan: (a) how many homes have been built on the land involved in this plan; (b) how many homes are currently under development on the land involved in this plan; and (c) when was the disposal process started for each property, broken down by location?

Q-2943² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s Firearms Buyback Program: (a) how much has been spent to date on the program, broken down by fiscal year; (b) of the amount spent in (a), how much was for (i) program administration, (ii) payments to buy back firearms; (c) how much money went, or will go, towards the buyback program from the (i) allocated, (ii) unallocated, sums outlined in budget 2024; (d) when is the program expected to conclude; and (e) what is the expected total cost of the program through conclusion, broken down by expected administrative costs and expected firearm payment costs?

Q-2944² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to federal infrastructure funding being provided to either cities or provinces, where the ultimate recipient is a municipality with a population of more than 50,000 people: (a) how much funding has been provided, broken down by municipality, year, and program, since January 1, 2016; and (b) how much funding is currently budgeted to be provided in the future, broken down by municipality, year, and program?

Q-2945² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s public lands mapping tool, announced in August 2024: (a) what are the costs related to the tool, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; and (b) what are the details of all contracts over $1,000 signed by the government related to the tool, including, for each, the (i) value, (ii) date and duration, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-2946² — September 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency: (a) for the Income Tax Act, what was the total number of notices of objection filed from January 1 until August 31, 2024; (b) of the objections in (a), how many were determined in favour of the tax payer; (c) under the Income Tax Act, what seven sections received the most notices of objection from January 1 to August 31, 2024; (d) for the Excise Tax Act or the Goods and Services Tax, what was the total number of notices of objection filed from January 1 until August 31, 2024; (e) of the objections in (d), how many were determined in favour of the tax payer; (f) under the Excise Tax Act, what were the seven sections that received the most notices of objection from January 1 to August 31, 2024; (g) what is the breakdown of (a) through (f) for the (i) Atlantic, (ii) Quebec, (iii) Ontario, (iv) Western, tax centres; (h) what is the estimated number of hours and related salary costs associated with treating all of the above notices of objection that were ruled in favour of the taxpayers, in total and broken down by tax centre; and (i) for all of the tax centres across Canada, how many filings to the Tax Court of Canada were ruled in favour of the tax payer and what was the total number of filings to the Tax Court of Canada?

Q-2947² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s announcement on February 21, 2022, that it would provide up to $136 million to connect rural households in Newfoundland and Labrador to high-speed internet: (a) what are the details of all projects approved through this funding, including, for each, the (i) recipient, (ii) location, (iii) project description, (iv) number of households that will receive new broadband service, (v) number of households that will receive upgraded broadband service, (vi) amount of funding, (vii) project start and completion dates, (viii) date the project application was received, (ix) date the project was approved, (x) funding breakdown between federal and provincial governments; (b) what is the total amount of funding provided to projects, to date, under the funding; (c) what was the eligibility and performance criteria used to determine if an applicant qualified for funding; and (d) what were the penalties for recipients that did not meet (i) the performance metrics, (ii) the timeline, (iii) all other requirements, outlined in the funding agreement?

Q-2948² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the government's participation in the United Nations' 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) in Dubai: (a) what are the total expenditures incurred by the government to date related to the conference, broken down by type of expense; (b) what are the details of all delegates sent to COP 28, including the (i) total number of delegates that the government paid for, (ii) official title and department or organization of each individual, (iii) total expenditures incurred by each individual, broken down by type of expense; (c) what are the details of the delegates' accommodations in Dubai, including (i) which hotels were used, (ii) how much was spent at each hotel, (iii) how many rooms were rented at each hotel and for how many nights, (iv) what were the room rates paid at each hotel and the number of rooms rented at each rate, (v) who stayed in each room in (c)(iv), broken down by room rate; (d) what were the details of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s accommodation expenditures, including the (i) daily rate, (ii) accommodation venue; (e) what are the details of the total hospitality expenditures, broken down by (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) name of any commercial establishment or vendor involved in the hospitality activity, (v) number of attendees, (vi) description of the event, (vii) description of the goods and services; (f) what are the details of all ground transportation expenditures, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the vendor, (iv) the origin, (v) the destination, (vi) the make and model of each vehicle used, (vii) the type of vehicle (gas, electric, hybrid), (viii) whether a chauffeur or driver was included, (ix) the names and titles of passengers or individuals who incurred the expense; and (g) what are the details of all expenditures on gifts related to the conference, including, for each, the (i) value, (ii) description, (iii) vendor from whom it was purchased, (iv) recipient?

Q-2949² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the containment curtain installed in Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park: (a) what are the total costs incurred from the containment curtain, broken down by expense; (b) who installed the containment curtain; (c) what is the total cost of installation for the containment curtain; (d) what is the total amount, if any, that will be refunded to the federal government by the suppliers following the damage that resulted in the removal of the containment curtain; (e) on what date did Parks Canada initially find out that the containment curtain was damaged; (f) who did Parks Canada directly inform about the containment curtain’s damage, and when were each of them notified; (g) for each notice in (f), what is the name and title of the Parks Canada official who provided the notice and what method of communication was used; (h) what are the details of how Parks Canada informed the public of the containment curtain’s damage prior to the removal, including the date of public notice, and the method of communication used; (i) what elected officials were informed by Parks Canada of the containment curtain’s (i) damage, (ii) removal, if any; (j) were any of the elected officials in (i) a (i) mayor, (ii) reeve, (iii) councillor, (iv) member of the Legislative Assembly, or (v) member of Parliament, and, if so, what was their name and title; (k) who will be financially responsible for the damage incurred to the containment curtain, broken down by (i) entity, (ii) cost; and (l) will the containment curtain be re-installed in Clear Lake in 2025?

Q-2950² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the allegations outlined in the forensic audit conducted for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) by PricewaterhouseCoopers related to the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation: what are the details of the report, broken down by each allegation in the report, including (i) a summary of the allegation, (ii) the audit’s finding or conclusion, (iii) the amount of ineligible expenses involved, (iv) the amount of questionable expenses involved, (v) the total amount of expenses involved, (vi) ISC’s response to the finding?

Q-2951² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to RCMP surplus vehicles, since January 1, 2021: (a) how many vehicles have been (i) sold, (ii) junked or crushed; (b) of the vehicles that were sold, what was the (i) make and model, (ii) year, (iii) sale price, (iv) date sold, (v) reason for the surplus (too many miles, damage, etc.); (c) of the vehicles that were junked, what was the (i) make and model, (ii) year, (iii) date sold, (iv) reason for being junked (too many miles, damage, etc.), (v) cost incurred by the RCMP related to the junking or crushing, (vi) revenue received by the RCMP for scrap; (d) how many surplus vehicles are currently sitting in storage awaiting sale or junking; and (e) what is the breakdown of (d) by make, model and year of the vehicle?

Q-2952² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the $254,746 in construction and renovation costs incurred by the government at 80 Wellington Street, since 2015, related to general upgrades of meeting facilities and collaborative spaces: what is the detailed breakdown of the costs, including, for each expenditure, the (i) amount, (ii) description of the goods or services, (iii) vendor, (iv) date?

Q-2953² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to government policies that prohibit working with certain vendors or contractors: (a) what are the names of all vendors and contractors who are either currently, or have at some point since November 4, 2015, been prohibited, banned, or otherwise deemed ineligible from doing work with (i) the Department of National Defence, (ii) the Canadian Armed Forces, (iii) NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, (iv) the Government of Canada or all other departments and agencies; and (b) for each vendor or contractor in (a), what is the (i) date on which the entity was prohibited or banned, (ii) date on which the ban ends or is scheduled to end, (iii) reason for the ban, (iv) location where the vendor or contractor is based, including the city, province or territory, and country?

Q-2954² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to privacy breaches that occurred since March 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: (a) how many breaches have occurred; and (b) what are the details of each breach, including (i) the date, (ii) the number of individuals whose information was involved, (iii) the summary or description of the incident, (iv) the government program or service that was impacted by the breach, (v) whether or not the individuals whose information was involved were contacted, (vi) the date and method of how the individuals were contacted, (vii) whether or not the Privacy Commissioner was notified, (viii) the description of any measures provided to individuals impacted, such as free credit monitoring services, (ix) the estimated cost to fix the problem or vulnerability that led to the breach, (x) the cost to compensate those whose information was impacted, if applicable?

Q-2955² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to funding provided through the Housing Accelerator Fund: (a) how much funding has been provided to date, broken down by city or municipality and by province or territory; and (b) what are the key milestones that must be achieved before the federal government provides the next Housing Accelerator Fund payment, broken down by city or municipality?

Q-2956² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the Federal Lands Initiative, since the program launched in February 2019: how many homes (i) have been built, (ii) are currently under development?

Q-2957² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the disposal of federal land for housing: (a) how many properties are currently in the disposal process; (b) how many properties have been declared surplus; (c) how many homes are expected to be built on these surplus properties; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) through (c) by province or territory and by municipality?

Q-2958² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s report titled “Progress on the National Housing Strategy, June 2024” and the figures listed on page 4 related to the Federal Lands Initiative: (a) what is the number of new units under the Federal Lands Initiative, in total, and broken down by current status, including (i) unconditionally committed, but not yet under construction, (ii) conditionally committed, but not yet under construction, (iii) under construction, (iv) built; and (b) what is the number of renewal or renovation units under the Federal Lands Initiative, in total, and broken down by current status, including (i) unconditionally committed, but not yet under construction, (ii) conditionally committed, but not yet under construction, (iii) under construction, (iv) built?

Q-2959² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to government funding for housing related programs: how much has the government budgeted for the future, broken down by program, year, and department or agency?

Q-2960² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s announcement on September 13, 2024 to provide Telesat with a $2.14 billion loan: (a) how many households has Telesat committed to connecting with high-speed internet, service specifically as a result of the $2.14 billion, and by what date will the households be connected; (b) what are the complete details of financial penalties, if any, for not connecting the number of households agreed to in the funding agreement; (c) of the households that will receive high-speed internet in (a), what is the number of households that will receive (i) upgraded broadband services, (ii) new broadband services; (d) of the households in (a), what is the breakdown in each province and territory; (e) what is the government’s current equity stake in Telesat in terms of value, percentage of equity, and number of shares, as well as the details of each equity transaction since 2015, including the (i) date, (ii) total price or amount, (iii) type of transaction (bought or sold), (iv) number of shares or percentage of equity, (v) share price, if applicable; (f) what specific communities will Telesat Lightspeed “expand Internet and 5G networks” to, as stated in the press release released by the prime minister’s office; (g) of the jobs that will be created from the agreement, how many are (i) direct, (ii) indirect; (h) of the jobs in (g), how many are (i) full-time, (ii) part-time, (iii) temporary, (iv) contract; (i) what are the terms and conditions of the loan repayment, including the (i) amount to be repaid, (ii) maturity rate, (iii) interest rate, (iv) amortization rate, (v) repayment schedule; (j) what was the equity valuation of Telesat LEO determined by the government (i) at the time the loan agreement was signed, (ii) on September 13, 2024; (k) what was the equity valuation of Telesat Corporation determined by the government (i) at the time the loan agreement was signed, (ii) on September 13, 2024; and (l) was the Minister of Rural Economic Development present at the announcement, and, if not, why not?

Q-2961² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to Canada Border Services Agency tracking of travellers exiting Canada, broken down by year and by quarter: (a) what is the total number of people who have exited Canada by commercial air travel since June 25, 2020, broken down by (i) country of citizenship, (ii) country travelling to, (iii) age, broken down as follows (I) 0-18, (II) 18-65, (III) 65+; and (b) what is the total number of people who have exited Canada by land travel since July 11, 2019, broken down by (i) country of citizenship, (ii) age, broken down as follows (I) 0-18, (II) 18-65, (III) 65+?

Q-2962² — September 16, 2024 — — With regard to family reunification measures for Yazidis who have been resettled to Canada, broken down by year: (a) what is the total number of applications that (i) have been received, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still in process; (b) how many dependents are associated with these applications in each of the categories in (a); (c) what is the average processing time for applications in each of the categories in (a); (d) what were the primary reasons for rejection; (e) what is the geographical distribution of accepted applicants within Canada; (f) has the government set a cap on the number of applications for Yazidi family reunification, and, if so, what is that cap and how was it determined; and (g) what are the government's plans for future intakes under this program, including any changes to the cap or eligibility criteria?

Q-2963² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to full-time Governor in Council appointees: (a) what GCQ 9 classified positions are currently (i) vacant, (ii) filled; (b) what GCQ 10 classified positions are currently (i) vacant, (ii) filled; and (c) for each filled position in (a) and (b), who was appointed to the position?

Q-2964² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the filing requirements for the GST and HST for businesses, broken down by calendar year from 2018 through 2023, and by province or territory: how many businesses filed their GST return using (i) only electronic returns, (ii) paper returns for some, or all, of their filings?

Q-2965² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to travel expenditures incurred by the government, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: what were the total travel expenditures, broken down by object code and type of travel (i.e. 0251 Public servant travel - OperationaI activities, 0264 Non-public servant travel - Training, etc.) incurred during the (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24, fiscal year?

Q-2966² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to simultaneous interpretation services provided by the Translation Bureau since January 1, 2020: how many requests were received for interpretation at meetings of the Cabinet or its committees where the Translation Bureau was unable to fulfill the request at the originally suggested or scheduled time due to a lack of resources, broken down by calendar year?

Q-2967² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to Jasper National Park, since 2015: (a) did any government department or agency do any consultations on the impact of the invasive mountain pine beetle, fire management, and fire preparedness, and, if so, (i) which groups and people were consulted, (ii) how much money was spent on the consultation process, (iii) what were the results or recommendations of the consultations, (iv) when were the consultations conducted, (v) how were the consultations conducted; (b) what briefings on the impact of the invasive mountain pine beetle, fire management, and fire preparedness were produced for the Privy Council Office, the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Office of the Prime Minister or any other government department; (c) what conversations, online, written, spoken, or otherwise, took place amongst Parks Canada or Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) officials in determining efforts to mitigate the impact of the mountain pine beetle; (d) following the mountain pine beetle infestation, what consideration led to the decision by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to withhold the data on how many hectares of dead pine were left standing in Jasper National Park, and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient; (e) how many hectares of dead pine were left standing in Jasper National Park; (f) following the release of 2021 Briefing Book and its advice that “There is still much work to do to mitigate Mountain Pine Beetle related impacts particularly in the forests surrounding communities within the Rocky Mountain National Parks, e.g. Jasper”, what consideration was undertaken by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or ECCC to address this concern, and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient; (g) following the 2022 Parks Canada Implementation Report to Parliament that warned precautions were inadequate and that “Fire has not yet been applied for Whitebark Pine restoration”, what consideration was undertaken by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or ECCC to address this concern and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient?

Q-2968² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) risk assessments on imports of honeybee hives, nucleus colonies, package bee imports, and honeybee queens: (a) what are the details of all documents prepared related to the 2003 and 2013 CFIA assessments about the possibility of opening the border with the United States for such imports, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) subject matter, (iii) type of document, (iv) department’s internal tracking number, (v) sender, (vi) recipients, (vii) summary of the contents; (b) what is the reason that a risk assessment for such imports was not undertaken between 2013 and 2023; (c) what are the details of all documents related to the matter in (b), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) subject matter, (iii) type of document, (iv) department’s internal tracking number, (v) sender, (vi) recipients, (vii) summary of the contents; (d) what are the details of the proposed 2024 CFIA risk assessment for the import of honeybee hives, nucleus colonies, package bee imports, and honeybee queens from the United States, including, (i) which groups and people were consulted, (ii) how much money was spent on the consultation process, (iii) what were the results or recommendations of the consultations, (iv) when were the consultations conducted, (v) how were the consultations conducted; and (e) what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to matters in (d), including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient, (vii) summary of the contents?

Q-2969² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the $75 million allocated to the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking announced on September 4, 2019: (a) what is the breakdown of how the $75 million was spent, including (i) which departments and agencies received funding, (ii) how much each received, (iii) how much was allocated for each initiative, program or organization; (b) what are the details of all projects and programs which have been provided funding, to date, through the strategy, including, for each, the (i) name, (ii) project description, (iii) amount, (iv) date of the funding, (v) start date of the project or program, (vi) end date of the project or program, (vii) duration of the project or program funded, (viii) recipient, (ix) location; and (c) what criteria or process was used to determine which projects were funded and how much each project received?

Q-2970² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s commitment in the 2019 National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking to establish a federal advisory committee of victims and survivors: (a) on what date was the committee established; (b) who are the members of the committee; (c) who is the Chair of the committee; (d) how many times, and on what dates, has the committee met; (e) for each meeting in (d), what were the agenda items; (f) what are the details related to the individuals and organizations the government consulted related to the establishment, structure, composition or any other aspect of the committee, including (i) when was each consulted, (ii) what feedback was received; (g) how much was spent on the consultation process, in total, and broken down by type of expense; (h) how much was spent on the committee and what was the committee budget (i) each year since 2019, (ii) for each of the next three years; and (i) what are the details of all memorandums or briefing notes provided to the Minister of Public Safety or his office, or the Prime Minister or his office, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient, (vii) summary of the contents?

Q-2971² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Projects, since January 1, 2020: (a) how much funding has been provided by the government for any such projects, in total and broken down by individual project; and (b) has the government received any requests for such projects which it has not yet funded, and, if so, what are the details of the requests and the reason why they have not yet been funded?

Q-2972² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to visitor visa applicants and assessments done by the government, including agencies such as the Canada Border Services Agency at border crossings: what are the criteria used to assess the admissibility of applicants, including the amount of funds that applicants must have, broken down by type of visa?

Q-2973² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the Minister of Public Safety's announcement on May 8, 2023, about the government investing $390 million "in programs to help stop gun crime and gang violence before it starts": (a) how much of the $390 million has been spent to date in total, broken down by province or territory; (b) which organizations received the funding and how much did each receive; (c) what were the guidelines used to determine the eligibility of a funding recipient; and (d) what metrics and accountability measures is the government using to ensure that organizations use the funding in an appropriate fashion?

Q-2974² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration and Refugee Board hearings on refugee claims, in 2021 and 2022: (a) for accepted written hearings, (i) what is the total number of persons on all applications, (ii) what is the amount of applications that had one person's name attached, (iii) what is the amount of applications that had more than one person's name attached, (iv) what is the amount of applications that had a marital partner's name attached, (v) what is the amount of applications that had one or more children's names attached, (vi) what is the amount of applications that had a dependent other than a marital spouse or a child attached, (vii) what is the total amount of persons' names on all applications; and (b) of the total amount of persons' names accepted through written hearings, (i) what is the number broken down by country of origin, (ii) what is the amount of people of each age, broken down by year from 0 to 100 years old, (iii) what is the amount of people broken down by gender, (iv) what is the amount of people showing English language proficiency, (v) what is the amount of people showing French language proficiency, (vi) what is the amount of people showing both English and French language proficiency?

Q-2975² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s relationship with the Canadian Climate Institute: (a) what role did the government have in the creation and beginnings of the institute; (b) how much funds to date has the government provided to the institute; (c) what are the details of the government’s contribution agreement with the institute, including (i) its duration, (ii) the funding provided each year, (iii) reporting requirements, (iv) independent audit requirements, (v) any other conditions of the agreement; (d) what is the government’s understanding related to what percentage of the institute’s operating budget comes from government funding as opposed to other sources; (e) does Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) have the complete details of other funding sources the institute draws from on an annual basis; (f) if the answer to (e) is yes, what are the details of all the funding sources, including the (i) type of donor (corporation, not-for-profit corporation, charity, other levels of government, etc.), (ii) amount of the contribution, (iii) year of the contribution; (g) what is the charitable purpose of the institute as per the requirements of the Income Tax Act; and (h) what information does ECCC have regarding other charities or other initiatives with which the institute is formally engaged, including the (i) name of the charity or initiative, (ii) description of the engagement, (iii) amount of the donation or contribution?

Q-2976² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA’s audit and subsequent revocation of the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF): (a) since 2015, how many meetings with external stakeholders, either virtual or in-person, did the CRA have regarding the JNF’s charitable status; (b) how many meetings did the CRA officials have, either virtual or in-person, with JNF officials since 2015; (c) what are the details of the meetings in (a) and (b), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) names and titles of the attendees, (iii) purpose of the meeting, (iv) agenda items, (v) summary of what occurred at the meeting, including anything that was agreed to; and (d) what are the details of all meeting requests the CRA declined or did not respond to from the JNF since 2015, including, for each, the (i) date of the request, (ii) names and affiliations of those who made the request, (iii) purpose of the requested meeting, (iv) reason the meeting was declined or not responded to?

Q-2977² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the administration of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada: (a) what is the current national standardized protocol for administering MAID; (b) if the answer to (a) is that there is no standardized protocol, why not; (c) how is the government evaluating the MAID protocols with regard to (i) their effectiveness, especially with regard to minimizing pain, (ii) procedure complications, (iii) procedure risks; (d) since 2016, what independent medical research has the government either commissioned or collected that (i) evaluates MAID clinical practice and studies the evidence with regard to the medical risks and complications in MAID deaths carried out to date, particularly as they pertain to the medications used and dosages given, (ii) analyzes the totality of patients’ physical experiences and impacts; (e) if the answer to (d) is none, what are the reasons; (f) how many autopsy reports have been done on MAID patients; (g) if the answer to (f) is none or unknown, what are the reasons; (h) are any of the medications used to administer MAID in Canada used in executions in other countries; (i) are any of the medications used to administer MAID illegal or prohibited in other countries; (j) if the answers to (h) or (i) are in the affirmative, what are the details, including the (i) medication name, (ii) countries where it is used, (iii) method of use for execution or reasons the medication is illegal or prohibited; (k) is the government aware of concerns from some medical professionals that the use of Midazolam and Propofol in MAID has the potential of causing a painful death even if it appears outwardly peaceful, and, if so, what is the government’s response; (l) what is the government doing to investigate the concerns in (k); (m) why does Statistics Canada not classify MAID as a cause of death; and (n) when will the government resolve the death reporting incongruence between Statistics Canada and Health Canada?

Q-2978² — September 17, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the One Health approach: (a) has the government undertaken a formal and public review of Canada’s whole-of-government pandemic response to learn from the past and inform future national pandemic planning; (b) if the answer to (a) is negative, what are the reasons; (c) if the answer to (a) is negative, when will the government conduct a formal and public review of Canada’s whole-of-government pandemic response; (d) how does the government define a pandemic; (e) what is the government’s current policy with regard to the One Health approach; (f) how does the government define One Health; (g) if this term is not defined by the government, what are the parameters by which it plans to ensure compliance with the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations and the Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response accord; (h) how will the government implement a One Health approach as part of its public health planning in the future; and (i) what is the extent to which efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be included in the government’s One Health approach?

Q-2979² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Settlement Program, the Resettlement Assistance Program, the Interim Housing Assistance Program, the International Migration Capacity Building Program, and the Francophone Immigration Support Program, for the fiscal years 2015-16 to 2023-24, broken down by program and province or territory: (a) what organizations applied for grants, contributions or loans; (b) how much did each organization apply for on an annual basis; (c) how much did each organization receive on an annual basis; (d) how much of their funding did IRCC allocate to administrative costs on an annual basis; and (e) what were the actual administrative costs on an annual basis?

Q-2980² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to funding provided through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Settlement Program, the Resettlement Assistance Program, the Interim Housing Assistance Program, the International Migration Capacity Building Program or the Francophone Immigration Support Program for the fiscal years 2015-16 to 2023-24 to any corporation, non-profit organization or other third party that operates within the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: (a) what are those entities; (b) how much did each entity receive, broken down by fiscal year; (c) how much of that funding was actually spent on initiatives, projects, administration or other activities within the city of Saskatoon; (d) did the government audit or require that audits be conducted on any of these entities, either on a fiscal or program delivery basis, and, if so, what are the details, including, (i) which entities, (ii) whether any of those audits indicated anything unusual that needed to be addressed; and (e) if the answer to (d)(ii) is affirmative, what were these and what remedial actions were taken?

Q-2981² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP): (a) how many individuals living abroad are currently receiving CPP payments, in total and broken down by country; (b) how much was paid out to recipients living abroad during the last fiscal year, in total and broken down by country; (c) of the countries in (a), which ones have (i) signed, (ii) not signed, a treaty with Canada concerning cooperation which would notify the government when a CPP recipient dies and allow the government to recover any payments made to a deceased person as a result of the CPP not being aware of a recipient’s death; (d) last year, how much is estimated to have been wrongfully paid to CPP recipients following a death before the CPP became aware; and (e) of the overpayments in (d), how much (i) has been recovered, (ii) has not been recovered, but is expected to be recovered, (iii) is not expected to be recovered?

Q-2982² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) digital initiative: (a) what are the start and end dates of the cutover period during which there will be no activity related to the processing of accounting for imported goods or processing of refunds of duties and taxes; (b) what are importers supposed to do during this period; (c) what specific measures, if any, are in place to ensure that the CARM transition does not cause harm or disrupt any businesses; (d) what measures are in place to ensure that bonds and access to bonds required for merchandise importation are not a problem for businesses during the transition; and (e) is the government projecting that any financial harm will occur to any businesses as a result of constraints faced during the transition, and, if so, (i) how many businesses are projected to be impacted, (ii) what measures is the government taking to address those harms or constraints?

Q-2983² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the hours of operation at all land ports between Canada and the USA: (a) is the CBSA currently considering or planning (i) any reduction in hours or service at any land points of entry, (ii) to close down any land points of entry; (b) if the answer to (a)(i) or (a)(ii) is affirmative, what reductions or closures are being considered or planned; (c) what are the details of any consultations and studies related to any reductions or closures, broken down by point of entry, including (i) who was consulted, (ii) by what method was the consultation posted; and (d) does the CBSA have any plans to use the ArriveCAN application or digital identification to replace staffed border crossings in favour of automated crossings at any land points of entry, and, if so, which points of entry will be impacted by these changes, and by what date?

Q-2984² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Pain and Suffering Compensation benefit and the Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation benefit awarded by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC): (a) on what criteria does VAC determine the grade-level assigned to veterans with a barrier that affects their life after service; (b) what is the (i) maximum amount, (ii) minimum amount, of this benefit at each grade-level assigned in (a); and (c) what other criteria does the department use to determine benefit amounts in (b)?

Q-2985² — September 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Pain and Suffering Compensation benefit and the Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation benefit awarded by Veterans Affairs Canada, broken down by fiscal year since 2008-09: (a) how many applications were received; (b) how many applications were (i) approved, (ii) denied; (c) how many applications were from veterans suffering from cancer related to their service in the (i) Royal Canadian Navy, (ii) Canadian Army, (iii) Royal Canadian Air Force; and (d) how many of the applications in (a) were from veterans who identified as women?

Q-2986² — September 19, 2024 — — With regard to the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) contribution room being included on the Notice of Assessment (NOA) until February 2011: (a) what was the CRA's justification for removing the TFSA contribution room from the NOA; (b) has the CRA examined other methods to communicate the TFSA contribution room to those without access to the internet or phone services, and, if so, what methods have been examined, and why have they been implemented or not; (c) has the CRA received any complaints regarding the removal of the TFSA contribution room from the NOA since 2011; and (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, how many complaints were received, broken down by (i) province, (ii) federal riding adjusted to 2024 boundaries, (iii) communication medium (email, phone call, letter, etc.)?

Q-2987² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to temporary resident visas and permits, or other types of visitor entry authorizations: (a) how many visas expire, between September 2024 and December 2025, broken down by type of visa; (b) how many visitors are currently in Canada without a temporary resident visa, in total and broken down by type of permit or other authorization; and (c) of the visitors in (b), how many have permits or authorizations scheduled to expire between September 2024 and December 2025, broken down by month and type of permit or authorization?

Q-2988² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to the Prime Minister's announcement that Mark Carney would chair the Prime Minister's economic growth task force: (a) what measures, if any, are in place to ensure that Mr. Carney is not in a conflict of interest, including, but not limited to, any requirements to divest assets, put assets in a blind trust, or recuse himself from any advice that could impact the economic well-being of Brookfield Asset Management; (b) has the government received a list of assets, investments, and sources of revenue from Mr. Carney to ensure that he is not asked for advice on any issue which could have a financial implication for him; and (c) what measures, if any, are in place to ensure that Mr. Carney is not asked for advice for which his answer could cause a personal financial benefit?

Q-2989² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to statistics on child care spaces operating as part of the government’s Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Agreements: (a) how many child care spaces in the program are priced at or below the $10 per day level, broken down by province or territory; (b) how many child care spaces in the program exceed the $10 per day level, but receive a subsidy to lower the daily fee, broken down by province or territory; and (c) how many child care spaces does the government estimate there are in each province or territory that are operating without ELCC subsidized daily fee reductions?

Q-2990² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to the requirements outlined in the Early Learning and Child Care Agreements for provinces and territories to report certain statistics and results related to agreement participation to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) by October 1 of each year: what are the details, including the statistics and results, of the information that was reported to ESDC for the time period covered by the filing with the October 1, 2023, deadline, broken down by province or territory?

Q-2991² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to government contracts with healthcare agencies to serve rural and remote Indigenous communities at Indigenous Services Canada, broken down by fiscal year, since 2017-18: (a) what is the total number of contracts signed; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed, including the (i) agency contracted, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) number of healthcare practitioners provided, (iv) duration of the contract; and (c) what is the total amount of extra costs incurred as a result of relying on contracted services instead of employing healthcare practitioners directly?

Q-2992² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to government contracts with healthcare agencies to service the health and well-being of military members at the Department of National Defence and in the Canadian Armed Forces, broken down by fiscal year, since 2017-18: (a) what is the total number of contracts signed; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed, including the (i) agency contracted, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) number of healthcare practitioners provided, (iv) duration of the contract; and (c) what is the total amount of extra costs incurred as a result of relying on contracted services instead of employing healthcare practitioners directly?

Q-2993² — September 20, 2024 — — With regard to the Small Craft Harbours (SCH) program, broken down by year for each year from the 2019-20 fiscal year through the 2024-25 fiscal year: (a) what are the details of all project expenditures made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) under the SCH program, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) project description or summary, (v) constituency, (vi) summary of what the amount was used for; (b) what is the amount of fixed annual funding allocated by the DFO to each harbour, broken down by location and constituency; (c) what specific criteria and metrics are used by the DFO to determine how much funding is allocated to each harbour; (d) what specific formula or grading system is used to determine how much funding each harbour is eligible for; (e) using the formula or grading system in (d), what grade or score did each harbour receive, broken down by location, and how much potential funding would be allocated to the harbour associated with such a grade or score; and (f) what are the details of all project applications received under the SCH program since January 1, 2019, which have not yet been funded, including, for each, the (i) date received, (ii) name of the harbour associated with the application, (iii) location, (iv) amount requested, (v) reason for which the funding has yet to be provided, (vi) funding expected to be provided in the future?

Q-2994² — September 23, 2024 — — With regard to government contracts with healthcare agencies to serve inmate populations in all federal penitentiaries at Correctional Service Canada, broken down by fiscal year, since 2017-18: (a) what is the total number of contracts signed; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed, including the (i) agency contracted, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) number of healthcare practitioners provided, (iv) duration of the contract; and (c) what is the total amount of extra costs incurred as a result of relying on contracted services instead of employing healthcare practitioners directly?

Q-2995² — September 23, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA's assessment and collection data on vessel registrations, broken down by year since January 1, 2016: how many pleasure crafts, broken down by new and used, were registered in Canada with a total sales price (i) below $250,000, (ii) between $250,000 and $500,000, (iii) above $500,000 and up to $1 million, (iv) above $1 million?

Q-2996² — September 23, 2024 — — With regard to government funding allocated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA): (a) what are the details of all funding allocated by the government to the UNRWA since November 4, 2015, broken down by each appropriations act or estimate, including each Main or Supplementary Estimate which contained funding for the UNRWA and the associated amounts; and (b) for each instance of a funding allocation in (a), what specific projects, transfers or other items were funded with the allocation, and how much funding did each project, transfer, or other item receive?

Q-2997² — September 23, 2024 — — With regard to the government's response to Order Paper question Q-2804 which lists Afghanistan, Palestinian Territories (Gaza), Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Venezuela, and Yemen (hereinafter referred to as "entities") as having all received funds through Global Affairs Canada's Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details for each CFLI grant, including (i) the total amount, (ii) the file number, (iii) the website where the grant is applicable online, (iv) the department, (v) the purpose of the grant, (vi) who specifically requested the CFLI grant from the list of above entities, (vii) the date of the application, (viii) the recipient, (ix) whether the grant was given directly to a foreign government or another organization; and (b) for cases where the grant was given to an organization, what are the names of each organization, the dates when the grant was provided, and the rationale for selecting the organization?

Q-2998² — September 23, 2024 — — With regard to the carbon tax revenues collected from small businesses since 2019 and the over $2.5 billion in fuel charge rebates owed to small businesses: (a) what is the average processing time for the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses as announced in budget 2024; (b) when can businesses who filed their 2023 taxes before the deadline of July 15, 2024, expect their rebate; and (c) how many businesses who filed their 2023 taxes before the deadline of July 15, 2024, have received their tax credit as of September 23, 2024?

Q-2999² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to government funding for Équiterre, since November 4, 2015, broken down by department or agency: (a) what are the details of each instance where the government provided funding to Équiterre, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of funding (grant, loan, contract, etc.), (iv) details of the funding agreement, (v) purpose of the funding; and (b) for each funding instance that was in the form of a contract, was the contract awarded through a sole-sourced or competitive bid process?

Q-3000² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to government assistance available to clients of the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: (a) what is the duration of the program from a client’s date of arrival in Canada to its end; (b) what are the criteria for determining the duration of the program for each client; (c) what are the criteria required for extending the duration of the program, and for how long can it be extended; (d) what are the criteria for determining the allowance amount for each client; (e) what is the total possible amount of the monthly allowance per client category; (f) what is the total possible amount of monthly allowance under the employment incentive policy of the RAP program per client category; (g) what is the total amount to which RAP recipients are entitled per month through the child tax benefit per client category; (h) what is the total amount to which recipients are entitled per month through the RAP housing top-up allowance per client category; (i) what is the total amount of the start-up allowance entitled to clients of the program, broken down by client category; and (j) what are the minimum and maximum allowances of other sources of income available to RAP clients, broken down by client category and type of income?

Q-3001² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to federally-funded salmon hatcheries in British Columbia, the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador: (a) how many federally-funded salmon hatcheries are currently in operation in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (b) what has been the yearly amount of federal funding spent on hatcheries, broken down by each of the last five years, in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (c) how many salmon smolts were released in total from these hatcheries, broken down by each of the last five years, in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (d) for each of the next five years, how many additional hatcheries are planned for (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (e) for each of the next five years, how many additional salmon smolts will be released in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; and (f) for each of the next five years, how much additional spending will be required for the additional hatcheries, broken down by each of the regions in (d)?

Q-3002² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to information held by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Northern cod, Greenland halibut and redfish: (a) for Northern cod, what is the average catch rate (i) per net per hour in a 5.5 inch mesh in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization's (NAFO) areas 2J, 3K and 3L in kilograms, (ii) per hook used in NAFO areas 2J, 3K and 3L in kilograms, broken down by area in each of the last five years, based on fish harvester logbook submissions; (b) for Greenland halibut, what (i) is the average catch rate per net per hour in NAFO areas 2J, 3K and 3L in gill nets broken down by area in each of the last five years, (ii) percentage of migratory area is within Canadian waters compared to NAFO waters outside Canada's 200 mile limit, (iii) percentage of the quota is issued to the Canadian fleet vs NAFO allocation, (iv) has the biomass been for each of the last five years for the stock inside and outside Canada's 200 mile limit; and (c) for redfish, what is the biomass in NAFO areas 2J and 3K in each of the last seven years, broken down by area and year?

Q-3003² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and the cost of raising a child in Canada: (a) what is the benchmark used within ESDC regarding the minimum cost of raising a child in Canada, broken down by the (i) age, (ii) province or territory of residence, of the child; (b) where does the benchmark in (a) originate; (c) how often is the benchmark updated; and (d) what formula is used to determine the benchmark?

Q-3004² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to the government providing financial aid to the Palestinian Territories (Gaza): (a) what is the total amount of financial aid given to the Palestinian Territories (Gaza) (i) between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2022, (ii) between January 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, (iii) since October 1, 2023; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by specific federal program through which the aid was administered; (c) what are the details of each grant, including the (i) website where the grant is applicable online, (ii) date of the application, (iii) department or agency administering the aid or grant, (iv) purpose of the federal aid or grant provided to the Palestinian Territories (Gaza), (v) date of the provision of aid, (vi) recipient, (vii) file number; (d) was federal aid given directly to the Palestinian Territories (Gaza) or a third-party organization, and, if so, how much was given to each; and (e) if aid was given to third-party organizations, what (i) are the names of each organization, (ii) are the dates on which the aid or grant was provided, (iii) is the rationale for selecting each organization, (iv) is the total amount given to each organization, (v) reporting obligations were required from each organization on the use of the aid, if any?

Q-3005² — September 24, 2024 — — With regard to the government's response to Order Paper question Q-2695 concerning individuals who were made to repay or whose COVID-era benefits such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the Canada Emergency Student Benefit, the Canada Recovery Benefit, the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit or the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit were clawed back by the CRA: (a) what is the number of individuals with a COVID-19 benefit "repayment or clawback", broken down by (i) income group, (ii) province or territory of residence; and (b) what is the total number of individuals who were affected and the total amount which was repaid or clawed back by the government?

Q-3006² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiatives in departments and agencies, broken down by item and year: what programs and initiatives from the (i) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, (ii) Department of National Defence, (iii) Department of Veterans Affairs, (iv) Department of Health, (v) Public Health Agency of Canada, are expected to see funding refocused?

Q-3007² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to board of directors' meetings at the Canada Infrastructure Bank in which a declaration, conflict, potential perception of conflict, abstention or recusal was noted in the meeting minutes from December 1, 2022, to April 30, 2024: what are the details of each instance noted in the meeting minutes, broken down by director, including (i) the decision in question, (ii) the amount of funding tied to the decision, (iii) the name of the entity receiving funding related to the decision, (iv) the name of the board member for whom a declaration, conflict, potential perception of conflict, abstention or recusal was noted, (v) the reason for which the declaration, conflict, potential perception of conflict, abstention or recusal was divulged by the board member, (vi) whether the board member held a private interest in the decision?

Q-3008² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to on-the-water and dockside enforcement patrols carried out by Fisheries and Oceans Canada enforcement officers in lobster fishing areas 34 and 35 from July 1, 2024, to September 20, 2024: what are the details of each patrol, including the (i) date it occurred, (ii) number of enforcement officers present, (iii) duration, (iv) lobster fishing areas covered, (v) number of tickets with fines issued, (vi) number of arrests, (vii) number of individuals detained, (viii) number of lobster traps confiscated?

Q-3009² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to firefighter garments held, or purchased, by the government: (a) how many firefighter garments purchased by the government since 2015 contain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or finishes; (b) what are the details of each purchase in (a), including the (i) year of the purchase, (ii) company name of the supplier, (iii) company name of the producer, (iv) location of the producer, (v) total number of garments purchased, (vi) total cost of the purchased garments; (c) how many firefighter garments that contain PFAS or finishes have been disposed of by the government at any point since 2018; and (d) for each disposal in (c), what was the (i) total number of garments disposed of, (ii) method of disposal, (iii) entity or vendor that disposed of the garments, (iv) date of the disposal, (v) location of the entity responsible for the disposal?

Q-3010² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to the announcement made by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry on June 6, 2024, that effective immediately Sustainable Development Technology Canada funding would resume under reinforced contribution agreements with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED): for each agreement, what (i) is the name of the company with which it was signed, (ii) is the name of the project that is receiving funding, (iii) is the projected environmental benefit that is expected from the project, (iv) is the projected emission reduction that is expected from the project, (v) is the total cost of the project, (vi) is the total amount of funding announced, (vii) is the total amount of funding distributed thus far, (viii) is the total amount of funding received for the project from other granting agencies managed by ISED, (ix) are the criteria considered to be eligible for a project?

Q-3011² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to the Giant Mine remediation project: (a) how much of the over $800 million that Public Services and Procurement Canada has received for the project has been spent (i) internally, (ii) on outside contractors, (iii) on consultants; (b) what are the names of the consultants in (a)(iii) and their organizations; and (c) how much has been spent to date on the project, in total and broken down by (i) purpose, (ii) recipient of the funding, (iii) date of the expenditure?

Q-3012² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to the new General Purpose Sleeping Bag System (GPSBS) contracted by the Department of National Defence: (a) what are the details of the contract, including how much money was allocated for the (i) development, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) distribution, of the GPSBS; (b) which companies were contracted with regard to the GPSBS, broken down by the (i) contracting parties, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) nature or description of the work, (iv) start and end dates; (c) in which country were the GPSBS products manufactured; (d) how many of these GPSBS were manufactured in total; and (e) how many of these GPSBS were distributed to the Canadian Armed Forces?

Q-3013² — September 25, 2024 — — With regard to employment at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) since January 1, 2019: (a) how many new jobs or full-time equivalent positions have been created at the PHAC, broken down by year; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) type of position, (ii) location, (iii) Treasury Board classification level, or occupational group level, and associated salary range; (c) has the PHAC eliminated any positions, and, if so, what is the breakdown by year of how many jobs or full-time equivalent positions were eliminated; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) type of position, (ii) location, (iii) Treasury Board classification level, or occupational group level, and associated salary range?

Q-3014² — September 26, 2024 — — With regard to the production and printing of passports in Manitoba since 2015: (a) how many passport printers are active in Manitoba; (b) where are the printers in (a) located; (c) what is the total number of passports printed in Manitoba, broken down by year, at each location; (d) how many printer breakdowns have occurred, broken down by year, at each location; (e) on average, for how long did breakdowns disrupt printing operations; and (f) how many passport applications have been received at the Gatineau-Hull Service Canada Centre and Passport Services from Manitoba?

Q-3015² — September 26, 2024 — — With regard to federal health care investments, since October 1, 2021: (a) how many personal support workers have been trained as a result of federal funding, broken down by province or territory and by year; and (b) broken down by province or territory, what is the total number of personal support workers (i) currently working, (ii) earning at least $25 an hour as a result of federal investments, (iii) earning under $25 an hour?

Q-3016² — September 26, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Dental Care Plan, broken down by federal electoral district: what is the total number of oral health care providers who participate in the Canadian Dental Care Plan?

Q-3017² — September 26, 2024 — — With regard to the Trans Mountain Corporation’s management of the Trans Mountain pipeline and related spill hazards: (a) is the Trans Mountain Corporation prepared to contain diluted bitumen that will both float and sink depending upon conditions; (b) where will beach clean-up workers come from; (c) will the workers in (b) be trained for clean-up of hazardous materials; (d) is there a plan to protect citizens who want to assist in clean-up; (e) when will the fiber optic spill detection system be fully operational; (f) what length of the pipeline will not be equipped with dual leak detection at the time in (e); (g) where are the sections in (f) located along the pipeline; (h) how will the sections of the pipeline without dual-leak detection be monitored; (i) regarding Transport Canada's suggestion that, in the event of a spill in Burrard Inlet or English Bay, some people may require evacuation, what plans are in place to care for them; (j) how many people in the potential evacuation zone (i) have asthma or other chronic lung conditions, (ii) cannot tolerate fumes from a diluted bitumen spill, (iii) will need special care due to other disability during an evacuation; (k) how many evacuees are expected in the case of a marine spill; (l) has there been an assessment of local hospitals’ capacity to handle casualties, including burn victims; (m) has there been an assessment of local emergency fire and rescue services' capacity to respond to such an event; (n) are response exercises being performed regularly, and, if so, how often; (o) do the fire services, who would be called in the event of tanker contents catching fire, have previous experience fighting the kind of wildland fires and structural conflagrations that would follow a large ignition in Burrard Inlet; and (p) have any studies been completed to confirm the feasibility of cleaning up diluted bitumen when spilled in various marine environments, and, if so, what are the details, including the (i) date of publishing, (ii) summary of its contents and conclusion?

Q-3018² — September 26, 2024 — — With regard to the Trans Mountain pipeline in British Columbia (BC): (a) in the event of a diluted bitumen tanker spill requiring evacuations, does Transport Canada have guidelines for a response plan that would allow the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) to protect human health in BC; (b) can the federal government confirm the legal, environmental and human health liabilities that will affect the province as a result of the pipeline’s operations; (c) what support is the federal government offering BC to ensure a response plan is in place in the event of a spill; (d) was the federal review of the Trans Mountain pipeline harmonized with the BC EAO's process, specifically in relation to human health and spill response; (e) if the review in (d) was completed, what steps were taken during this process; (f) were the steps in (d) documented and are the results available; and (g) is the federal government aware of the reason the pipeline operations have moved forward, sending diluted bitumen and increased tanker traffic ten-fold, despite the BC government not approving the final environmental certificate on marine response?

Q-3019² — September 27, 2024 — — With regard to the Lytton Homeowner Resilient Rebuild Program: (a) how much money has been distributed through the program to date; (b) how many recipients have received funding through the program; (c) what was the average payment amount received; and (d) how many applications have been received to date?

Q-3020² — September 27, 2024 — — With regard to entities that owe tax to the CRA for unpaid excise tax on cannabis: (a) how many have filed for creditor protection or bankruptcy, broken down by year since the legalization of cannabis; (b) how much excise tax has been written off, in total, and broken down by the province or territory of the entity owing tax; and (c) for each entity which owed unpaid excise tax on cannabis and had their amount owing written off by the CRA, what are the details, including the (i) name of the entity, (ii) location, (iii) amount written off, (iv) date of the write-off, (v) reason for the write-off?

Q-3021² — September 27, 2024 — — With regard to government spending allocated towards port infrastructure projects in Canada since 2019, broken down by year and by department, agency, or other entity which provided the funding: (a) what was the total amount of funding provided to each port, including, for each, the (i) port's name, (ii) amount of funding, (iii) project description or purpose of the funding; and (b) for each instance in (a) where the funding was for a specific project, what was the (i) location, (ii) description, (iii) cost breakdown of the federal funding contribution and all other known funding contributions, (iv) total project cost?

Q-3022² — September 27, 2024 — — With regard to on-the-water and dockside enforcement patrols carried out by Fisheries and Oceans Canada enforcement officers in lobster fishing areas 38, 37 and 36 from July 1, 2024, to September 20, 2024: what are the details of each patrol, including the (i) date it occurred, (ii) number of enforcement officers present, (iii) duration, (iv) lobster fishing areas covered, (v) number of tickets with fines issued, (vi) number of arrests, (vii) number of individuals detained, (viii) number of lobster traps confiscated?

Q-3023² — September 27, 2024 — — With regard to Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada's Northern Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program: (a) what has the government identified as the particular (i) engineering, (ii) geological, (iii) environmental, (iv) social, challenges of the Faro Mine remediation project; (b) what has the government identified as the (i) environmental, (ii) economic, (iii) social, costs and impacts of not undertaking remediation of the Faro Mine site; (c) what is the projected budget of the Faro Mine remediation (i) for the complete remediation, (ii) broken down by year until the project is completed; (d) have the consultants contracted by the government to date recommended any ongoing site maintenance after the projected remediation completion date of 2036-37; (e) what, if any, is the estimated duration of ongoing post-completion site maintenance; (f) what are the estimated annual costs for post-completion maintenance; (g) what were the total expenditures on (i) consultants, (ii) construction and maintenance, (iii) materials, each year from 2020-21 to 2024-25; (h) what are the details of all consulting contracts signed related to the program, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) issues consulted on, (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (i) has the government held any public consultations on the program since January 1, 2020, and, if so, what are the details of each consultation, including (i) the date, (ii) the location, (iii) the form (town hall meeting, online questionnaire, etc.), (iv) who conducted it, (v) the total associated expenditures, broken down by type of expense, (vi) the summary of the feedback received from the consultation; and (j) how many people does the government estimate are currently affected (i) directly, (ii) indirectly, by the mine site?

Q-3024² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to the Indigenous Health Equity Fund for fiscal year 2024-25: (a) what are the details of all distinctions-based funding supports delivered to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including the (i) name of the community or Nation, (ii) amount of funding delivered, (iii) program authority under which the funding was authorized; (b) what is the total number of applications for distinctions-based funding that were (i) received, (ii) approved, (iii) denied; (c) what are the details of all targeted initiatives that received funding, including the (i) community or organization name, (ii) amount of funding delivered or approved, (iii) initiative or approach funded; and (d) what is the total number of applications for targeted initiatives that were (i) received, (ii) approved, (iii) denied?

Q-3025² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to contaminated sites and waste sites in Nunavut: (a) what is the full list of all contaminated sites and waste sites for which the Government of Canada is responsible, broken down by (i) location, (ii) responsible federal department or agency, (iii) date on which the site was first added to the inventory of sites, (iv) priority level, (v) stage or status of remediation; and (b) what are the processes, formulae, methods, and any other considerations involved in the (i) determination of a site’s priority level, (ii) reassessment of a site’s priority level, including any factors that trigger reassessment and any timelines associated with regular reassessment?

Q-3026² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriScience Program Clusters Component, broken down by year for each of the last ten fiscal years: (a) which organizations applied for funding through the program; and (b) how much was (i) requested, (ii) received, by each organization in (a)?

Q-3027² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to the carbon tax or price on carbon: (a) what were the annual costs to administer the (i) collection of the carbon tax, (ii) rebate program, during the 2023-24 fiscal year; (b) how many employees or full-time equivalents were assigned to work on the (i) collection of the carbon tax, (ii) rebate program, during the 2023-24 fiscal year; and (c) what are the projected costs to administer the (i) collection of the carbon tax, (ii) rebate program, broken down by year between now and 2030?

Q-3028² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to government employees and full-time equivalents at the executive (EX) level or higher: (a) what was the number of such employees during the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2023-24, fiscal year, in total and broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation; and (b) what was the amount paid in salaries and other financial compensation to such employees during the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2023-24, fiscal year, in total and broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation?

Q-3029² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Challenger aircraft, since April 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel?

Q-3030² — October 1, 2024 — — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Airbus and Polaris aircraft since April 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel, (ix) type of aircraft?

Q-3031² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s announcement on September 27, 2023, that it would provide $14 million to help Afghan refugees and host communities impacted by flooding in Pakistan: (a) what is the breakdown of the $14 million, including how much went to (i) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (ii) the World Health Organization (WHO), (iii) other recipients, including how much each received; (b) what are the details of the amount that went to the UNHCR, including (i) which specific projects it funded, (ii) how much funding each project received, (iii) who administered the project; (c) what are the details of the amount that went to the WHO, including (i) which specific projects it funded, (ii) how much funding each project received, (iii) who administered the project; and (d) what specific oversights were in place to ensure that the funding was spent appropriately and did not end up in the hands of the Taliban or other groups that were not intended to receive the funding?

Q-3032² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to the processing of applications at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents have been processing applications at IRCC, broken down by month since January 1, 2024; (b) how many applications were processed by IRCC, broken down by month since January 1, 2024; and (c) what is the daily target or quota of processed applications for those IRCC employees who process applications?

Q-3033² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): (a) how does IRCC use artificial intelligence (AI) in the processing of applications; (b) what concerns or issues about the use of AI in the processing of applications is IRCC aware of, and how has each one of those concerns or issues been addressed; and (c) does IRCC use AI in any circumstances outside of the processing of applications and, if so, how is it used?

Q-3034² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to government dealings with Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions: (a) what measures, if any, are in place to ensure that Brookfield and its subsidiaries do not receive any special or favourable treatment when it comes to government procurement as a result of Mark Carney’s appointment as an advisor to the Prime Minister; (b) are measures in place to remove the names of companies who submitted a bid from documents that go to those who award government contracts to ensure that government procurement managers or ministers who make procurement decisions do not give favourable treatment to Brookfield, and, if not, why not; and (c) on what date did each measure in (a) and (b) come into effect?

Q-3035² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to contracts and agreements that the government has with Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions, or any subsidiary of Brookfield, since November 4, 2015, and broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation: what are the details of all contracts or agreements, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) original amount of the contract, (iv) current or final amount of the contract, (v) description of the goods or services provided, (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (competitive-bid or sole sourced)?

Q-3036² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s announcement that Mark Carney would chair the Prime Minister’s task force on economic growth, has the government: (a) received a list of who are the other members of the task force, and, if so, who are they; (b) been made aware of the dates the task force met, and, if so, on what dates; and (c) been provided with recommendations that the task force made related to economic growth, and, if so, what were the recommendations?

Q-3037² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to the implementation and enforcement of the Canada Labour Code’s Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, broken down by year and by individual department, agency, Crown corporation, including Canada Post, and federally regulated business: (a) how many notices of occurrence have been reported, and what is the breakdown of the notices by gender, ethnicity, and age; (b) how many assurances of compliance have been reported; (c) what is the number and individual value of fines that have been issued by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for failure to comply with the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations; and (d) what are the criteria used by ESDC to determine when to issue a fine for non-compliance?

Q-3038² — October 2, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Dental Care Plan, broken down by federal electoral district since the program’s inception: (a) what is the total number of applications (i) received, (ii) approved; and (b) how many people have been enrolled in the Canadian Dental Care Plan, broken down by age group and by Disability tax credit certificate status?

Q-3039² — October 3, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding to non-governmental organizations, broken down by department, agency and fiscal year since January 1, 2006: (a) has (i) the Canadian Independent Medical Clinics Association, (ii) Advocates for Choice in Healthcare, (iii) Innovative Medicines Canada, (iv) the Canadian Health Policy Institute, (v) the Montreal Economic Institute, received federal funding; and (b) how much federal funding, if any, was received by each organization listed in (a)?

Q-3040² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s $700 million loan to Air Transat announced in 2021: (a) what is the loan repayment schedule for the (i) principal owed, (ii) interest owed; (b) did the government exercise the right to purchase 13 million shares, and, if so, (i) on what date were they purchased, (ii) what was the cost per share; and (c) what have been the results of the annual job monitoring done on Air Transat for each year since the loan was issued, overall and for each job requirement that was a part of the condition of the government loan?

Q-3041² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to government dealings with Telesat, since November 4, 2015: (a) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Telesat, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose, (vii) total houses connected to broadband resulting from the contribution; (b) what are the details of all contracts the government has with Telesat, or its subsidiaries, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (c) for each contract in (b) involving consulting services, what was the topic consulted on and what is the summary of any reports or recommendations provided to the government as part of the consulting contract; and (d) did any of the financial contributions in (a) include executive compensation restrictions and, if so, which contributions and what were the restrictions?

Q-3042² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to all types of standby pay for Government of Canada employees since January 1, 2016, broken down by year: (a) what is the total cost of standby pay, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity; (b) how many employees had annual standby payments over $5,000 in each given year, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity; and (c) what was the single highest annual standby payment for an individual employee in each given year, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity?

Q-3043² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to transcriptions or transcripts procured by the government since January 1, 2023, and broken down by department or agency: (a) what is the (i) date of the proceeding or event, (ii) location of the proceeding or event, (iii) description or summary of the proceeding or event, (iv) main participants speaking at the proceeding or event, (v) subject matter of the proceeding or event, for each transcription prepared in this period; (b) what was the cost of each transcription in (a); (c) who requested each transcription in (a) be prepared; and (d) what was the total amount spent on transcriptions or transcripts, broken down by year?

Q-3044² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to the Firearms Buyback Program: what are the details of all contracts related to the program entered into by the government, including any relevant government entity, such as the RCMP, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3045² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in international sport and in Canada up to 1990: (a) what specific actions did Sport Canada (SC) take to combat the use of PEDs after (i) the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) establishment of the Medical Commission in 1967, (ii) the Council of Europe’s resolution on drug abuse in sport in 1967, (iii) testing for stimulants and narcotics at the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games and Mexico City Olympic Games, (iv) the first large-scale drug testing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, (v) the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) and IOC Medical Commission’s ban on the use of anabolic steroids in 1974, (vi) a positive test by a Canadian at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, (vii) the Sport Medicine Council of Canada’s establishment in 1978, (viii) two disqualifications of Canadians at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, (ix) the acceptance of the European Anti-Doping Charter of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Sports Ministers in 1984; (b) what specific actions did SC take to combat the use of PEDs after anti-doping legislation was enacted in (i) Belgium and France (1965), (ii) Ireland (1966), (iii) Italy and Turkey (1971), (iv) Greece (1976), (v) Portugal (1979); (c) in what year did Canada introduce an anti-doping policy; (d) why were only 15% of specimens at the 1976 Montreal Olympics tested for anabolic steroids; (e) in what year were PEDs first identified in any Canadian sport, and what (i) was the specific sport, (ii) were all the drugs reported to be used at that time; (f) what actions have been taken by SC on PEDs from its first action through to 1990, and on what date was each action taken; (g) what specific actions did SC take to address steroid use in sport after the editor of Track and Field News called anabolic steroids the “breakfast of champions” in 1969; (h) what specific action did SC take in 1976 to prevent the use of PEDs at the Montreal Olympics and Toronto Paralympics; (i) what specific actions did SC take to address steroid use in sport after the first edition of The Underground Steroid Handbook appeared in 1981, and what action, if any, did SC take to address the use of human growth hormone in sport, which was included in the handbook, before randomized, double-blind, controlled trials were published; (j) what specific actions did SC take to address steroid use in sport after the Sport Medicine Council of Canada surveyed 1,500 athletes, coaches, and medical and para-medical practitioners about doping in 1982 and found that “fewer than five percent of athletes” stated they used or had previously used PEDs; (k) what specific actions did SC take to address steroid use in sport after the publication of “The Practical Use of Anabolic Steroids with Athletes” in 1982; (l) in what year did testing for PEDs begin at the Canada Summer Games, how did SC decide what sports to test, what specific sports were tested at each Games since testing began until 1990, and what PEDs were tested for at each Games since testing began until 1990; (m) in what year did testing for PEDs begin at the Canada Winter Games, how did SC decide which sports to test, what specific sports were tested at each Games since testing began until 1990, and what PEDs were tested for at each Games since testing began until 1990; (n) in what year did the Canadian Olympic Committee first act to address PEDs, what specific actions did it take, and, for each action, on what date was it taken; (o) in what year did the Canadian Paralympic Committee first act to address PEDs, what specific actions did it take, and, for each action, on what date was it taken; (p) in what year did each national sport organization in Canada (i) begin testing for PEDs at competitions, (ii) begin announced testing for PEDs between competitions, (iii) begin unannounced testing for PEDs between competitions; (q) in five-year increments from 1970 to 1990, how many athletes were found to have used PEDs in Canada, broken down by sport, and what specific PEDs were being used, broken down by sport; (r) in five-year increments from 1970 to 1990, and for each identified PED, was the drug approved for veterinary use in Canada, what clinical trials did the drug pass for use in humans, was the drug approved for human use in Canada, for what specific medical use was the drug approved in Canada, what specific medical dosages were approved in Canada, was off-label use of the drug approved in Canada, what side-effects, if any, did the drug have, and what long-term impacts, if any, might the drug have had; (s) what are the details of all Olympic and Paralympic team physicians from 1968 to 1988, including, for each, (i) the dates they served, (ii) who, if anybody, raised concerns about PED use among athletes to SC and the date of the report to SC; (t) what investigation, if any, has SC undertaken to look at health impacts of anabolic steroids when (i) doses used were much higher than the recommended doses, (ii) there was simultaneous use of oral and injectable steroids, (iii) they were possibly used with human growth hormone; (u) what investigation, if any, has SC undertaken to look at morbidity and mortality of athletes who used PEDs during the 1970s and 1980s; (v) in five-year increments from 1970 to 1990, if an athlete was sanctioned in any way for use of a PED, what investigation, if any, was undertaken of any (i) coaches, (ii) medical personnel, (iii) other members of an athlete’s team, and what are the details of the investigation process; (w) in five-year increments from 1970 to 1990, how many athletes, broken down by sport, were sanctioned for any kind of drug infraction, and, for each identified infraction, were any (i) coaches, (ii) medical personnel, (iii) other members of an athlete’s team, sanctioned; and (x) in five-year increments from 1970 to 1990, how many (i) coaches, (ii) medical personnel, (iii) other members of an athlete’s team, were sanctioned?

Q-3046² — October 4, 2024 — — With regard to the use of drugs and banned practices intended to increase athletic performance: does Sport Canada acknowledge that, prior to the Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance, (i) drug use in sport extends back to the 19th century, (ii) coaches, doctors, scientists, trainers, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) failed to address the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) for decades, (iii) anabolic steroid use in sport extends back to at least the 1950s, (iv) coaches, doctors, scientists, and the IOC failed to address the use of anabolic steroids for over a decade, (v) athletes acquired knowledge about PEDs through the sport system, (vi) some coaches, doctors, pharmacists, and sports federations were complicit in athlete steroid use, (vii) power imbalances existed in sport between authority figures (e.g., coach, doctor, trainer) and athletes, (viii) deference to authority and obedience existed in sport, (ix) in some cases, authority figures controlled workouts, diet, sleep, and those with whom an athlete could associate, (x) athletes who were approached by authority figures in sport to try steroids were often racialized and young, (xi) authority figures in sport did not approach parents and ask for their permission to give their child PEDs, (xii) athletes could be bullied, lied to, or persuaded to follow a steroid plan or risk losing their place in a club or on a team, (xiii) authority figures in sport sometimes persuaded an athlete to use steroids by saying everyone else was using in competition, steroid use was levelling the playing field, steroid use was the only way to win, and the side-effects of steroid use were minimal, (xiv) in some cases, authority figures in sport were experimenting on athletes with a veterinary product, injectable and oral steroids, human growth hormone, with a combination of the previous two, with unknown short-term health impacts and unknown long-term health impacts, (xv) authority figures experimented on athletes who were often racialized and young, (xvi) authority figures instructed athletes to stay silent about PED use, (xvii) authority figures instructed athletes to deny use of PEDs if they tested positive, (xviii) before the internet and cell phones, athletes lacked the knowledge and means on their own to access anabolic steroids, determine what doses and combinations to use, determine the doping regimen, and taper in order to test negative before a competition, (xix) before the internet and cell phones, male athletes lacked the knowledge and means on their own to urinate to empty their bladders of tainted urine and then insert needles into their bladders with clean urine so that they could test negative for steroid use, (xx) before the internet and cell phones, female athletes lacked the knowledge and means on their own to create a fake bladder, fill it with clean urine, and insert it inside themselves so that they could test negative for steroid use, (xxi) in some cases, authority figures instructed and groomed younger athletes to inject senior athletes with steroids between the toes, (xxii) athletes became part of a sport culture or club that normalized illegal drug abuse, (xxiii) a “pact of ignorance” and “conspiracy of silence” surrounded drug use among sport organizations?

Q-3047² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the proposal to increase the capital gains inclusion rate to two-thirds for certain taxpayers: (a) how many taxpayers realized capital gains of $250,000 or more in each tax year from 2003 to 2023 inclusively; (b) how many of the taxpayers in (a) realized capital gains of $250,000 (i) once, (ii) twice, (iii) more than twice, (iv) every year; and (c) how many of the taxpayers in (b) were in the (i) first (lowest) income tax bracket, (ii) second tax bracket, (iii) third tax bracket, (iv) fourth tax bracket, (v) fifth tax bracket?

Q-3048² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the difference between the membership of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) (all branches) as of October 1, 2024, and the CAF’s total authorized strength: (a) how many new members does the CAF need to recruit to reach authorized strength; (b) how many recruitment applications can the CAF process each month; (c) how many Canadians applied to join the CAF each month between October 1, 2023, and October 1, 2024; (d) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF were tasked with processing recruitment applications as of October 1, 2024; (e) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF are needed to process all incoming recruitment applications; (f) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF were tasked with training new recruits up to a deployable state as of October 1, 2024; (g) how many CAF personnel were not sufficiently trained to be deployable as of October 1, 2024; (h) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF are required to train all current members up to a deployable state; and (i) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF will be needed should the CAF reach total authorized strength by October 1, 2025?

Q-3049² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to payments, including any reimbursements, made by the government to Mark Carney since April 1, 2020: (a) what are the details of all such payments, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) purpose of the payment; and (b) for each payment that was a reimbursement, what are the details, including the (i) items reimbursed, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) location?

Q-3050² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA and the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) for the most recent fiscal year for which data is available: (a) how many initial assessments were completed and reviewed; (b) how many reassessments were completed and reviewed; (c) what is the number of initial DTC applications filed for both (a) and (b) that were approved; (d) what is the number of unsuccessful initial DTC applications filed for both (a) and (b) that were appealed; (e) what is the number of DTC applications filed for (d) that were approved; and (f) how many instances in (a) to (e) were specifically for autism diagnoses?

Q-3051² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement (top-up), broken down by year since the rural supplement began: what was the total (i) amount of top-up money paid, (ii) number of top-up recipients, broken down by each federal riding which qualified for the rural supplement?

Q-3052² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority: (a) what was the final contract value paid to CIMA+ for their work on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project; and (b) what was the date of each payment made to CIMA+?

Q-3053² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the former chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) Board of Directors, Tim Murphy, leaving his post to become Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Affairs Officer at Aecon: (a) was there a conflict-of-interest process put in place by the WDBA, and did it include a ban preventing Tim Murphy from engaging in further dealings with the WDBA; and (b) if so, what were the details of the conflict-of-interest process regarding Tim Murphy’s lobbying of the WDBA on behalf of Aecon?

Q-3054² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence and the NATO definition of defence expenditures as “payments made by a national government specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces or those of its allies": what are the expenditures from eligible Other Government Departments (OGDs) included in Canada's defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) fiscal year beginning in 2015, (iii) type or category of expenditure, (iv) dollar value?

Q-3055² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence and NORAD modernization: (a) what are the spending projections year over year for the June 2022 NORAD modernization announcement until completion of all listed projects, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) project; and (b) what are the spending projections year over year for the additional projects related to NORAD modernization with separate funding sources, including, but not limited to, NORAD Cloud-Based Command and Control (CBC2), Crossbow and Air Navigation Aid Systems Replacement (AirNAS), Advanced Short-Range Missile (ASRM) and Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (MRAAM), broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) project, (iii) funding envelope, and including any funding committed by the United States?

Q-3056² — October 7, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s response to Order Paper Question Q-2741 relating to Statistics Canada (StatCan) and released data of provisional deaths and excess mortality during the time frames of June 13-27, 2022, July 4-18, 2022, and July 25-August 29, 2022: (a) what are the timeframe-matched denominators (i.e., the total number of individuals by vaccination status by dose and by age group) for each of the following vaccination status categories (i) COVID-19 cases following vaccination, (ii) COVID-19 cases in the unvaccinated, (iii) deaths following vaccination according to doses 1, 2 and 3, (iv) deaths in the unvaccinated; (b) what steps were taken to investigate the underlying reasons for this unusual finding of excess deaths in young persons; (c) why is there a discrepancy between the data that was released on the StatCan website for “other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality” in 2022 and the value provided in the government response to Order Paper Question Q-1115 for the same year and same category; and (d) what are the details of the memo drafted by the PCO in May 2021 which instructed recipients to skew statistics to minimize the impact of vaccine-related deaths or injuries, including (i) which agencies or entities and which specific officials received this memo, (ii) how did the agencies or entities carry out the PCO’s instructions vis-a-vis statistical skewing, (iii) who at each agency or entity signed off on the report of the data?

Q-3057² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to the funding programs falling under Employment and Social Development Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, broken down by fiscal year from 2018 to the present: (a) which organizations received funding, broken down by (i) funding stream, (ii) province, (iii) federal riding; (b) how much funding did each organization in (a) receive, broken down by (i) funding stream, (ii) province, (iii) federal riding; (c) what evaluation criteria were used to determine which program applications were successful, broken down by funding stream; and (d) what evaluation criteria were used to determine whether or not a successful program applicant was provided renewed funding in subsequent years, broken down by funding stream?

Q-3058² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to the government's reaction to Euroclear's acknowledgment of the Canadian dollars it holds as a result of maturing Russian-owned securities: (a) what initiatives, if any, has the government taken to determine or exert Canada's jurisdiction over Russian state assets held in correspondent banks or invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear directly held in Canada or those re-invested in Canadian currency, held in correspondent banks in Canada, or invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear and other depositories and foreign partnerships; (b) what is the government's estimate of the value of the assets in (a) subject to Canadian jurisdiction (cash, securities, bonds, etc.), including those directly held in Canada and those invested in Canadian currency, broken down by the nature of the assets; and (c) what steps has the government taken since the announcement of the Canada-Ukraine Strategic Security Partnership on February 24, 2024, related to the seizure of Russian state assets held in correspondent banks in Canada and invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear and other depositories and foreign partnerships, including the (i) date of the event associated with the seizure, (ii) collection information regarding total amounts seized or subject to Canada's authority to seize, (iii) nature of the assets that were seized or subject to the authority to seize?

Q-3059² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Heraldic Authority's (CHA) issuance of coats of arms, emblems, and other insignia: (a) which departments, agencies, or government entities have commissioned something from the CHA since 2015; and (b) what are the details of each commission, including (i) the total cost, (ii) a breakdown of the spending (design, printing, calligraphy and any other relevant costs), (iii) the date of the commission, (iv) the purpose of the commission or event associated with the design, (v) the specific commission, court, organization, or subset within the department, agency or entity to which it was issued?

Q-3060² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to any federal government employees fired or terminated for cause since January 1, 2019, broken down by department or agency, and by year: (a) what was the total number of employees fired or terminated for cause; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by reason for termination?

Q-3061² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures on artwork by government departments and agencies since January 1, 2019, and broken down by year: (a) what was the total expenditure on artwork; (b) what was the total expenditure for the purchase of artwork; (c) what was the total expenditure for the rental of artwork; (d) what are the details of all contracts for the purchase of artwork, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the artwork, (v) location where the artwork is displayed; and (e) what are the details of all contracts for the rental of artwork, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the artwork, (v) location where the artwork is displayed, (vi) time period of the rental, (vii) monthly or yearly cost?

Q-3062² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to the additional revenue received as a result of the GST, or GST portion of the HST where applicable, being charged on the carbon tax: (a) how much revenue did the government receive from the GST being charged on the carbon tax in the 2023-24 fiscal year; and (b) if the government does not have the data requested in (a), what is the government's best estimate, or what financial projections does it use for budgeting purposes, on the total amount of revenue collected from the carbon tax in 2023-24 that would have been subject to the GST or HST, in total and broken down by province or territory?

Q-3063² — October 8, 2024 — — With regard to grants and contributions provided by the government, since January 1, 2016, and broken down by department or agency, for projects located in China: (a) what was the total value of such grants and contributions, broken down by year; and (b) what are the details of all such grants and contributions, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount or value, (iii) recipient, (iv) project description, (v) city or region within China where the project is located, (vi) program under which the funding was provided, (vii) type of funding (grant, non-repayable loan, etc.)?

Q-3064² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures related to the cabinet retreat which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from August 25 to 27, 2024, including expenses incurred by the Privy Council Office as well as by other departments or agencies, and including travel expenses incurred by ministers, ministerial staff, and others: (a) what are the total expenditures related to the retreat incurred to date; (b) what is the breakdown of the expenditures by type of expense (accommodation, hospitality, audio-visual, etc.); (c) what are the details of all expenditures in excess of $1,000, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) vendor, (iii) description of the goods or services provided; and (d) what are the details of all travel expenses incurred by ministers and their staff, broken down by individual, including, for each, the (i) title, (ii) amount spent on airfare, (iii) amount spent on other transportation, (iv) amount spent on accommodation, (v) hotel or venue name, (vi) amount spent on meals or per diems, (vii) other expenses, broken down by type?

Q-3065² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to government expenditures on "other furniture and fixtures including parts" (Treasury Board code 1246 or similar), since April 1, 2022, and broken down by fiscal year: (a) what was the total amount spent on such services, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the services, (v) details of how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3066² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA and small businesses which qualify for the small business deduction: what was the total amount paid by small businesses in federal corporate taxes, broken down by each of the last five fiscal years?

Q-3067² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to government expenditures on "office furniture and furnishings, including parts" (Treasury Board code 1231 or similar), since April 1, 2022, and broken down by fiscal year: (a) what was the total amount spent on such services, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the services, (v) details of how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3068² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada’s (HC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) decision to withdraw the market authorization of and to destroy the COVID-19 XBB.1.5 vaccines and future assessment of upcoming mRNA vaccines: (a) are there material differences between the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines and the new 2024-2025 formulation beyond the mRNA coding for a different spike protein strain; (b) if (a) is affirmative, what are the differences; (c) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, how will Canadians processing claims against the vaccine manufacturers be able to prove their allegations when physical evidence is required and has been destroyed; (d) what is the estimated number of COVID-19 vaccine vials that will be destroyed, broken down by manufacturer (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, others); (e) what is the estimated dollar cost to Canadians to destroy these vaccine products, per vaccine and in total; (f) what is the regulatory process for COVID-19 vaccines which resulted in a “contractual obligation for Health Canada to withdraw all XBB products from the market until a lot could be released and distributed in Canada” (Global news); (g) what is the contractual obligation in (f) and with whom; (h) will provinces be able to order any interim supply of the COVID-19 XBB vaccines and, if not, why not; (i) with respect to the statement made by Pfizer/BioNTech on October 20, 2023, found on page 56 of Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) 2024-000097-2024-08-22, that Pfizer “would be open to discuss the outcome from the plasmid backbone modification evaluation with Health Canada”, does HC expect the removal of the SV40 sequences from the updated Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for 2024-25; (j) is HC considering the assessment of future mRNA-based vaccines to continue under the Centre for Vaccines, Clinical Trials and Biostatistics or to be transferred to another Centre or Department within Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate or elsewhere, and, if so, what would be the criteria or rationale?

Q-3069² — October 9, 2024 — — With regard to communication and meetings between the former Attorney General of Canada and the Chief Justice of Canada from January 2020 to June 2022, and the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) and the Chief Justice of Canada during the same period: (a) how many times did the Attorney General and Chief Justice communicate with each other; (b) how many times did the PMO and Chief Justice communicate with each other; (c) what are the details of each communication in (a) and (b), including, the (i) date, (ii) subject, (iii) names of the people included in the communication, (iv) type of communication (e.g. email, phone, text, memorandum, messaging software, video conference, in person meeting, fax); (d) how many meetings occurred between (i) the Attorney General and the Chief Justice, (ii) the PMO and the Chief Justice; and (e) what are the details for each meeting in (d), including the (i) date, (ii) time, (iii) location, (iv) purpose of the meeting, (v) topics discussed in the meeting, (vi) meeting attendees, (vii) outcome of the meeting?

Q-3073² — October 10, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by department or agency, program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from policing-based initiatives, broken down by (i) crime prevention, (ii) crime response, (iii) community outreach?

Q-3074² — October 10, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by department or agency, program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from initiatives that support Canada’s domestic fishing industry, broken down by (i) commercial fishing and aquaculture, (ii) fish processing and distribution, (iii) Indigenous fisheries?

Q-3075² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Northern Affairs Canada: (a) what is the organizational chart of departments within Northern Affairs Canada; (b) what are the details of each department for the last three fiscal years, broken down by (i) department, (ii) year, (iii) number of full-time equivalent employees, (iv) budget; (c) what is the purpose of each department; (d) how many employees work remotely or from home one or more days a week; and (e) how many employees currently have a salary (i) of less than $100,000, (ii) between $100,000 and $200,000, (iii) of more than $200,000?

Q-3076² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Microsoft licenses paid for by the government, in total and broken down by department or agency: (a) how much was spent on Microsoft licenses in the last fiscal year; (b) how many licenses does the government pay for and how many users are able to access Microsoft products through those licenses; (c) how many licenses are currently unused; and (d) how many licenses are not currently assigned to an employee or full-time equivalent?

Q-3077² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Adobe licenses paid for by the government, in total and broken down by department or agency: (a) how much was spent on Adobe licenses in the last fiscal year; (b) how many licenses does the government pay for and how many users are able to access Adobe products through those licenses; (c) how many licenses are currently unused; and (d) how many licenses are not currently assigned to an employee or full-time equivalent?

Q-3078² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Canadians detained or incarcerated abroad: (a) how many Canadians are currently detained or incarcerated in Hong Kong; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by length of incarceration and type of charge or accusation that resulted in the detainment or incarceration?

Q-3079² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to ministers' and government entities' compliance with paragraphs 74(d) and 88(c) of the Access to Information Act: (a) has each minister or government entity subject to those provisions of the Act prepared or had access to "back pocket" briefing materials for parliamentary committee appearances; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what is the distinction between regular and "back pocket" briefing materials; and (c) are the "back pocket" briefing materials also disclosed proactively and, if not, why not?

Q-3080² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to subsection 63(2) of the Access to Information Act: (a) how many reports has the Attorney General of Canada received from the Information Commissioner since January 1, 2024, concerning potential offences under federal or provincial laws; (b) of the reports in (a), how many has the Attorney General passed along to the appropriate police of jurisdiction; and (c) of the reports in (a) that the Attorney General has not passed along to the appropriate police of jurisdiction, what are the details, including (i) the date on which the report was received from the Information Commissioner, (ii) which government institutions the report concerned, (iii) the nature of the potential offence or offences, (iv) the reason for which they were not passed along, (v) the date on which the Attorney General reached that decision?

Q-3081² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to applications for warrants made under the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act between November 20, 2019, and October 26, 2021: (a) how many warrant applications were provided to the office of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness between November 20, 2019, and December 31, 2020; (b) how many warrant applications were provided to the office of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness between January 1, 2021, and October 26, 2021; and (c) for each warrant application in (b), what is the date on which the (i) warrant application was provided to the office of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, (ii) minister provided his approval?

Q-3082² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada’s advertising of the COVID-19 vaccine: (a) how much was spent on advertisements encouraging the use of vaccines; (b) how much was spent on advertisements related to the safety of the vaccine; (c) how much was spent on publicists; and (d) how much was spent on social media influencers?

Q-3083² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to the pollution prevention planning notices, before issuing the notices: (a) did Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) take into consideration the plastics life cycle assessments conducted by the Government of Quebec, the United Kingdom, or Denmark; (b) did ECCC gather evidence and consider studies related to the greenhouse gases and waste contributions of plastic alternatives, and, if so, which studies and what evidence; (c) did ECCC take into account the increased manufacturing and energy requirements for plastic alternatives; (d) did ECCC take into account the economic impact on Canadian manufacturers and producers; and (e) did ECCC conduct any analysis of social impacts on consumers, including (i) cost increases, (ii) the contribution to inflation, (iii) the contribution to food safety, (iv) the contribution to food security?

Q-3084² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Canada Carbon Rebate payments made in the last fiscal year: (a) how many rebates were sent to temporary foreign workers, and what was the total dollar amount; (b) how many rebates were sent to international students, and what was the total dollar amount; (c) how many rebates were sent to permanent residents, and what was the total dollar amount; and (d) how many rebates were sent to citizens, and what was the total dollar amount?

Q-3085² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to geoengineering projects in Canada since 2016: what are the details of the projects that Environment and Climate Change Canada has been involved with, including the (i) name of the project, (ii) names of the project partners, (iii) total financial commitment, (iv) goals of each project, (v) project completion status, (vi) evidence supporting the project goals?

Q-3086² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to Canada-Sudan relations: (a) what are the complete details of development assistance dollars spent with the intention of having an impact in Sudan over the last two years, including, for each spending item, the (i) amount spent, (ii) recipient and any additional delivery partners, (iii) allocation timeline, (iv) amount spent on each item; (b) what are the complete details of development assistance dollars spent with the intention of having an impact on Sudanese refugees outside of Sudan in the last two years, including, for each item, the (i) amount spent, (ii) recipient and any additional delivery partners, (iii) allocation timeline, (iv) amount spent on each item; (c) how many people have arrived in Canada so far through the "Family-based permanent residence pathway for people affected by the conflict in Sudan"; (d) does the government have an estimate of how many people have died as a result of the current civil war in Sudan, and, if so, what is that estimate; (e) does the government have an estimate of how many people will die as a result of the civil war in Sudan over the next year, and, if so, what is that estimate; (f) has the government engaged with the Sudanese Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Tagadum), and what is the position of the government with respect to engagement with Tagadum; (g) has the government engaged with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) or the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and what is the position of the government with respect to engagement with the SAF and with the RSF; (h) what is the position of the government regarding the Sudanese peace process; and (i) what are the complete details of statements and diplomatic representations made by the government regarding the Sudanese conflict since April 15, 2023?

Q-3087² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to tanker traffic and Burrard Inlet, British Columbia: (a) what work has been done to date on the creation, implementation and enforcement of safety measures in the event of a diluted-bitumen spill; (b) what are the details of all reports or plans in (a), including the (i) title, (ii) date of publication, (iii) author; and (c) in what ways was the work in (a) informed by recommendations made by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment?

Q-3088² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to the 2 Billion Trees program and the municipalities of Port Moody, Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra: (a) how much funding has been delivered through each funding stream; and (b) what is the total number of trees planted through each funding stream?

Q-3089² — October 17, 2024 — — With regard to federal departments and agencies and the public services which they provide to Canadians, broken down by department or agency and fiscal year since January 1, 2006: which government-owned or rented buildings have been closed due to federal budget reductions or reallocations, and what services or programs were impacted by these closures?


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