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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 (No. 387)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

Q-3122² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to Parks Canada's fire mitigation measures: with the exception of Jasper National Park, what are the details of any other instance in the last 10 years where Parks Canada analyzed, considered, studied, or received a proposal to conduct a prescribed fire or other fire mitigation measure but did not end up doing so, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) name of the national park or other area impacted, (iv) mitigation action proposed or considered, (v) reason for not taking the mitigation action, (vi) title of the person responsible for the decision not to take the mitigation action?

Q-3123² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to travellers entering Canada, broken down by month since January 1, 2024: (a) how many travellers entered Canada, in total, and broken down by type of point of entry (air, road, marine); and (b) for each category in (a), how many and what percentage of travellers (i) submitted their declaration through the ArriveCAN application prior to arrival, (ii) arrived without using the ArriveCAN application?

Q-3124² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to chip technology and devices containing chip technology imported from foreign countries, specifically those with which Canada is not allied: (a) what safeguards, if any, are currently in place to ensure that such technology is safe and does not contain any elements, such as remote code execution elements, which could be detrimental to Canada at some point in the future; (b) what is the government doing, if anything, to address the discovered vulnerability in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework which exposes devices to the risk of remote code execution; (c) in addition to the vulnerability in (b), what other vulnerabilities has the government identified related to these chips and their connectivity to the internet; (d) for each vulnerability in (c), what action, if any, has the government taken to address the vulnerability; (e) what measures does the government have in place to address risks, including firmware updates or remote patches, that could introduce new vulnerabilities after deployment; (f) does the government conduct regular penetration testing of imported devices before approving their use in public infrastructure, and, if so, who has been tasked with overseeing such testing; and (g) does the government mandate compliance with international cybersecurity standards or frameworks when procuring or deploying such devices, and, if not, why not?

Q-3125² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the cap imposed by the government on the percentage of for-profit spaces as part of its Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with Ontario: (a) is the government going to accept the request from the province of Ontario to remove the cap, and, if not, why not; (b) if the answer to (a) is negative, how does the government justify removing the cap for certain other provinces, including New Brunswick; (c) what is the government's reaction to reports that the Peel Region had to turn down 2,000 child care spaces as a result of the cap; and (d) what is the government's estimate of the number of child care spaces throughout Ontario that have had to be turned down or otherwise not brought to fruition as a result of the cap?

Q-3126² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the government's use of the third-party contractor The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc. since January 1, 2016: what are the details, broken down by department, of travel expenses incurred by the government related to contracts signed with The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc., including the (i) dates, costs, and flight details of all flights expensed by The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc., (ii) dates, costs, and locations of lodgings expensed by The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc., (iii) dates, costs, and items charged as per diems expensed by The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc.?

Q-3127² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to Employment and Social Development Canada: (a) what are the details of travel expenses incurred by the government related to third-party management-consulting contractors since January 1, 2019, including the (i) dates, costs, and flight details of all flights expensed by third-party contractors, (ii) dates, costs, and locations of lodgings expensed by third-party contractors, (iii) dates, costs, and items charged as per diems expensed by third-party contractors; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a)(i) to (a)(iii) by (i) month, (ii) quarter, (iii) third-party contractor?

Q-3128² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA: (a) how many toll-free telephone lines are available for taxpayers to contact the agency, broken down by purpose or business line; (b) what are the toll-free telephone numbers in (a); (c) for callers who call each of the numbers in (b), what has been the average wait time to speak with an agent, for each of the last five years; (d) what percentage of callers to the numbers in (b) received a message that the line was full and they should call back later, for each of the last five years, broken down by month and year; and (e) what percentage of calls to the numbers in (b) were disconnected before an agent could answer, for each of the last five years, broken down by month and year?

Q-3129² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the National Housing Strategy: (a) what funding programs or streams are dedicated to, or include streams or criteria for, rural or remote communities, and how much funding has been allocated for and disbursed by each one, broken down by year; (b) what is the population cap, or analogous constraint, on applications to funding programs or streams dedicated to, or which consider the recipient’s location as, rural or remote communities, broken down by funding program or stream and year; (c) what municipalities, groups, or projects received funding based, in whole or in part, on the location of the recipient being in an area defined as rural or remote, and how much funding was received by each recipient, broken down by year, province, funding program or stream, and rural or remote designation; (d) which municipalities received funding from funds dedicated to rural or remote communities, and how much funding was received by each recipient, broken down by year, province, funding program or stream, and rural or remote designation; (e) which municipalities, which are not designated communities, received funding from funds dedicated to rural or remote communities, and how much funding was received by each recipient, broken down by year, province, funding program or stream, and project or application; (f) in total, how much funding has been provided through funding programs or streams dedicated to, or which consider the recipient’s location as, rural or remote communities, to municipalities with populations of fewer than 35,000, broken down by year, province, funding program or stream, and recipient; (g) what methods or figures are used to determine or track the number of homeless people in areas or municipalities with populations of fewer than 35,000; (h) how many people were homeless in areas or municipalities with populations of fewer than 35,000, since 2015, broken down by year, province, and municipality or area; (i) what methods or figures are used to determine or track the number of homeless people who are in, or migrate to, urban areas who are from areas or municipalities with populations of fewer than 35,000 and migrated to an urban area due to homelessness; and (j) how many people were homeless in urban areas who are from areas or municipalities with populations of fewer than 35,000 and migrated to an urban area due to homelessness, since 2015, broken down by year, province, urban municipality or area, and originating municipality or area with a population of fewer than 35,000?

Q-3130² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the Expression of Interest published by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) for the commercial leasing of a building at Joyceville Institution: (a) what is the specific nature of the unidentified “steel clad structure” to be leased under this Expression of Interest; (b) what type of commercial activities does the steel clad structure have the potential to accommodate; (c) how many offenders would the commercial operation be required to employ; (d) what would be the hourly rate paid by the lessee to the CSC per offender hour worked; (e) what would be the hourly rate received by the offender per hour worked; (f) what types of vocational training and industry-approved certification for offenders would the lessee be required to provide; (g) what are the estimated costs of providing security for commercial activities undertaken within the prison, and who will be responsible for these costs; (h) what scope of work and specific repairs have been identified for the “fit up” to the “as is” buildings that the lessee would be responsible for; (i) what are the current estimated costs for the “fit up” to the “as is” buildings that the lessee would be responsible for; (j) what specific measures will the CSC take to ensure that any commercial activities undertaken on this property will remain cost-neutral to taxpayers; (k) what is the calculated or estimated monthly market rent that would be charged to the lessee; (l) what are the calculated or estimated monthly costs for utilities that would be charged to the lessee; (m) what are the calculated or estimated total monthly expenses for rent, utilities, and cost recovery that would be charged to the lessee; (n) what specific federal, provincial, and municipal regulations and statutes will the lessee be required to comply with; (o) what is the current estimated market value of the steel clad structure; (p) what is the current estimated market value of the beef stock barn and paddock; (q) what is the current estimated market value of the cattle chute; (r) since 2022, what specific list of maintenance, repairs, and improvements have been conducted by the CSC on the buildings, including any new or upgraded equipment or technologies that have been added to the steel clad structure, beef stock barn and paddock, and cattle chute; (s) since 2022, what funds have been spent on maintenance, repairs, and improvements to the steel clad structure, beef stock barn and paddock, and cattle chute; (t) since 2022, what funds have been spent on utilities, procurement disbursements and fees, consultant fees, travel, inspections, assessments, building condition reports, as well as drafting, translating, and publishing the Expression of Interest for the steel clad structure, beef stock barn, paddock, and cattle chute; and (u) what is the calculated or estimated cost of disposal or divestment of the buildings?

Q-3131² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to the cow barn under construction by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) at Joyceville Institution and the dairy research program: (a) what was the original anticipated cost of building a cow barn at the time of the June 2018 announcement, and what was the anticipated cost of building the barn at the time the construction contract was awarded in March 2022; (b) what was the original projected date of barn completion at the time of the start of construction in April 2022, and what is the current projected date of completion of the barn; (c) what is the total amount of spending on the barn construction to date, and what is the total projected cost to achieve full barn completion; (d) beyond the barn construction costs, what is the amount of spending to date on procurement fees, consultancy fees (design, engineering, geotechnical, environmental, etc.), travel and meals, contingencies, project management, contract administration, and dairy equipment and technology for the cow barn since 2018; (e) since 2018, what has been the total amount of spending on renovating the existing barns at Collins Bay Institution as temporary housing for the dairy cows, heifers, and calves; (f) since 2018, what has been the total amount of spending on animal feed, veterinary care, and carcass removal for the cows in temporary housing; (g) what is the total amount of spending on the acquisition of dairy cows, heifers, and calves since 2018, and of this, what is the total amount paid to the Pen Farm Herd Co-Op specifically; (h) what is the total number of dairy cows, heifers, and calves purchased since 2018, and of this, how many were purchased from the Pen Farm Herd Co-Op specifically; (i) what is the current number of dairy cows owned by the CSC, and what is the projected cost of future livestock acquisitions to begin the dairy research program; (j) what is the current projected date for barn occupation by cows, and what is the current projected start date for dairy operations in the barn; (k) what specific research will be conducted in the barn, and what amount of quota has been provided for the dairy research; (l) what are the total projected monthly revenues to be generated by the CSC from the dairy research program, broken down by source; (m) what are the total projected monthly expenses for the dairy research program, broken down by source, including staff salaries, veterinary care, feed, waste management, milk transportation, utilities, facility and equipment maintenance, internet fees, licensing, inspections, security and supervision; (n) how many cows will be milked and what volume of milk will be produced when the dairy research program reaches full quota production; (o) by what date does Dairy Farmers of Ontario require the CSC to reach full quota production, and when does the CSC anticipate reaching full quota production; (p) what specific accommodations and changes have been made to the barn design and construction to meet McGill’s research requirements and standards, and what have been the costs of these accommodations and changes to date; (q) what other accommodations and changes have been made to meet McGill’s research requirements and standards, including renovation of additional facilities at the Joyceville site for dry cows, calves, and equipment isolation sheds, and what have been the costs of these accommodations and changes to date; (r) where will the milk from the CSC’s dairy research program be sold, at what price, and will the milk enter commercial streams sold to the public; (s) how many staff will be employed directly in the cow barn and in which shifts, broken down by CSC staff and McGill staff; (t) how many offenders will be employed directly in the cow research barn; (u) what specific jobs will offenders engage in as part of the dairy research program specifically, and what vocational training and industry trade certifications will be associated with offender participation in the dairy research program specifically; (v) who are the members of the Animal Care Committee overseeing the dairy research program and what financial compensation, if any, will they receive; (w) what specific measures will be in place to preserve institutional security and privacy, biosecurity, animal welfare, regulatory compliance, and McGill’s good standing with the Canadian Council on Animal Care; (x) what is the volume of the manure lagoon and what is the volume of liquid and solid waste that will be produced by the dairy research program; (y) once complete, what is the projected or estimated market value of the cow barn; and (z) what is the estimated cost of disposal or divestment of the cow barn?

Q-3132² — October 25, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding for environmental projects within the federal electoral district of Courtenay—Alberni, since the 2005-06 fiscal year: broken down by fiscal year, recipient, project, total contribution, funding program, and type of funding, what have been the federal investments in (i) terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, (ii) ecosystem and habitat protection, conservation, and restoration, (iii) species recovery, including, but not limited to, salmon, (iv) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, (v) green infrastructure, (vi) conservation financing, (vii) energy efficiency, (viii) clean transportation, (ix) living natural resources and land use, (x) sustainable water and wastewater management, (xi) pollution prevention and control, (xii) climate change mitigation and adaptation, (xiii) the circular economy?

Q-3133² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to the Health Facilities Program operated by Indigenous Services Canada, broken down by fiscal year since 2005-06: (a) what is the total amount of funding (i) allocated, (ii) spent, through this program; (b) how much funding has gone to support (i) facility operations and maintenance, (ii) minor capital projects, (iii) major capital projects; and (c) broken down by province or territory, what is the total number of applications (i) received, (ii) approved, (iii) denied?

Q-3134² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to legal proceedings involving the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society: (a) what are the details of all cases in which the Attorney General of Canada is the complainant, including the (i) citation, (ii) file number, (iii) date, (iv) court or tribunal, (v) total expenditures; and (b) what are the details of all cases in which the Attorney General of Canada is the respondent, including the (i) citation, (ii) file number, (iii) date, (iv) court or tribunal, (v) total expenditures?

Q-3135² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to legal costs incurred by the government in relation to the invocation of the Emergencies Act in 2022, as well as any subsequent legal action: what is the total amount (i) paid out to date, (ii) scheduled to be paid out, on outside legal counsel, broken down by department, agency or other government entity which encountered the expense?

Q-3136² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to government statistics on Canada's incarcerated or prison population, since 2016: (a) as of the start of each year, how many individuals were incarcerated in Canadian prisons or correctional facilities, in total and broken down by type of correctional facility; (b) currently, how many individuals are incarcerated in Canadian prisons or correctional facilities, in total and broken down by type of correctional facility; and (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by violent and non-violent offenders?

Q-3137² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to government statistics on church burnings in Canada, broken down by year since 2016: (a) how many churches have burned down that the government is aware of, in total and broken down by province or territory; and (b) does the government have any specific plan to prevent future church burning-related arson attacks, and, if so, what are the details, including the date when the plan will be implemented?

Q-3138² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to the ArriveCAN application: (a) does the government have a plan to recoup the inappropriate payments made in relation to the development or implementation of ArriveCAN, and, if so, what is it; and (b) how much money has the government recouped to date related to ArriveCAN, in total and broken down by individual or vendor that received money?

Q-3139² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to the public service: (a) how many individuals were ministerial exempt staff members under the current government prior to being hired as non-partisan public servants; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by department or agency where the individual is currently employed?

Q-3140² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to meetings attended by the Prime Minister: what are the dates and locations of any meetings attended by the Prime Minister with the 24 Liberal members of Parliament, or representatives of their group, who signed the letter requesting the Prime Minister to step down?

Q-3141² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to funding provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: (a) how much money has the PHAC provided to the task force, broken down by year for each of the last five years; and (b) in the last fiscal year, what is the breakdown of how the task force spent its funding allotment by line item?

Q-3142² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to successful business applicants to the Employment and Social Development Canada Apprenticeship Service Program between June 1, 2022, and October 28, 2024: (a) how many successful applicants had a qualified first-year apprentice, broken down by the 39 Red Seal trades of the apprentice; (b) how many of the successful applicants had a qualified first-year apprentice (i) complete their apprenticeship and become a full-time employee with the applicant, (ii) complete their apprenticeship, (iii) start, but not complete, their apprenticeship, (iv) not start their apprenticeship; and (c) how many of the successful applicants had their grant refunded for failure to fulfill an apprenticeship agreement?

Q-3143² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to successful applicants to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's (ISED) Canada Digital Adoption Program between March 1, 2022, and October 25, 2024: (a) how many complaints were received by ISED staff against or by recipients or advisors of the Grow Your Business Online grant, and what was the nature of the complaints; (b) how many recipients of the Grow Your Business Online grant had their funding cancelled after their application was approved; (c) how many recipients of the Grow Your Business Online grant were required to refund the grant to ISED after their application was approved; (d) how many complaints were received by ISED staff against or by recipients or advisors of the Boost Your Business Technology grant, and what was the nature of the complaints; (e) how many recipients of the Boost Your Business Technology grant had their funding cancelled after their application was approved; and (f) how many recipients of the Boost Your Business Technology grant were required to refund the grant to ISED after their application was approved?

Q-3144² — October 28, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Dental Care Plan: what is the number of beneficiaries enrolled in the program, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) federal electoral district, (iii) Quebec municipality, if available?

Q-3145² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) 2016 ministerial review of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project: what did NRCan do with the submissions from the public and the meeting minutes?

Q-3146² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), broken down by fiscal year since 2015-16: (a) what is the total amount of funding allocated to the OSIC; (b) what is the total number of (i) full-time, (ii) full-time equivalent, (iii) part-time, (iv) temporary or contract, workers employed by the OSIC; (c) what is the total number of complaints or incidents reported to the OSIC which (i) were admissible to the OSIC, (ii) were inadmissible to the OSIC, (iii) warranted provisional measures; and (d) what is the total number of complaints or incidents reported to the OSIC that were deemed inadmissible due to the (i) respondent not being under the authority of a Program Signatory, (ii) respondent being involved at the provincial, territorial, club or other level of a Program Signatory?

Q-3147² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to the National Advisory Council on Poverty, broken down by year for each of the last five years: (a) what were the expenditures of the council, in total and broken down by line item; (b) how much remuneration did members of the council receive, in total and broken down by member; (c) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred by members of the council, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) vendor, (iv) amount, (v) purpose of the event; (d) how much was incurred in travel expenses by the council; and (e) what are the details of each trip expense by council member, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) origin, (iii) destination, (iv) total cost, (v) breakdown of the costs, (vi) purpose of the trip?

Q-3148² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the information note "Vertical farming and pest control products," dated or last modified on May 1, 2024: (a) what was the scientific rationale for issuing the note; (b) what about the methods of vertical farming made the PMRA consider it necessary to categorize and treat vertical farms differently than traditional greenhouses; (c) what are the details of all conversations or correspondence the PMRA has had with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on this matter, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) type of communication, (iii) summary of the contents, (iv) participants; and (d) how many applications have been received by the PMRA for the use of pest control products in vertical farms since the publication of this note, and of the applications, (i) what is the processing time, (ii) how many were approved, (iii) what products have been approved for use in vertical farms?

Q-3149² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to media reports that the CRA discovered hackers had used H&R Block credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians' personal CRA accounts, change direct deposit information, submit false returns and pocket more than $6 million in fraudulent refunds: (a) how many users' accounts were accessed; (b) how many accounts had their direct deposit information changed by hackers in this instance; (c) how many false returns were submitted; (d) how much money was paid out in fraudulent refunds; (e) how much of the fraudulent refund money has since been recovered; and (f) how much of the fraudulent refund money does the CRA (i) expect, (ii) not expect, to recover in the future?

Q-3150² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to government expenditures related to the Prime Minister's trip to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly in September 2024: (a) what are the expenditures incurred to date, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how many members were part of the Canadian delegation; (c) what are the names and titles of the delegation members; (d) what was the total expenditure on hotels in the New York City area during that visit; and (e) what are the details of the expenses at each hotel, including the (i) total amount spent, (ii) name of the hotel, (iii) number of rooms rented each night, (iv) rate paid and the number of rooms at each rate?

Q-3151² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to legal costs incurred by the government in relation to litigation against the Information Commissioner since January 1, 2021: what is the total expenditure on outside legal counsel, broken down by legal costs paid out to date and by legal costs scheduled to be paid out, for (i) Attorney General of Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1623-22), (ii) Export Development Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1793-22 and Federal Court of Appeal file A-345-23), (iii) Minister of Public Services and Procurement v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-125-23), (iv) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1090-23), (v) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1091-23), (vi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trans Mountain Corporation (Federal Court file T-1399-23), (vii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1606-23), (viii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1607-23), (ix) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1608-23), (x) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1653-23), (xi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1680-23), (xii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1728-23), (xiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1764-23), (xiv) Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T- 2022-23), (xv) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-2683-23), (xvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-272-24), (xvii) Minister of Transport v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-280-24), (xviii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-333-24), (xix) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-334-24), (xx) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-342-24), (xxi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-344-24), (xxii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-371-24), (xxiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-397-24), (xxiv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-970-24), (xxv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1054-24), (xxvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1060-24), (xxvii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-1226-24), (xxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1433-24), (xxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1434- 24), (xxx) Minister of Indigenous Services v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1556-24), (xxxi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board (Federal Court file T-1822-24), (xxxii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2013-24), (xxxiii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2681-24), (xxxiv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2709-24), (xxxv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2720-24), (xxxvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2779-24)?

Q-3152² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to Parks Canada's national fire management program: (a) as of July 22, 2024, what was the breakdown of firefighting equipment available through the program by (i) type of equipment (e.g., fire truck, water tender, helicopter, drone, portable pump, bulldozer, brush cutter, air tanker), (ii) quantity of each equipment type, (iii) storage location, including the quantity of each equipment type at each location; (b) as of July 22, 2024, what was the breakdown of firefighting personnel under the program by (i) qualification level (e.g., certified wildland firefighter, volunteer firefighter, support personnel), (ii) number of personnel at each location; (c) how much of the equipment and personnel specified in (a) and (b) were actively utilized in response to wildfires occurring in National Parks in 2024, broken down by (i) National Park location, (ii) type of equipment and number utilized, (iii) number of personnel deployed; and (d) for all equipment or personnel not utilized in wildfire responses occurring within National Parks in 2024, (i) what was the reason for non-utilization, (ii) what other roles or assignments were designated for this equipment and personnel during this period?

Q-3153² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to the government's response to Order Paper Question Q-2825 and the data provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada titled “Police-reported incidents of arson occurring at religious institutions, region, 2010 to 2022”: what are the details of the accounts, including the names and locations for each instance of arson referenced?

Q-3154² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to fires at each place of worship that were caused by arson between 2016-24: (a) for each instance, was the arsonist (i) apprehended, (ii) not apprehended; and (b) for each instance in (a)(i), what were the sentences received?

Q-3155² — October 29, 2024 — — With regard to wildfires caused by arson, between 2016-24: (a) what charges and sentences were laid for arsonists; and (b) what are the details of each account of which wildfires were determined to be caused by arsonists, including whether or not the perpetrator was apprehended?

Q-3156² — October 30, 2024 — — With regard to the Order in Council 2024-1112 authorizing Canada Post to transport prohibited firearms: (a) did the government consult (i) Canada Post, (ii) the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, prior to issuing the Order In Council, and, if so, on what date were they consulted and how were they consulted; (b) how is the government addressing the safety issues that Canada Post employees will face as a result of the Order; (c) what safety precautions have been put into place by Canada Post since the Order was issued; (d) why did the government take the position that it is safer for Canada Post employees to transport prohibited firearms rather than firearms owners who have taken the Canada Firearms Safety Course; (e) will the government require Canada Post employees, who will now be required to transport prohibited firearms, to take the Canada Firearms Safety Course in order to ensure safe transport, and, if not, why not; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, how much will this training cost Canada Post; and (g) what mechanisms, if any, are in place so that Canada Post employees, who are uncomfortable with transporting firearms, or are not trained to transport firearms, are not forced to do so against their will?

Q-3157² — October 30, 2024 — — With regard to government programs aimed at establishing digital credentials or a digital identification (ID): (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents are assigned to working on such a program; (b) how much money has been spent exploring or studying options in relation to such a program in the past five years, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; (c) what is the government's plan for how digital credentials or a digital ID would be used; (d) what options or uses have been studied to date; (e) of the options in (d), which ones have been rejected outright by the government; (f) does the government commit to not establishing any new digital credential or digital ID projects or programs without receiving explicit approval from Parliament prior to starting any such projects or programs, and, if not, why not; and (g) which employees or other individuals has the government authorized to be involved in any related projects or programs, and who is in charge of overseeing the work of the individuals involved?

Q-3158² — October 30, 2024 — — With regard to complaints received by the CRA related to its assistance by telephone: (a) what is the number of complaints received since January 1, 2022, broken down by month; and (b) of the totals in (a), what is the breakdown by type of complaint, including (i) the line not working or being out of service, (ii) dropped calls, (iii) long hold times, (iv) others?

Q-3159² — October 30, 2024 — — With regard to government litigation related to the non-compliance of contractual obligations of contracts signed with the government, having a value in excess of $1 million, commenced or ongoing since January 1, 2024: (a) how many contracts are the subject of litigation; and (b) what are the details of each contract, including the (i) date, (ii) description of the goods or services, including the volume, (iii) final amount, (iv) vendor, (v) country of the vendor, (vi) litigation court?

Q-3160² — October 30, 2024 — — With regard to the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF): (a) how much of the $2 billion promised through the fund has been delivered to the recipients to date; and (b) what are the details of all projects funded through the DMAF to date, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) amount of funding, (iii) project description, (iv) start date, (v) completion date, or expected completion date, (vi) funding breakdown, if the project is funded by sources in addition to the DMAF?

Q-3161² — October 31, 2024 — — With regard to the federal government’s financial contribution dedicated exclusively to the Gas Tax Fund and Quebec’s contribution from the Canada Community-Building Fund and any other budgetary measure : (a) what was the total amount budgeted for 2019-23 as of August 30, 2019; and (b) what was the total amount budgeted for 2024-28 as of August 30, 2024?

Q-3162² — November 4, 2024 — — With regard to the transition of the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) to Canada Life: (a) does the government acknowledge that the existing provisions for compensation do not cover PSHCP members affected by the transition for issues such as deterioration of health, incurred debt or additional costs, experience of pain and suffering, or psychological distress; (b) has the government undertaken a legal analysis to determine the liability risk for not including affected members in existing compensation processes; (c) have any investigations been conducted into how transition problems affected employees and their dependents who are members of protected groups; and (d) were affected employees accommodated to the point of undue hardship for any adverse or discriminatory effects of the PSHCP transition?

Q-3163² — November 4, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s response to the 20th report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, entitled “Changeover of the Public Service Health Care Plan from Sun Life to Canada Life”: (a) what work is being done to increase transparency as a mandatory requirement for future requests for proposals and government contracts; (b) following the four in-person outreach events cited in the government’s response, what (i) feedback was received from these events, (ii) changes have been implemented as a direct result of these events; and (c) what specifics have been raised with bargaining agents and retiree organizations concerning improved physiotherapy for high-need individuals?

Q-3164² — November 4, 2024 — — With regard to the federal government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by department or agency, program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from initiatives that promote and protect French across Canada, broken down by (i) education, (ii) immigration, (iii) economic development, (iv) culture and arts?

Q-3165² — November 5, 2024 — — With regard to the federal government’s refocused spending initiative and its impact on Global Affairs Canada, broken down by program and year: (a) what programs will have their funding refocused; and (b) how many part-time and full-time equivalent positions will be cut or remain unfilled?

Q-3166² — November 6, 2024 — — With regard to the federal government’s purchase of the Quebec Bridge: (a) did the federal government carry out one or more expert assessments on the lifespan of the Quebec Bridge; (b) if any assessments were carried out, how long ago were they performed; and (c) if any assessments were carried out, what was the assessed remaining lifespan of the Quebec Bridge in years?

Q-3167² — November 6, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s actions surrounding the Transport Canada dock at Fort Chipewyan: (a) prior to September 2024, what steps were underway to deal with the contaminated site; (b) on what date did the government become aware that the site was contaminated; (c) on what dates did the government order testing of the contaminated site; (d) what guidelines exist within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat on releasing information about contaminated sites; (e) what investigations are currently underway within Transport Canada and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat on why these guidelines were not followed; (f) what other federally-contaminated sites exist in the Peace Athabasca region that have not been included in the Inventory of federal contaminated sites; (g) by what date does the government plan to have the site cleaned up; (h) how much money has the government allocated to the site cleanup; (i) by what date does the government plan to replace the dock infrastructure; and (j) how much money has been allocated to the dock infrastructure replacement project?

Q-3168² — November 6, 2024 — — With regard to the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (2019) and its amendments to the Criminal Code, the Fisheries Act, and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act: (a) what is the cost breakdown of administering the provisions of the Act by (i) government department, (ii) fiscal year; (b) what is the number of employees hired to administer the provisions of the Act by (i) government department, (ii) fiscal year; and (c) are any federal programs that are responsible for the enforcement of the Act targeted under the government’s refocused spending initiative, and, if so, what is the breakdown by (i) government department, (ii) fiscal year?

Q-3169² — November 7, 2024 — — With regard to the new five-year lease that Public Services and Procurement Canada contracted with Guay's Import Co. Ltd. (Pierre Guay) in August 2021 to consolidate previous leases and retrofit two existing buildings (337 and 339 Guay Road, Lacolle): (a) did the lease, which was to run from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2027, end with the closure of Roxham Road, at midnight on March 25, 2023; (b) if the new five-year lease contracted with Guay's Import Co. Ltd. did not end with the closure of Roxham Road on March 25, 2023, when did it end; (c) if the new five-year lease contracted with Guay's Import Co. Ltd. has not ended as of November 6, 2024, when will it end; (d) if the new five-year lease contracted with Guay's Import Co. Ltd. did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts paid since that date; and (e) if the new five-year lease contracted with Guay's Import Co. Ltd. did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts that remain to be paid to Guay's Import Co. Ltd. until the end of the contract?

Q-3170² — November 14, 2024 — — With regard to Parks Canada’s management of Lachine Canal infrastructure and capital projects: (a) has the government made an estimate of the (i) costs associated with removing the snow from the multipurpose path, (ii) costs associated with redesigning a new path, and, if so, what are these costs and what are all the details regarding snow removal; (b) has the government carried out a civil engineering assessment to determine the risks of degradation that could be caused by snow removal on the existing multipurpose path, and, if so, what are these costs; and (c) with regard to the investment reports and announcements for the redevelopment of Lachine Canal Park, has the government broken down the costs by (i) year, (ii) project, (iii) distribution of jobs, etc., and, if so, what are all the details regarding the costs of these capital projects?

Q-3171² — November 14, 2024 — — With regard to federal spending in the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, during each fiscal year since 2016–17, inclusive: what are the details of the grants and contributions and all the loans awarded to any organization, group, business or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) municipality where the recipient is located, (iii) date on which the funding was received, (iv) amount received, (v) department or organization that awarded the funding, (vi) program under which the grant, contribution or loan was awarded, (vii) nature or purpose of the funding?

Q-3172² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to economic relations between Canada and the United States of America, broken down by job sector and year since 2006: (a) what was the balance of trade between both countries; and (b) how many jobs were lost in Canada due to trade imbalances with the United States of America?

Q-3173² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the deadline of November 17, 2024, for the criminal record sequestration which is legally required with the passage of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, back in 2022: (a) can the government update this House and confirm if the criminal records of Canadians for personal possession are now sequestered in accordance with the law, and, if not, why not; and (b) what plans does the government have to inform the more than 250,000 Canadians with records for simple possession that these records will no longer show up in criminal records checks?

Q-3174² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the passage of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which mandates judges to consider community-based bail supervision programs: (a) can the government update this House on the progress being made to ensure the nationwide availability of these programs; (b) how many communities currently have such programs in place; and (c) what plans does the government have to expand availability through initiatives like startup funding?

Q-3175² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Black Class Action Lawsuit (Nicholas Marcus Thompson et al. v. His Majesty the King (T‑1458‑20)), broken down by department: (a) what is the total amount spent to date by the government on this lawsuit; and (b) what is the total amount paid to Fasken, the law firm representing the Crown in this case?

Q-3176² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency's (PMRA) Pest Control Products Fees and Charges Regulations: (a) what was the amount collected in fees in the last fiscal year, in total and broken down by each specific type of fee or component; (b) what is the itemized breakdown of how the PMRA spent the money collected from each of the fees in (a); and (c) for which of the fees in (a), did the government collect more money than it spent in costs related to processing the related application, and, for each such fee, how much was (i) collected from the applicants, (ii) spent on processing?

Q-3177² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, excluding the Canadian Coast Guard, since January 1, 2021: (a) what was the total value of all consulting contracts signed in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022, (iii) 2023, (iv) 2024 to date; and (b) what are the details of all consulting contracts, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) initial value of the contract, (iv) current value of the contract, (v) type of consulting conducted, (vi) start and end dates of work, (vii) purpose of the contract and description of the work completed, (viii) reason for the increase in the contract's value, if applicable?

Q-3178² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to Sustainable Development Technology Canada's 2022 Leadership Summit: (a) what are the total costs incurred from the summit, broken down by type of expense, including the amount spent on (i) meeting spaces, (ii) travel claims, (iii) hospitality expenses, (iv) honorariums, (v) other expenses; (b) what are the details of all meeting space expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (c) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (d) what are the details of all travel claim expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (e) what was the total amount paid out in honorariums or other similar types of payments to attend the summit, and how many individuals received such payments; and (f) what are the details of all payments related to (e), including the (i) recipient, (ii) amount, (iii) reason for the payment?

Q-3179² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Small Business Financing Program, since the amendments to the program came into effect on July 4, 2022: (a) how many businesses have (i) applied to, (ii) received term loans through, the program, in total and broken down by province or territory; (b) how many businesses have (i) applied to, (ii) received lines of credit through, the program, in total and broken down by province or territory; (c) what is the value of the funding distributed to date through (i) term loans, (ii) lines of credit, in total and broken down by province or territory; (d) what is the average funding amount provided to each approved applicant for (i) term loans, (ii) lines of credit, overall and broken down by province or territory, through the (i) term loans, (ii) lines of credit; (e) what is the average length of term of a term loan; (f) what is the default rate of term loans; and (g) how does the government measure the program's level of success?

Q-3180² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP): (a) how many federal institutions across Canada are currently participating in the program; (b) are there plans for additional institutions to implement the PNEP in the future, and on what date will each institution implement the program, broken down by location; and (c) how many inmates have (i) applied to, (ii) been accepted into, the PNEP, in total and broken down by institution, security level, and violent or non-violent offender status?

Q-3181² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to Sustainable Development Technology Canada: (a) what were the total costs incurred by the board of directors since January 1, 2016, broken down by year and month; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expense, including the amount spent on meeting spaces, travel claims, hospitality bills, honorariums, etc.; (c) what are the details of each travel expense incurred by the board, including travel destination, date, and total expenditures; (d) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred by the board, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) event description; and (e) what are the details of honorariums given out to the board, broken down by month?

Q-3182² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the education of government officials at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): what is the percentage and number of current employees or full-time equivalents at IRCC whose highest level of education completed is (i) a master's degree or higher, (ii) a university undergraduate degree, (iii) a degree from an institution other than a university, such as a college or technical school, (iv) a high school diploma or equivalent, (v) less than a high school diploma?

Q-3183² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to small craft harbours considered non-core by the government: (a) since 2015, how many of these harbours has the government divested; (b) which harbours have been divested, in what year were they divested and what were their individual rehabilitation costs; and (c) what is the government’s estimated rehabilitation cost for all small craft harbours still owned by the government and considered non-core?

Q-3184² — November 18, 2024 — — With regard to the sexual violence perpetrated by the Canadian-designated terrorist organization, Hamas: (a) how is Canada working to support the survivors of the October 7 Hamas attack; (b) what is the government doing to bring legal action and justice to the victims and the families of the victims who experienced sexual violence on October 7; (c) how is Canada working to bring the Israeli hostages home now; and (d) how many individuals working for Hamas, including its affiliates, have been sanctioned by the Government of Canada since October 7, 2023?

Q-3185² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to spending by the government related to the production of cricket protein, since January 1, 2016: (a) how much funding has been provided for projects supporting the production of cricket protein, broken down by year; (b) what are the details of each project in (a), including the (i) location, (ii) project description, (iii) amount of funding originally announced, (iv) amount of funding distributed to date, (v) date on which the funding was transferred to the recipient, (vi) recipient, (vii) current status, (viii) original projected completion date for the project, (ix) actual completion date for the project, if applicable, (x) current projected completion date for the project, (xi) reason for the project delay, if applicable, (xii) type of funding (grant, repayable loan, etc.), (xiii) amount repaid to date, if applicable; (c) for the announcement on June 27, 2022, to invest up to $8.5 million for Aspire to support the building of a commercial facility to produce cricket protein, (i) what was the reason for exceeding the AgriInnovate Program’s maximum contribution amount of $5 million, (ii) how many jobs were expected to be generated, (iii) how many jobs initially were generated, (iv) how many jobs are currently supported by the grant; (d) has Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) or Health Canada conducted studies or analyses on the production of cricket protein or the human consumption of cricket protein, and, if so, what are the details, including findings of any studies or analyses; (e) did AAFC consider any negative impact on agriculture that the production of cricket protein would have, and, if not, why not; (f) did Health Canada seek any feedback on the human consumption of cricket protein, and, if so, what are the details, including what feedback was given; (g) what is the government’s official position on the human consumption of cricket protein; and (h) for each year since 2016, what was the annual amount of cricket protein produced in Canada, in total and broken down by (i) domestic versus exported usage, (ii) human consumption versus animal consumption?

Q-3186² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to the new capstone research funding organization announced in budget 2024: (a) how will the government decide who sits on the board of this organization; (b) when does the government plan to have the organization launched and active; (c) how many employees or full-time equivalents will be hired; (d) what are the estimated salaries, divided by position; (e) what will be the estimated annual cost of employees; (f) which, if any, international entities will be involved; and (g) what will be the breakdown of the funding allocated for Canadian research versus international research?

Q-3187² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s announcement on November 4, 2024, to cap emissions on the Canadian oil and gas sector by about one-third over the next eight years: (a) has the government undertaken an assessment on how this will impact Canadian families, and, if so, what were the results of the assessment; (b) what will be the estimated increased cost to average Canadians as a result of increased prices for groceries, gas and home heating, broken down by year over the next eight years; (c) what increases does the government expect in Canadian energy imports from countries with lower environmental and ethical standards as a results of the cap; (d) did the government consider the impact that an increased reliance on oil and gas from countries with lower environmental standards will have as a result of imposing this cap, and, if not, why was it not considered; (e) what assessments, if any, has the government undertaken to examine the impact of the emissions cap across the (i) construction, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) finance, (iv) hospitality, sectors; (f) how many jobs have been cut by oil and gas companies as a result of emissions caps in the last nine years; and (g) how does the government plan to ensure that Canada’s oil and gas competitors (United States, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates) have comparable emissions caps, and, if they do not, how does the government plan to allow Canadian oil and gas companies to compete with them?

Q-3188² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to the government's national target to achieve a net-zero emissions grid by 2035: what do internal government estimates show it will cost to convert to net-zero?

Q-3189² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to residential properties owned outside Canada by the Government of Canada: what are the details of each of those properties, including, for each, the (i) country, (ii) city, (iii) description of the property, (iv) amenities included, (v) type of residence (urban house, apartment, condominium, townhouse, acreage), (vi) number of rooms, in total and broken down by type of room, (vii) purchase date, (viii) purchase price, (ix) estimated current value, (x) title of the official, diplomat or other individual assigned to the residence?

Q-3190² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to the government's initiative to implement Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) government-wide since January 1, 2016, broken down by department or agency and by year: how much was spent on implementing EDI, in total, and broken down by line item or type of expenditure?

Q-3191² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to kits provided to inmates under the Prison Needle Exchange Program: (a) what are the current contents in each kit; (b) what is the estimated cost of each kit; (c) how many kits have been distributed each year since 2019; (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by correctional institution; and (e) what were the total expenditures on the kits, broken down by year since 2019?

Q-3192² — November 19, 2024 — — With regard to the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax credit: (a) over the past five fiscal years, how many trusts or corporations have claimed the REIT tax credit, and what is the total value of REIT tax credits claimed during the same period; (b) what was the total tax revenue collected from trusts or corporations that utilized the REIT tax credit in each of the last five fiscal years; (c) what is the effective tax rate from real estate companies and trusts that claimed the REIT tax credit in each of the last five fiscal years; (d) are there any corporations or trusts that are not primarily in the business of real estate that have received the REIT tax credit; (e) what mechanisms or audits are in place to (i) prevent misuse or inappropriate claims of the REIT tax credit, (ii) ensure that larger real estate entities are not creating smaller subsidiaries to exploit the small business tax rate; and (f) how many audits or investigations related to these issues in the real estate sector have been initiated over the past five fiscal years?

Q-3193² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), acting as the contracting agent for the Giant Mine remediation project: (a) what are the details of all contracts related to the Giant Mine overseen by PSPC in this capacity, 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); (b) how much of the $800 million received by PSPC related to this role has been spent on the contracts in (a); and (c) for any of the $800 million that was spent in a manner other than on the contracts in (a), how was the money spent, broken down by expenditure?

Q-3194² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to the Project Finance for Permanence initiatives and the $800 million announced by the Prime Minister in December 2022 to support up to four Indigenous-led conservation initiatives: (a) how much of the $800 million announced for the projects has been spent to date, in total and broken down by project; and (b) what are the details of all funding provided to date resulting from the $800 million announcement, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) recipient organization, (iii) type of funding (grant, loan, etc.), (iv) location and amount, in square kilometres, of related protected area, broken down by land area versus water area?

Q-3195² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to veterinary pharmaceuticals and the fees for related applications to, and approvals by, Health Canada: (a) what was the amount collected in fees in the last fiscal year, in total and broken down by specific type of fee or component; (b) what is the itemized breakdown of how Health Canada spent the money collected from each of the fees in (a); and (c) on which of the fees in (a) did the government collect more money than it spent in costs related to processing the related applications, and, for each such fee, how much was (i) collected from the applicants, (ii) spent on processing?

Q-3196² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' 2024 review of the commercial elver fishery and the department's consultation to distribute the benefits of the fishery to commercial participants under the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations through a proposed pilot program: (a) how many individual submissions were received as part of this consultation, in total and broken down by those that (i) supported, (ii) opposed, the proposal; and (b) what are the details of each submission received, including the (i) date, (ii) name of the individual or organization that made the submission, (iii) position or summary, (iv) location, including the province or territory?

Q-3197² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to government contracts with telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all contracts with Rogers (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or noncompetitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (b) what are the details of all contracts with Videotron (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (c) what are the details of all contracts with Telus (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (d) what are the details of all contracts with Bell (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (e) what are the details of all contracts with Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; and (f) what are the details of all contracts with Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was given (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable?

Q-3198² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to government grants and contributions to telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Rogers (and subsidiaries), 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; (b) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Videotron (and subsidiaries), 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; (c) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Telus (and subsidiaries), 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; (d) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Bell (and subsidiaries), 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; (e) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries), 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; and (f) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries), 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?

Q-3199² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to funding provided through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) program in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem since January 1, 2016, and broken down by year: what are the details of each such CFLI grant, including the (i) amount, (ii) recipient, (iii) file number, (iv) description of the local initiative, (v) date, (vi) location?

Q-3200² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to the government's Indigenous Business Directory: (a) what is the yearly budget to maintain and operate the directory, in total and broken down by type of cost (salaries, IT infrastructure, etc.); (b) how many full-time equivalent employees are assigned to work related to the directory, in total and broken down by position; and (c) what are the details of any contracts signed by the government since January 1, 2023, related to the directory, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount or value of the contract, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced, competitive bid)?

Q-3201² — November 20, 2024 — — With regard to the Sustainable Jobs Training Fund, since March 8, 2024: what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, and provincial and territorial governments, 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) specific goals or objectives related to the grant, (viii) website where the grant is available online, (ix) recipient?

Q-3202² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Asset and Revenue Management system, since December 1, 2016: (a) what are the total expenditures related to the program, broken down by year; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expense; (c) what are the details of all contracts signed by the government related to the system, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) value, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid), (vi) title of the government official who approved the contract; (d) for each contract in (c) that was awarded through a competitive bid process, how many bids were received; (e) what is the target accuracy rate for information contained in the CBSA Asset and Revenue Management system; (f) what is the cloud compute consumption in terms of graphics processing units for the CBSA Asset and Revenue Management system; (g) broken down by month, and week if available, since 2016, how many hours was the CBSA Asset and Revenue Management system (i) online, (ii) offline; (h) broken down by year and month, how many complaints were received, and at what rate; and (i) broken down by year, how many times have costs or cost estimates related to the program been revised and what are the details of each instance, including the (i) date, (ii) previous cost, (iii) revised cost, (iv) reason for the revision?

Q-3203² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to the acquisition or purchase of data sets, such as mobility data, on Canadians from websites, search engines, telecom providers, or other data providers, broken down by any government department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity since January 1, 2022: what are the details of all instances where data was purchased or acquired, including (i) the date, (ii) the amount paid, if applicable, (iii) the company or organization that provided the data, (iv) the description and type of data provided, (v) whether the government requested the data or whether the data was offered by the company or organization, (vi) a summary of the data contents, (vii) how the government used the data?

Q-3204² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to the sponsorship of podcasts, webinars and similar types of productions, since 2019, and broken down by year and by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on such sponsorships; and (b) what are the details of all such sponsorships, including the (i) start date, (ii) end date, (iii) amount or cost, (iv) name of the production, (v) topic or show description, (vi) reason for the sponsorship?

Q-3205² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures on settlement services and welcome kits for refugees or asylum seekers, since January 1, 2019: (a) what were the total expenditures on settlement services and welcome kits, broken down by year; (b) what are the details of all contracts for settlement services or similar types of services, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) value, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (c) what are the details of all contracts that included welcome kits or items that were included in welcome kits, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) value, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the items provided, including their quantity; and (d) how many welcome kits have been distributed, broken down by year, and what were the contents in each kit?

Q-3206² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to netted revenues noted in the Main Estimates, 2024-25, Supplementary Estimates (A), 2024-25, and Supplementary Estimates (B), 2024-25: (a) what are the specific sources of the netted revenue, including how much revenue was provided from each source; (b) for each instance where the source of the netted revenue was from the sale or disposal of an asset, what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) description of the asset, (iii) sale price, (iv) net revenue from the sale, (v) type of sale (auction, negotiated sale, etc.); and (c) for each transaction that contributed to the netted revenue, what are the details, including a summary of the transaction that includes a breakdown of offsetting expenditures netted against the revenue?

Q-3207² — November 22, 2024 — — With regard to the emissions cap: (a) how many Canadian workers will lose their job; (b) how many new jobs will be created; (c) what will be the effect on Canada’s GDP; (d) what will be the effect on Canada’s GDP per capita; (e) what will be the effect on the government’s revenue; (f) what will be the effect on the government’s budgetary balance; (g) what will be the effect on equalization transfers to provinces and territories; and (h) what will be the effect on foreign direct investment in Canada?

Q-3208² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to government programs focused on research, broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation: (a) what are the names of all such programs; and (b) for each program in (a), (i) how much funding is allocated for the current fiscal year, (ii) how much funding is projected to be allocated in subsequent fiscal years, as far as current projections allow, (iii) what is the program’s purpose and objective, (iv) is it guided by a diversity, equity, and inclusion mandate?

Q-3209² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to government funding for foreign aid and international development during the 2023-24 fiscal year: what was the amount of money provided, in total and broken down by recipient country?

Q-3210² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to the National Supply Chain Office (NSCO): (a) where are the physical locations of its main offices and additional hubs located in Canada; (b) how much of the $27.2 million investment from budget 2023 has been spent to date; (c) what are the details of each briefing the NSCO has sent to the minister responsible, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) title, (iii) topic, (iv) author, (v) file number; (d) what are the details of all external outreach activities the NSCO has had with any stakeholders, provinces or territories since its establishment on December 1, 2023, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) participants of the outreach, (iii) format of outreach, (iv) topic, (v) description or summary; and (e) what are the details of each contract over $1,000 related to the NSCO, including the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services provided?

Q-3211² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to the sale of federal properties since March 1, 2023: (a) what are the details of each property sold, including the (i) province or territory, (ii) city, (iii) street address, (iv) type of listing (residential, office, etc.), (v) description of the property, (vi) sale price, if different than the asking price, (vii) buyer, (viii) future use of the property, if known, (ix) date of the sale; (b) for each sale in (a), what were the costs incurred by the government related to the sale, broken down by type of expense; and (c) for each sale in (a), how did the government reinvest the net profits?

Q-3212² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to a sport meeting held on or around January 22, 1997, in Ottawa, to discuss the sexual harassment and abuse of Canadian athletes during which Canadian sport leaders rejected an inquiry into sexual abuse: (a) what was the specific date of the meeting; (b) who convened the meeting, and at whose request; (c) did Sport Canada host the meeting; (d) was the meeting open to the public or closed; (e) were members of the media present (i) before, (ii) during, (iii) after, the meeting; (f) was the meeting intended as a “take stock” meeting to determine what organizations were presently doing; (g) was the meeting intended to “let the public know harassment in sport is a serious problem”; (h) was an “athlete-friendly ombudsman’s office” suggested as the “most effective approach to hear and deal with complaints”, and, if so, what actions followed this suggestion and in what years did they occur; (i) who were all those invited to the meeting, and who were all those who attended the meeting; (j) was there an agenda for the meeting, and, if so, what was the agenda; (k) did the Minister of Canadian Heritage attend the meeting or provide any greeting, and, if so, what was the greeting; (l) how many people were in attendance at the meeting, and which organizations did they come from; (m) who chaired the meeting, and which organization did the Chair come from; (n) which 14 Canadian sport organizations were in attendance, and for each of these identified organizations, who were their representatives; (o) did any athletes attend the meeting, and, if so, (i) how many athletes attended the meeting, (ii) what institutions or organizations did they come from, (iii) who were they; (p) did any ethicists attend the meeting, and, if so, (i) how many ethicists attended the meeting, (ii) what institutions or organizations did they come from, (iii) who were they; (q) was the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport in attendance, and, if so, who were its representatives; (r) were any representatives from the health and medical community in attendance to discuss abuse, its forms, and impacts, and, if so, who were they, and what institutions or organizations did they come from; (s) were any representatives from the legal community in attendance to discuss legal responsibility with respect to sexual harassment and abuse, and, if so, who were they, and what institutions or organizations did they come from; (t) was there a formal vote for “sport leaders reject inquiry into sex abuse”, and (i) if yes, what were the results of the vote, (ii) if yes, which organizations supported an inquiry, (iii) if yes, which individuals supported an inquiry, (iv) if yes, which organizations rejected an inquiry, (v) if yes, which individuals rejected an inquiry, (vi) if not, why not; (u) what reasons were given for rejecting an inquiry, including, but not limited to, (i) “it would be damaging to victims of abuse”, (ii) “much of the fact finding [...] has already been done”, (iii) “there’s enough anecdotal evidence”, (iv) it would be a diversion of time and money, (v) “inquiries create an environment where people run for cover”; (v) were there minutes or a report following the meeting, and, if so, (i) what is the name of the minutes or report, (ii) where can the document be accessed; and (w) what specific deliverables, if any, came out of the meeting?

Q-3213² — November 25, 2024 — — With regard to the Public Service Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments): what are the details of all residential real estate properties that are part of PSP Investments’ investment portfolio, including the (i) location, (ii) date on which the investment was made, (iii) value of the asset, (iv) names of any asset managers or co-owners of the property?

Q-3214² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s Net Zero Accelerator (NZA) Initiative: (a) what are the details of the funding under the “decarbonization of large emitters” investment pillar, including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (b) what are the details of the funding under the “industrial transformation” investment pillar including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (c) what are the details of the funding under the “clean technology and battery ecosystem development” investment pillar including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (d) for large emitters, what is the (i) total number of applications received, (ii) total number of contributions signed, (iii) dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) total disbursements, (v) commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (e) for medium emitters, what is the (i) total number of applications received, (ii) total number of contributions signed, (iii) dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) total disbursements, (v) commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (f) for small emitters, what is the (i) total number of applications received, (ii) total number of contributions signed, (iii) dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) total disbursements, (v) commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (g) what was the emission reduction target at the program level when the NZA Initiative was created; (h) what is the amount of actual emission reductions achieved to date; (i) what are the details of the contribution agreements that have been signed under the initiative including for each (i) the company name, (ii) the amount of funding, (iii) whether the applicant was seeking funding of $50 million or more, (iv) the date when the application was received, (v) the date the contribution agreement was signed, (vi) cost of emissions reduction per tonne; (j) what is the total number of employees or full time equivalents working on delivering the NZA; and (k) what are the details of all contracts signed to date related to the initiative, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount or value, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3215² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to the Living Cost Differential for federal employees working in Bella Coola, British Columbia, which was removed in 2020 following the results of a 2018 cost of living survey of employees: (a) how many employees in the Bella Coola area were contacted for the 2018 survey; (b) how many surveys were completed and returned; (c) what was the method by which employees were contacted about the survey (in-person, email, etc.); (d) what are the line-by-line results of the survey, for both Bella Coola and Vancouver; and (e) what is the Treasury Board Secretariat’s detailed reasoning for removing the Living Cost Differential?

Q-3216² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to government enforcement of the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations: how much has the government fined airlines for violating these regulations, since they came into effect, broken down by (i) year, (ii) airline company, (iii) value of the fine for each violation, (iv) reason for the fine?

Q-3217² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to Canada’s obligations under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHRs): (a) since 2016, what work has the government undertaken to create National Focal Points (NFPs) in order to implement the IHRs within Canada; (b) what are the details of all NFPs within Canada, including, for each, their (i) location, (ii) mandate, (iii) number of employees or full-time equivalents, (iv) operational budget, (v) date of establishment; (c) for NFPs within Canada, what is the breakdown of employees by nationality; (d) what plans does the government have to establish additional NFPs, including, for each, their (i) location, (ii) mandate, (iii) allocated resources (personnel, funding, assets); (e) what is the frequency of communication between the NFPs and the (i) WHO, (ii) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); (f) what Act, including clause and section, enabled (i) the designation of NFPs, (ii) the relationship between the NFPs and the PAHO, (iii) the relationship between the NFPs and the WHO; (g) does Canada have a regional office or NFP located at the PAHO headquarters in Washington, and, if so, what is the work of that office or NFP; (h) as per Article 4 of the IHRs, what measures is Canada taking, or will take, to implement the IHR’s NFP regulations, including any adjustments to domestic legislative and administrative arrangements; (i) what is the role of the PAHO in Canada and what are the programs and initiatives Canada and the PAHO are working on; (j) what are the roles of other government agencies and departments in working with the WHO or PAHO; (k) what is the reporting hierarchy in relation to the WHO, NFPs, PAHO, the Government of Canada’s Minister of Health, Privy Council Office, Office of the Prime Minister, and the Chief Medical Officers of Health in the provinces and territories; and (l) has the government analyzed the measures contained in Bill C-293, An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness, and if so, what did the analysis show would be the impact of the measures on Canada’s pandemic preparedness plan?

Q-3218² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) Independent Ethics Advisor (advisor) position: (a) is the hired advisor a public servant, and, if so, what are the details of this hire, including (i) the salary range, (ii) the hiring date, (iii) the start and end dates, (iv) who at SDTC hired the advisor and what their position is, (v) the mandate of the advisor, (vi) the title of the individual to whom the advisor reports at SDTC; (b) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred by the advisor to date, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) event description; (c) what are the details of all travel claim expenses incurred by the advisor to date, including, for each, the (i) start date, (ii) end date, (iii) total amount, (iv) origin, (v) destination, (vi) amount spent on air fare, (vii) amount spent on meals, (viii) amount spent on other forms of transportation, (ix) amount spent on accommodations; (d) how many full-time equivalents are assigned to support the position; (e) what were the costs to set up this position; and (f) if the answer to (a) is no, is the advisor a hired consultant, and, if so, (i) what were the costs to hire the advisor, (ii) what company is the advisor from, (iii) what was the hiring date, (iv) what are the contract’s start and end dates, (v) who at SDTC hired the advisor and what is their position, (vi) what is the mandate of the advisor, (vii) to whom does the advisor report?

Q-3219² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to the government's economic policy: what specific actions, if any, does the government have planned to increase the value of the Canadian dollar?

Q-3220² — November 26, 2024 — — With regard to the family-based permanent residence pathway for people affected by the current conflict in Sudan, since the program opened in February 2024: (a) how many applications have been received; and (b) of the applications received in (a), how many (i) were accepted, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still being processed?

Q-3221² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures related to the Prime Minister's trip to Toronto on or around November 21-22, 2024: (a) what were the total costs incurred by the government for (i) accommodations, (ii) per diems, (iii) other expenses for the flight crew and government officials who travelled to Toronto in connection with the Prime Minister's trip; (b) what hotels did the flight crew and government officials stay at in Toronto; (c) what was the Prime Minister’s itinerary on each day of the trip, including who attended each item on the itinerary; (d) what were the total expenditures related to the trip, broken down by (i) event or announcement, (ii) type of expense, (iii) individual who incurred the expense; (e) did any government officials travel to Toronto by means other than the Challenger flight that carried the Prime Minister and, if so, (i) how many officials travelled by other means, (ii) how much was spent on their airfare or other transportation; (f) what are the details of the passenger manifest for this flight; and (g) what was the official purpose of the trip?

Q-3222² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to storytelling at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council Office: (a) how many storytellers are currently working for the Privy Council Office or the Office of the Prime Minister; (b) what is the organizational structure for the storytellers (e.g. is there a lead storyteller to whom the other storytellers pitch their stories); (c) who decides whether or not a story is worth telling; (d) what is the yearly budget of the storytelling department; (e) to whom does the lead storyteller report; (f) of the storytellers currently employed, how many have prior experience writing fictional stories; (g) what metrics are used to judge the quality of the storytelling; (h) what is the itemized breakdown of the storytelling budget; (i) how many stories have been told by the storytellers, broken down by year, for each of the last five years; and (j) of the stories in (i), how many were fiction?

Q-3223² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to the $619,865,441 in funding, accorded to the Department of Public Works and Government Services, for all capital investments, as outlined in Vote 5b from the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2024-25: what are the details of all capital investments which require funding from this $619,865,441 Vote, including, for each, the (i) primary contractor involved, (ii) location, (iii) additional funds needed, if any, (iv) reason for needing additional funding, if any, (v) description of all projects, (vi) location of all projects, if applicable?

Q-3224² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to all capital investments, year-to-date, made by the Department of Public Works and Government Services: what are the details of all capital investments made, including, for each, the (i) primary contractors involved, (ii) date, (iii) cost of all capital investments, (iv) description of all projects, (v) manner in which it was awarded (competitive bid or sole-sourced), (vi) location of all projects, if applicable?

Q-3225² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate: (a) what are the total costs year-to-date incurred by the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, in total and broken down by Treasury Board object code; (b) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (c) what are the details of all travel expenses incurred, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) origin, (iv) destination, (v) type of expense (airfare, accommodation, etc.); and (d) how many full-time equivalents are assigned to work at the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate?

Q-3226² — November 27, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation: (a) what are the total costs year-to-date incurred by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, in total and broken down by Treasury Board object code; (b) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (c) what are the details of all travel expenses incurred, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) origin, (iv) destination, (v) type of expense (airfare, accommodation, etc.); and (d) how many full-time equivalents are assigned to work at the Canadian Race Relations Foundation?

Q-3227² — November 28, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s response to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP): (a) how many UAP have the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) or the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) noted, tracked, or reported since January 1, 2023; (b) how many of the incidents in (a) elicited a military or similar response (e.g. a scramble); (c) how many cases since January 1, 2023, were not identified or found to be anomalous; (d) what are the details of all UAP cases since January 1, 2023, that resulted in a response or were not identified, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) description; and (e) was there a follow-up investigation into the object shot down over the Yukon in February 2023, referred to by NORAD and the RCAF as “UAP 23”, and, if so, what were the findings of the investigation?

Q-3228² — November 28, 2024 — — With regard to applications to the Veterans Independence Program, broken down by province or territory, by official language, and by fiscal year since 2015: (a) how many applications received were from (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) Indigenous, (iv) black, (v) 2SLGBTQIA+, veterans; and (b) for each demographic in (a)(i) through (a)(v), how many applications were (i) received, (ii) denied, (iii) approved, (iv) withdrawn, suspended, or rejected, (v) connected to a disability benefit for a physical injury, (vi) connected to a disability benefit for a mental health injury, (vii) connected to a disability benefit for both a physical and mental health injury?

Q-3229² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to fees that are collected by the government under the carbon charge regime as set out under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and that are designated for reimbursement to First Nations: (a) what is the total value of the fees set aside for reimbursement to date, in total and broken down by province or territory; (b) what is the mechanism by which the government intends to reimburse First Nations, broken down by province or territory; (c) how much of the fees in (a) have been delivered to First Nations to date, in total and broken down by province or territory; (d) how are these funds designated in Canada's fiscal framework; and (e) what is the reasoning for the government not putting these funds into a trust or another First Nations held account?

Q-3230² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to government buildings obtaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what was the total expenditure related to obtaining or maintaining LEED certification, broken down by year, for each of the last five years; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expenditure; (c) what are the details of all contracts entered into by the government related to obtaining or maintaining LEED certification since 2019, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (d) what are the details of any payments made by the government to the Canada Green Building Council since 2019, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) type of payment (grant, loan, contract for services), (iii) date, (iv) purpose; (e) what are the details of any payments made to any international organization since 2019, such as the US Green Building Council, related to LEED certification, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) type of payment, (iii) date, (iv) purpose, (v) recipient organization; (f) how many government buildings currently have LEED certification; (g) what are the details of the buildings in (f), including, for each, the (i) name, if applicable, (ii) address, (iii) location (city, province), (iv) type of building; and (h) for each building in (g), how much has the government paid to date for LEED certification?

Q-3231² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to homes constructed under the Housing Accelerator Fund, since the program's introduction in March 2023: what are the details of each finished home completed by the fund, including, for each, the (i) address, (ii) date construction began, (iii) date construction was completed, (iv) description of the home (3-bedroom house, studio apartment, etc.)?

Q-3232² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to the government's response to the document production order adopted by the House of Commons on June 10, 2024, calling for the production of all documents pertaining to Sustainable Development Technology Canada, broken down by department or agency: (a) what is the total number of (i) redactions made, (ii) pages turned over, (iii) pages that contain at least one redaction, (iv) words contained in the documents, (v) words redacted; and (b) how much has the government spent on toner or black ink related to printing the redacted documents?

Q-3233² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to government usage of Palantir hardware, software or other technology, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity, since January 1, 2016: (a) has the government ever owned or used any Palantir technology, directly or indirectly (e.g. Palantir drivers being used in SAP Concur programs), and, if so, what are the details, including (i) what elements are owned or in use, (ii) how each element in (a)(i) is used; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed by the government directly with Palantir or with other companies for items that include Palantir technology, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the vendor, (iv) the description of the goods or services, (v) what the goods or services are used for; (c) what safeguards, if any, does the government have in place to ensure that any Palantir technology used by government entities is not used by Palantir for unauthorized data mining or analytics; (d) which applications or technology, which contained Palantir elements in any way, involved data mining or analytics; and (e) for each application in (d), what measures are in place to ensure that the data is secure and safe from threats both internal and external, as well as from hacking?

Q-3234² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA and the CBC story from November 14, 2024, titled "CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds": (a) why did the CRA launch a witch hunt or similar type of investigation against whistleblowers; (b) who ordered the investigation; (c) what resources is the CRA using to conduct the investigation, including the number of employees or full-time equivalents who are involved in the investigation; (d) has the CRA taken any action against those employees who authorized the issuing of the bogus refunds, and, if so, what are the details, including the number of employees who were reprimanded or fired; (e) if the CRA has not taken action against those employees in (d), why not; (f) has the CRA contacted the Ontario Provincial Police's Anti-Rackets Branch or requested they conduct an investigation, and, if so, when were they contacted; (g) is the CRA aware of any instances where CRA employees have altered taxpayers' banking information, and, if so, how many taxpayers' banking information was altered; (h) did the CRA contact the RCMP regarding any of the instances in (g), and, if so, on what date; (i) since the story broke, has the CRA implemented any additional security precautions to protect the banking information of taxpayers, and, if so, what measures have been taken and on which dates; (j) what specific security measures related to protecting banking information did the CRA have in place prior to the story; (k) was the system used to monitor those who prepare tax returns' (e.g. H&R Block) access to bank account information also in place to monitor CRA employees, and, if not, why not; (l) following the incidents which led to the story, has the CRA conducted a complete audit of all logins which included CRA employees changing taxpayers banking information; (m) has the CRA checked reports of fraud against the records of CRA employee logins, and, if so, what were the results; and (n) if the answer to (m) is no, why has the CRA not checked this?

Q-3235² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Dental Benefit and broken down by benefit period and federal electoral district, since the program’s inception: (a) what is the total number of approved applications; and (b) how many children have been helped by the program?

Q-3236² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Housing Benefit and broken down federal electoral district: (a) what is the total number of approved applications; and (b) how many Canadians have been helped by the program?

Q-3237² — November 29, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiative and broken down by department or agency and program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from the Canadian Dental Care Plan?

Q-3238² — December 2, 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 April 30 to December 1, 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-3239² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to government information on proton beam therapy (PBT) for cancer patients: (a) what are the (i) dosimetric, (ii) clinical, advantages of PBT over traditional radiation for cancer patients; (b) what are the advantages of PBT for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, including (i) for areas that may compromise pituitary, intellectual, auditory or visual functions, (ii) for areas where normal tissue tolerances may be exceeded with traditional radiation; (c) which specific G7 and G20 countries have a (i) functional PBT facility; (ii) PBT facility under construction; (d) how many PBT facilities are available worldwide, and what are the details, including (i) how many such facilities are currently under construction globally, (ii) how many such facilities are available in the United States; (e) which specific countries and regions have PBT facilities; (f) according to Canadian guidelines, which specific cancers would benefit from PBT; (g) broken down by province and territory, how many Canadian patients are eligible for medically necessary PBT annually abroad because treatment is not available in Canada; (h) which specific provinces and territories have structured out-of-country PBT referral programs because treatment is not available in Canada, and which provinces and territories do not have such programs; (i) broken down by province and territory, what is the eligibility criteria for out-of-country PBT referrals; (j) broken down by province and territory, what is the out-of-country PBT referral process; (k) broken down by province and territory, what (i) populations, (ii) cancers, are eligible for PBT referrals; (l) broken down by province and territory, which referrals for PBT prioritize curative treatment; (m) broken down by province and territory, what subset of patients are prioritized for PBT, broken down by those with (i) pediatric, (ii) adult, cancers; (n) which provinces or territories exclude the use of PBT for (i) metastatic disease, (ii) reradiation, (iii) second line treatments; (o) is it possible that a patient from one province could be approved for PBT, but a similar patient who resides in a different province could be denied the same therapy; (p) broken down by province and territory, how many Canadian patients travel annually for medically necessary PBT because treatment is not available in Canada; (q) broken down by province and territory, what percentage of (i) pediatric patients, (ii) adult patients, eligible for PBT receive treatment outside of Canada; (r) broken down by province and territory, what specific secondary treatment-related costs of PBT are covered; (s) what challenges do Canadian patients who are forced to travel for medically necessary PBT outside of Canada face, including, but not limited to, (i) delays in review and approval by provincial and territorial insurance, (ii) lack of funding for travel, hotels, or meals, (iii) lack of a Canadian passport, (iv) illness after cancer surgery preventing someone from leaving the country, (v) inability to take time away from work due to financial hardship; (t) what are the potential impacts of being forced to travel for PBT on a patient’s (i) mental health, (ii) support system, (iii) family function, (iv) employment, (v) children’s schooling; (u) how would the availability of a large, public, Canadian PBT facility impact (i) services for Canadians, (ii) survival rates for adults and children with cancer, (iii) rates and severity of acute radiation toxicity and long-term radiation side effects after radiation therapy; (v) if a PBT facility were built, what would be the expected percentage of cost reduction (i) for cancer patients within the facility’s province, (ii) for cancer patients in Canada outside of the facility’s province, compared to international travel costs; (w) what, if any, patient data is (i) collected, (ii) reported, on the use of PBT across clinical indications and socioeconomic groups; and (x) how would a large, public, Canadian PBT facility impact (i) research, (ii) scientific collaboration?

Q-3240² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sport, from the 1960s to the 1980s: (a) what, if any, oversight, did Sport Canada (SC) undertake of each national sport organization's (NSO) mandated PED (i) policies, (ii) plans, (iii) testing in 1984; (b) were there minimum standards that each NSO had to meet for (a)(i) through (a)(iii), and, if so, what were they; (c) what, if any, accountability measures were put in place to ensure NSOs were compliant with Canada’s 1983 anti-doping policy; (d) what, if any, oversight did SC undertake (i) to protect an athlete’s right to a fair hearing before any anti-doping authority, (ii) to provide an athlete with proper representation during any anti-doping hearing, (iii) to ensure access to any scientific evidence and analysis used in any allegation against an athlete; (e) does SC acknowledge that, due to the rapidly changing anti-doping regime of the 1980s, (i) record keeping was inconsistent, (ii) athlete samples were not maintained; (f) what, if any, efforts did SC undertake to protect athletes’ identities during the Dubin Inquiry; (g) what, if any, efforts did SC undertake to protect the physical and mental health of athletes, of all abilities, during the Dubin Inquiry; (h) what, if any, efforts did SC undertake to protect athletes from racism during the Dubin Inquiry; (i) what, if any, efforts did SC undertake to protect athletes’ (i) athletic status, (ii) employment, during the Dubin Inquiry; (j) what, if any, efforts did SC undertake to protect athletes from being ostracized in (i) sport, (ii) Canada, (iii) the world, as a result of testifying at the Dubin Inquiry; (k) does SC acknowledge that it and the Canadian sport system shifted blame for their collective failure to protect athletes onto the athletes themselves through their search for “dirty athletes”; (l) does SC acknowledge that the failure to address PEDs in the 1960s and 1970s allowed PEDs to spread throughout Canadian (i) high-performance, (ii) university and college, (iii) high school, sports; (m) does SC acknowledge that the failure to address PEDs in the 1960s and 1970s allowed unethical sport leaders, coaches, doctors and pharmacists to experiment on athletes in the 1970s and 1980s with (i) veterinary products, (ii) injectable and oral steroids, (iii) human growth hormone, with unknown short-term and long-term health impacts; (n) does SC acknowledge that there are power imbalances in sport, and if so, that victims of doping were often (i) young, (ii) racialized, (iii) groomed, (iv) experimented on; (o) does SC acknowledge their failure to (i) act for 14 years, after the Food and Drugs Act was amended in 1969 to include steroids as a controlled substance, (ii) act in the 1960s when the problems caused by PEDs were widely known across multiple sports, (iii) provide oversight to NSOs that were black boxes, (iv) ask questions of sports coaches, trainers, doctors, (v) listen to anecdotal evidence, especially in light of dramatic improvements of athlete’s musculature and performance, (vi) collect evidence until 1984, (vii) deliver a consistent message about PEDs to the sport community and their harms to athletes, (viii) protect athletes from experimentation and unethical practices, (ix) question the fact that officials, coaches and athletes knew the problem but no official from SC publicly took a stand against the cover-up; (p) does SC acknowledge that mixed-messaging about winning at any cost in-part led to the PEDs problem (e.g. messaging that recommended following Charlie Francis’s innovative methods, despite the rumours of steroid use); (q) does SC acknowledge that mixed-messaging reflected a deeper ethos that winning mattered above everything else, and as a result, sport leaders, coaches, doctors and officials were willing to look the other way when it came to athlete harm; (r) if SC recognizes that the Dubin Inquiry was “an important first step” to addressing the health impacts and maltreatment of athletes, what, if any, efforts did SC take to (i) identify, (ii) monitor the health of, (iii) provide treatment to, all victims of doping in the 1970s and 1980s; (s) does SC know the extent of how many athletes were experimented on with PEDs in the 1970s and 1980s, and what, if any, efforts have the department taken to identify victims; and (t) if SC now accepts that athletes were maltreated, why has it failed to undertake an anonymous investigation into the morbidity and mortality of those who were carded athletes and took PEDs in the 1970s and 1980s?

Q-3241² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and the requirement to submit a project plan to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and be issued an initial project evaluation for each qualified CCUS project: (a) how many project plans have been submitted to NRCan to date regarding the CCUS ITC qualification process; (b) how many initial project evaluations have been issued by NRCan regarding CCUS projects; (c) for each project plan submitted to date, how long did the process take between the submission of the project plan and the issuance of the evaluation; (d) for each plan which has been submitted that has yet to receive an evaluation from NRCan, on what dates were the plans received by NRCan; (e) of project plans which have (i) received an evaluation, (ii) not yet received an evaluation, how many required additional information or revision beyond what was included in the original submission; (f) how many project plans have been rejected or otherwise denied an initial project evaluation; and (g) what is the projected dollar value of the ITCs claimable against projects which have already received an initial evaluation?

Q-3242² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) transferring refugees to Niagara Falls, Ontario, between January 1 and December 1, 2024: (a) how many have been transferred to Niagara Falls in total; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of the number of refugees transferred to Niagara Falls; (c) which hotels is the government using to lodge refugees in Niagara Falls; (d) how many hotel rooms are currently being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (e) what is the capacity of each hotel room that is being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (f) how many refugees are staying in each hotel room in Niagara Falls; (g) what is the average length of time IRCC expects (i) an individual refugee, (ii) a refugee family, to be lodged in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (h) for all refugees being lodged in government-funded Niagara Falls hotel rooms, without identifying names or other personal information, how many days has each refugee stayed; (i) what is the average cost per night that IRCC pays per refugee staying in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (j) for the night of December 1, 2024, what was the total cost IRCC paid hoteliers to house refugees located in Niagara Falls; (k) what is the average cost that IRCC pays per refugee who lives in a Niagara Falls hotel room for daily meals and refreshments; (I) for the month of November 2024, what was the total cost IRCC paid hoteliers to feed refugees located in Niagara Falls; (m) what are the countries of origin for refugees who have been accommodated in Niagara Falls; (n) what is the breakdown of refugees transferred to or accommodated in Niagara Falls by each country of origin; (o) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to the municipality of Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (p) how much funding has been transferred by the federal government to the Region of Niagara to deal with the influx of refugees in the region; (q) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to local not-for-profit, charitable, and nongovernmental organizations in Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (r) what are the names of the specific not-for-profit, charitable, and non-governmental organizations who have received federal government funding; (s) what is the breakdown of funding for each organization to date; (t) how many more refugees does IRCC currently plan to transfer to or accommodate in Niagara Falls; (u) how many refugees have moved out of government-funded hotel rooms in Niagara Falls and into personal accommodations; (v) when does the federal government plan to stop paying for refugee hotel rooms in Niagara Falls; and (w) what are the terms and conditions of the financial agreement that IRCC has with each hotelier located in Niagara Falls that houses refugees and receives federal monies to provide this service?

Q-3243² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to Canada's foreign aid, delivered through either Global Affairs Canada, the International Development Research Centre, or any source of direct aid, since 2016 and broken down by year: how much foreign aid went to, or was dedicated towards, the Palestinian people or Palestinian authority (i) directly, (ii) through the United Nations or the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees?

Q-3244² — December 2, 2024 — — With regard to the government's foreign policy: what is the current official position of Canada relating to the Palestinian efforts to become a full member state of the United Nations?

Q-3245² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to multiple comments made by the Prime Minister and various other ministers following the social media post by President-elect Donald J. Trump of November 25 that said “thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before… On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem.”: (a) what assessments has the government done, or will the government do, to determine if Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP are able to meet the demands of the President-elect in his statement; (b) what specific plan does the government have to satisfy Trump’s request regarding “Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop [the] Invasion” of the United States of America from Canada; (c) what “absolute right and power” will the government use “to easily solve this long simmering problem”; (d) what will the government do to prevent people from emigrating from Canada to the United States illegally; (e) how will the proposed tariffs of up to 25% on Canadian goods in the coming future affect the government’s ability to manage immigration; (f) what is the financial impact to Canada’s GDP of the proposed tariffs of up to 25% on Canadian goods; and (g) when leveraging immigration to assist in Canada’s trade relationship with the United States, what will the government do to change (i) their immigration strategy, (ii) who they admit into the country?

Q-3246² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to the answer given by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on November 26, 2024, in the House of Commons, and his statement that there are about 4.9 million people with temporary documents that are set to expire throughout 2025, of which many may be duplicates: (a) how many are duplicates; (b) by comparison, how many documents expired throughout 2024; (c) of the documents in (b), how many are duplicates; (d) how many documents are set to expire throughout 2026; (e) of the documents in (d), how many are duplicates; (f) in 2024, how many individuals with expired documents left Canada voluntarily; (g) in 2024, how many individuals left Canada due to the Canada Border Services Agency issuing (i) a departure order (ii) an exclusion order (iii) a deportation order; (h) what specific methods does the government use to track individuals and their documents; (i) how does the government draw the conclusion that there is a significant number of duplications of these documents; (j) what specific actions and methods does the government take to eliminate the duplications of individuals' files; (k) what specific technology and methods to track immigrants in Canada with temporary visas has the department deployed to improve the tracking of temporary resident visas and people within Canada in the past two fiscal years; (l) how has the government communicated to the holders of these documents their responsibility to leave the country when their permits expire and the consequences of overstaying their allotted time; (m) what actions has the government taken, and what future steps will it take, to address temporary permit holders who refuse to leave after the end of their restoration period; and (n) how will the government respond to protests by temporary residents who believe they have a right to stay within Canada despite their documents expiring?

Q-3247² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures on consulting services by the government in the 2023 calendar year, broken down by department, agency or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on (i) training consultants (code 0446), (ii) information technology and telecommunications consultants (code 0473), (iii) management consulting (code 0491), (iv) other types of consultants or consulting, broken down by type and object code; and (b) for each response in (a), what is the total value of the expenditures that were (i) awarded competitively, (ii) sole-sourced?

Q-3248² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to the government's response to Order Paper Question Q-3051 showing the number of taxpayers in each riding that received the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement: what is the government's explanation for why certain individuals in completely urban ridings, such as Winnipeg Centre, Ottawa Centre and numerous completely urban ridings in the Greater Toronto Area, are receiving the rural supplement?

Q-3249² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to contracts provided by the government to Accenture since January 1, 2016, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the topics related to the goods or services, (vi) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vii) whether or not the goals or objectives were met, (viii) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-3250² — December 3, 2024 — — With regard to reports, studies, assessments, and evaluations (hereinafter referred to as "deliverables") prepared for the government, including any department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity, by Accenture since December 1, 2019: what are the details for each deliverable, including the (i) date on which the deliverable was finished, (ii) title, (iii) summary of recommendations, (iv) file number, (v) website where the deliverable is available, if applicable, (vi) value of the contract related to the deliverable?

Q-3251² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative: (a) how much of the initiative’s $650 million budget has been allocated for stock assessment; (b) how much of the initiative’s $650 million budget has been spent on stock assessment; (c) under the Conservation and Stewardship pillar, what specific projects have received funding commitments; and (d) what is the total amount of funding that has been disbursed under each of the strategy’s pillars?

Q-3252² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's removal inventories: (a) how many cases are currently in each of the following inventories, broken down by inventory type, including (i) monitoring inventory, (ii) stay inventory, (iii) wanted inventory, (iv) working inventory; (b) broken down by each inventory type, how many cases were (i) added, (ii) resolved or removed, during the last calendar year; (c) what is the average time a case remains in inventory, broken down by type of inventory; (d) how many cases in (a) involve individuals with enforceable removal orders, broken down by (i) inventory type (ii) country of origin; and (e) what measures are currently in place to address any impediments to timely removals for cases in each inventory?

Q-3253² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to the tracking and reporting of asylum claims by individuals who hold or have held a study permit in Canada: (a) does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) collect information on the current immigration status of asylum claimants, specifically whether they are (i) studying, (ii) have studied, (iii) hold a post-graduate work permit, as indicated in departmental intake forms; (b) what fields are currently mandatory in the asylum application process to identify claimants who hold or have held a study permit, including but not limited to questions about current status or postsecondary enrollment history; (c) broken down by country of citizenship, how many asylum claims were made in 2023 by individuals currently holding: (i) a valid study permit, (ii) a post-graduate work permit, (iii) an extended post-graduate permit; (d) how does IRCC track and report the immigration status of asylum claimants at the time of their claim; (e) does IRCC aggregate all such asylum claimants into a single category of "international students" for reporting purposes, and if so, why; and (f) what measures are in place to ensure the accuracy of reporting on the immigration status of asylum claimants who are current or former study permit holders?

Q-3254² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to immigration and refugee claims from French-speaking countries, specifically Senegal, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Togo, Benin, Madagascar, Gabon, and the Central African Republic: (a) how many permanent residents have been admitted to Canada from these countries each year since 2019, broken down province or territory of settlement, and immigration stream; (b) how many refugee claims have been made by individuals from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by (i) inland claims, (ii) port-of-entry claims, (iii) claims accepted, (iv) claims rejected, (v) claims withdrawn, (vi) claims still pending; (c) what was the average processing time for refugee claims made by individuals from these countries, broken down by year since 2019; (d) how many permanent residents from these countries admitted each year since 2019 were processed through Francophone-targeted programs, such as the Francophone Mobility Stream or the Express Entry Francophone category, broken down by province or territory of settlement; (e) how many visa applications, including for permanent residency or temporary residency, were refused for applicants from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by type of visa and reason for refusal; (f) how many fraud investigations or audits have been conducted involving immigration applications from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by type of immigration stream; and (g) what measures have been put in place to monitor and address the increasing number of asylum claims and immigration applications from these countries in the last 12 months?

Q-3255² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to the monitoring and enforcement of removal orders by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): (a) how many foreign nationals have been removed from Canada in each calendar year since 2015; (b) how many foreign nationals are currently being monitored by the CBSA, broken down by (i) monitoring inventory, (ii) wanted inventory, (iii) stay inventory, (iv) working inventory; (c) of the foreign nationals listed in the monitoring inventory, how many are (i) awaiting refugee determination decisions, (ii) pending permanent resident status, (iii) subject to an unenforceable removal order; (d) of the foreign nationals listed in the stay inventory, how many have received a stay of removal due to (i) an administrative deferral of removal, (ii) a temporary suspension of removal, (iii) a submission of a pre-removal risk assessment, (iv) ongoing litigation at the Federal Court; (e) with respect to the working inventory, how many cases are currently in this category, broken down by the (i) nature of impediments to removal, (ii) country of origin of the individuals, (iii) average and median length of time cases remain in this category; and (f) what specific actions has the CBSA undertaken to resolve the impediments to removal for cases in the working inventory, and what are the most common unresolved challenges?

Q-3256² — December 4, 2024 — — With regard to the removal of persons by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), since January 1, 2016: (a) how many persons subject to removal have departed or been removed from Canada, broken down by year; (b) what is the number of "high priority foreign nationals" subject to removal orders on grounds of serious inadmissibility, broken down by year and relevant Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) section on inadmissibility; (c) of the number in (b), how many were actually removed from Canada, broken down by year and relevant IRPA section on inadmissibility; (d) how many persons who are subject to removal orders on the grounds of serious inadmissibility have not yet been removed, broken down by (i) year, (ii) reason for non-removal, (iii) relevant IRPA section on inadmissibility; and (e) regarding the number in (d), how does the CBSA plan to find and remove these persons from Canada?

Q-3257² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to carbon offsets purchased by the government, since January 1, 2016: (a) how much was spent by each department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity; (b) what are the details of each purchase, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) cost, (iii) amount of emissions that the purchase was meant to offset, (iv) vendor, (v) activity the purchase was intended to offset; (c) which of the offset purchases in (a) were for the travel of (i) a cabinet minister, broken down by minister, (ii) Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change; (d) of the offsets in (c) what are the (i) dates, (ii) destinations of the travel, associated with the offset; and (e) how many emissions have been directly reduced from the federal government’s purchases of carbon offsets to date?

Q-3258² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change: (a) what was the cost of establishing the position, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) in the 2023-24 fiscal year, what expenditures were incurred by the government related to the ambassador, in total and broken down by (i) travel, (ii) salaries, (iii) administrative costs, (iv) hospitality, (v) advertising, (vi) carbon offsets, (vii) other expenditures broken down by type; (c) in the last fiscal year, what was the (i) base salary, (ii) performance compensation or bonus pay, (iii) value of other taxable benefits, provided to Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change; (d) what is the annual budget of the Ambassador for Climate Change and their office; (e) what are the details of all contracts associated with the Ambassador for Climate Change and their office, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods and services, (v) manner in which it was awarded (competitive bid or sole-sourced); and (f) does the Ambassador for Climate Change have a driver and, if so, what is the (i) make and model of the vehicle, (ii) salary range of the driver, (iii) cost of fuel associated with the vehicle during the last fiscal year?

Q-3259² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to the statement in the government’s response to Order Paper question Q-3082, that “$132,168 was spent in 2021-22 to plan and deliver a social media influencer campaign to help people in Canada make an informed decision about COVID-19 vaccines”: (a) which influencers were paid as part of this campaign; (b) how much was each influencer paid, broken down by influencer; (c) what is the itemized breakdown of how the $132,168 was spent; and (d) for 2020-21, what are the details of the campaign, including (i) how much money was spent, (ii) which influencers were paid as part of this campaign, (iii) how much was each influencer paid, broken down by influencer, (iv) what is the itemized breakdown of how the $132,168 was spent?

Q-3260² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to federal housing investments for Indigenous housing since February 1, 2006, broken down by province and territory, year, and Indigenous identity (Inuit, Métis, First Nation): (a) how many homes has the government built; (b) how many homes has the government built for the Métis Settlements; (c) how many total units have they identified are in need of repair, replacement, or are overcrowded; and (d) how many total units have they identified are in need of repair, replacement, or are overcrowded for the Métis Settlements?

Q-3261² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to the nine Veterans Affairs Canada centres that were closed in 2014: (a) how many jobs were lost at each centre; and (b) how many veterans did they serve per year before being closed down?

Q-3262² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to the New Veterans Charter enacted in 2006: (a) how many veterans lost the right to a pension; and (b) how much money did injured and disabled veterans lose in entitlement as a result of this legislative change across all eligible veterans (i) on average, (ii) in total?

Q-3263² — December 5, 2024 — — With regard to federal spending in the constituency of London—Fanshawe, broken down by fiscal year since 2020-21, inclusively: what are the details of all grants, contributions and loans to any organization, group, business or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) municipality in which the recipient is located, (iii) date 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?

Q-3264² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to government expenditures related to the Prime Minister's trip to New York in September 2024, to attend the United Nations General Assembly: (a) what are the expenditures incurred to date, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how many members were part of the Canadian delegation; (c) what are the names and titles of the delegation members; (d) to date, what was the total amount spent on hotels in the New York City area during that visit; and (e) what are the details of the spending at each hotel, including the (i) total amount spent, (ii) name of the hotel, (iii) number of rooms rented each night, (iv) rate paid and the number of rooms at each rate?

Q-3265² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to the government spending review, and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity participating in the review: (a) what are the details of all contracts signed with third parties since January 1, 2023, related to the review, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount or value, (iii) vendor, (iv) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid), (v) description of the goods or services provided; and (b) for each contract in (a) that was signed with a consultant or consulting company, what recommendations were provided to the government?

Q-3266² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to contracts that have been cancelled by the government since January 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) how many contracts have been cancelled; (b) what is the total amount paid out in cancellation fees or penalties; and (c) what are the details of all such cancellations, including, for each, the (i) date the contract was signed, (ii) date the contract was cancelled, (iii) vendor, (iv) value, (v) description of the goods or services, (vi) reason for the cancellation, (vii) cancellation fee or other similar type of cost to the government?

Q-3267² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to poems commissioned by government departments or agencies since January 1, 2016, and excluding those written by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate: what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) name of the poet or vendor, (iii) value of the contract, (iv) title of the poem, (v) purpose of the poem, (vi) event associated with the poem, if applicable?

Q-3268² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to songs commissioned by government departments or agencies since January 1, 2016: what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) name of the artist or vendor, (iii) value of the contract, (iv) title of the song, (v) purpose of the song, (vi) event or campaign associated with the song, if applicable?

Q-3269² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the management consulting contract worth $18,583.74 (Procurement Identification Number 7459892), paid to Rock Paper Scissors Inc. for services at the 2024 Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles, California: (a) what specific management consulting work or reports were completed for GAC as a result of the contract; and (b) what are the details of any other contracts or expenditures that GAC incurred related to the 2024 conference including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) vendor, (iii) description of the goods or services?

Q-3270² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the management consulting contract worth $39,500 (Procurement Identification Number 7460198), which paid Robert Griesbach for an assessment of the solid waste sector in Saint Kitts and Nevis: (a) what specific management consulting work or reports were completed for GAC as a result of the contract; (b) what were the results of the assessment; and (c) what criteria did GAC use to determine that spending $39,500 for an assessment of the solid waste sector in Saint Kitts and Nevis was a prudent use of taxpayer dollars?

Q-3271² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to the government's pledge to cap the deficit at no more than $40 billion: on what date did the government know that it would break this pledge?

Q-3272² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to the government expenditures related to its participation at the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) public hearings from December 2 to 13, 2024, related to an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change: (a) how many (i) lawyers, (ii) other government officials, were involved in any way with the Canadian government's submission or participation at these ICJ hearings; (b) what are the projected or budgeted estimated expenditures related to the government's participation, broken down by type of projected expense (legal fees, travel, etc.); (c) who was responsible for overseeing the substance of the government's submissions to the ICJ; and (d) did the government take any action at the hearings to ensure the future viability of Canada's oil and gas industry and protect Canadian jobs in the oil and gas sector, and, if not, why not?

Q-3273² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to the government's decision to exempt physical video games from the GST/HST between December 14, 2024, and February 15, 2025, but not to exempt downloadable video games: (a) why was this decision made; and (b) does the government recognize that physical video games are worse for the environment than downloadable games, and, if so, why is the government promoting the purchase of items that are worse for the environment than more eco-friendly alternatives?

Q-3274² — December 6, 2024 — — With regard to the responsibilities of full-time equivalent employees of Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) as of December 1, 2024: (a) how many full-time employees worked at PrairiesCan; (b) how many employees were assigned to administer programs under the Building a Green Prairie Economy Act; (c) how many employees were assigned to administer programs under the Economic Development on the Prairies core responsibility; (d) how many employees in (c) were assigned to administer files specifically to achieve the result of (i) “businesses are growing in the Prairies”, (ii) “communities are developing economically in the Prairies”, (iii) “businesses are commercializing technology and adopting it in the Prairies”; (e) how many employees were assigned to administer files in the (i) innovation program stream, (ii) business growth program stream, (iii) business services program stream, (iv) community initiatives program stream; (f) how many employees worked in internal services; and (g) what is the current organizational structure at PrairiesCan, including how many employees or full-time equivalents are in each section and department covered by the organizational structure?

Q-3275² — December 9, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) immigration detention and alternatives to detention (ATD) programs: (a) how many individuals are currently detained, broken down by detention type and facility, including (i) immigration holding centres (IHCs), (ii) provincial jails, (iii) federal prisons; (b) of the individuals currently detained in (a), broken down by detention type and facility, how many are (i) failed refugee claimants, (ii) individuals with criminal convictions, broken down by specific offense type, (iii) individuals classified as a danger to the public; (c) how many individuals are currently subject to ATDs, broken down by type of ATD, including (i) reporting conditions, (ii) financial bonds, (iii) community supervision programs; (d) of the individuals in (c), broken down by type of ATD, how many (i) have breached their conditions, (ii) are failed refugee claimants, (iii) have criminal convictions, broken down by specific offense type; (e) how many minors have been detained or housed in IHCs in the past five years, broken down by year, and of those minors, how many (i) were unaccompanied, (ii) were accompanied by a parent or guardian, (iii) remained in detention for more than 14 days; (f) how many deportations have been executed since 2019 for individuals detained in (i) IHCs, (ii) provincial jails, (iii) federal prisons, broken down by year and by the top country of deportation; and (g) what contingency plans has the CBSA developed to address a potential increase in irregular migrants or asylum seekers from the United States due to changes in U.S. deportation policies, including (i) the establishment of additional detention facilities, (ii) resource and staffing requirements, (iii) operational capacity enhancements?

Q-3276² — December 9, 2024 — — With regard to federal spending in the constituencies of Trois-Rivières, Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Berthier—Maskinongé, for each of the three ridings, broken down by fiscal year since 2018–19, inclusively: (a) what is the total amount for each fiscal year; (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the amounts in (a) by department, Crown corporation, agency or organization; and (c) what grants and contributions were made, broken down by funding source?

Q-3277² — December 9, 2024 — — With regard to government departments' and agencies' use of in service flame-resistant (FR) garments produced using meta and para-aramid fibres that include fibres such as Nomex, Conex, Kermel, Kevlar and Modacrylic fibres: (a) what type of FR garments are being used by the respective departments, and what is their fibre content; (b) what is the quantity or volume of FR garments used for each respective garment type each year; (c) how many FR garments or non-FR garments, used by government agencies, have been treated with water repellency coatings like durable water repellent that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); and (d) where are used FR and non-FR PFAS-contaminated garments, including fire-fighting turnout gear, broken down by location across Canada, including the (i) location of the entity responsible for storage, (ii) total number of garments stored at the location?

Q-3278² — December 9, 2024 — — With regard to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions: (a) has any minister of the Crown, current or former exempt staff member, or current or former public servant received a notice from the Commissioner, pursuant to section 13 of the Inquiries Act, that she intends to make a finding of misconduct or other adverse finding; and (b) for each notice referred to in (a), (i) to whom was it given, (ii) what is the nature of the potential finding?

Q-3279² — December 9, 2024 — — With regard to the Next Generation Human Resources and Pay System project to replace the Phoenix pay system: (a) under Contract Number 24062-190560/001/XE, how much of the $12,911,514.00 contracted for with SAP Canada Inc. was spent; (b) under contract number 24062-190560/002/XE, how much of the $326,014,885.02 contracted for with Ceridian Canada Ltd/Dayforce has been spent; (c) under contract number 24062-190560/003/XE, how much of the $31,475,876.00 contracted for with Canada Workday ULC has been spent; (d) since the decision was made to replace the Phoenix pay system, how much money has been spent on the Next Generation Human Resources and Pay System project to replace the Phoenix pay system; (e) since the decision was made to replace the Phoenix pay system, what has been the total cost to operate and maintain the Phoenix pay system; (f) what are the values of the contracts with Ceridian Canada Ltd./Dayforce to re-design it to meet the technical requirements of the original solicitation; and (g) what design changes have been made to the Ceridian Canada Ltd/Dayforce solution?


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