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Tuesday, December 17, 2024 (No. 391)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

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?

Q-3280² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to Canada’s border security, since February 1, 2006, broken down by province and year: how many federal ports of entry or border crossings have been (i) permanently closed down due to funding cuts, (ii) closed down temporarily due to staffing shortages, broken down by the duration and the reason for the shutdown?

Q-3281² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s Indigenous Business Directory, since January 1, 2016, and broken down by year: (a) how many businesses were removed from the directory; (b) how many of the businesses in (a) were removed due to (i) bankruptcy or otherwise ceasing operations, (ii) non-compliance with the requirement that 51% of the business be owned and controlled by Indigenous peoples, (iii) another reason, broken down by reason; (c) for each business that was removed from the directory, what are the details, including, the (i) name, (ii) location, (iii) date, (iv) reason for its removal; (d) have any of the businesses in (c) since been re-added to the directory, and, if so, what are the details of each instance, including the name of the businesses and the date they were re-added; (e) when a company is removed from the directory, are its ongoing contracts with the government, which were awarded due to its status in the directory, cancelled, and, if so, what are the details of any such contracts, including, for each, the (i) name of the company, (ii) contract value prior to its cancellation, (iii) date of the contract, (iv) date of the cancellation, (v) date on which the company was removed from the directory, (vi) final contract value following its cancellation, (vii) amount recovered by the government following the cancellation; and (f) for each instance where a business was removed due to non-compliance with the 51% requirement, how did the government become aware of the non-compliance (whistleblower, compliance audit, general research, etc.)?

Q-3282² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to government statistics on excess deaths: (a) how does the government measure excess mortality; (b) how many excess deaths have occurred in each year, from 2005 until present; (c) for each year in (b), what are the principal factors that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada believe caused excess deaths in that year; and (d) what are any projected excess death numbers for the next 10 years?

Q-3283² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the Apartment Construction Loan Program, since January 1, 2022: how many for-profit builders that meet the eligibility requirement of $250 million in minimum net worth value currently have a loan with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, broken down by (i) province and territory, (ii) year, (iii) name of company?

Q-3284² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to government statistics on violence against women, broken down by year since 2015: (a) how many criminal acts of violence against women were reported, in total and broken down by province or territory, and by major metropolitan area; (b) of the acts of violence in (a), how many were homicides or deadly assaults; (c) how many individuals were charged in relation to the crimes in (a); (d) how many individuals were charged in relation to the crimes in (b); and (e) what is the breakdown of (c) and (d) if the number of individuals charged were (i) already wanted for other crimes, (ii) out on bail, (iii) on parole at the time of being charged?

Q-3285² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, broken down by year since 2015: how many personnel employed by either the Department of National Defence or the Canadian Armed Forces were (i) General or Flag Officers, (ii) Regular Force members, (iii) Reserve Force members, (iv) Ranger Patrol Group members, (v) civilians?

Q-3286² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to government funding for electric vehicle (EV) battery plants, since November 4, 2015: (a) how much funding has the government provided for the (i) Northvolt EV battery manufacturing plant in Montreal, Québec, (ii) Volkswagen EV battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, (iii) Stellantis LG EV battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, (iv) Honda EV assembly, battery manufacturing, and cathode processing plant, in Alliston, Ontario, (v) General Motors CAMI assembly plant and refurbishment of the Oshawa plant, (vi) Asahi Kasei EV battery component plant, (vii) E-One Moli Energy lithium-ion battery cell production plant, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of subsidy (construction, production, etc.) and the manner in which it was provided (direct payment, tax credit, etc.)?

Q-3287² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to Northern Affairs Canada (NAC): (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents (FTE) currently work at NAC; (b) how many employees or FTE are assigned to work in the (i) Business management unit, (ii) Natural Resources and Environment Branch, (iii) Northern Contaminated Sites Program Branch, (iv) Northern Government Branch, (v) Northwest Territories Region, (vi) Nunavut Region, (vii) Yukon Region; (c) for the 2024-25 fiscal year, what is the budget allocation for operations of the (i) Business management unit, (ii) Natural Resources and Environment Branch, (iii) Northern Contaminated Sites Program Branch, (iv) Northern Government Branch, (v) Northwest Territories Region, (vi) Nunavut Region, (vii) Yukon Region; and (d) what is the breakdown of (b) by executive (EX or higher) positions versus positions below the executive level?

Q-3288² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the $5 billion in funding through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements to British Columbia, committed in the 2021 Fall Economic Statement, in response to extreme weather events: (a) how much of this commitment has been delivered to British Columbia to date, in total, and broken down by specific project funded; (b) when will the outstanding amount be delivered; and (c) what is required before the outstanding amount is provided to British Columbia?

Q-3289² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to high-speed internet access and the Universal Broadband Fund across various geographic areas in Canada: (a) what percentage of Canadians residing within each census metropolitan area have access to at least 50 Mbps download speed as of December 2024, broken down by each census metropolitan area; (b) what percentage of Canadians residing within each census agglomeration have access to at least 50 Mbps download speed as of December 2024, broken down by each census agglomeration; (c) what percentage of Canadians living outside any census metropolitan area or census agglomeration have access to at least 50 Mbps download speed as of December 2024; (d) what is the number of applications submitted to the Universal Broadband Fund that have not been selected for funding, broken down by each census metropolitan area; and (e) of the applications submitted to the Universal Broadband Fund that were denied funding, (i) how many were denied funding, in total and broken down by geographic area targeted, (ii) how many targeted communities with fewer than 1,000 residents, (iii) what is the breakdown of denials by reason for denial, including what criteria weren’t met, if applicable, (iv) what is the breakdown of denied applications by the proposed internet speed upgrade associated with the application?

Q-3290² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to flight delays in Canada, for each calendar year from 2016 to 2024, and broken down by year: what was the number of flight delays in Canada, categorized by type of reason, including (i) delay within carrier control (excluding safety), (ii) delay within carrier control (safety), (iii) delay outside carrier control (Air Traffic Control/National Air System), (iv) delay outside carrier control (weather), (v) delay outside carrier control (other), (vi) delay outside carrier control (security), (vii) total number of delayed flights?

Q-3291² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to complaints reported by air carriers to Transport Canada, broken down by year, from 2016 to 2024: (a) how many complaints were reported by Air Canada, WestJet, Porter Airlines, Sunwing Airlines and Air Transat, broken down by each type of complaint category, including (i) tarmac delays, (ii) denied boarding (bumping), (iii) issues with seating of children, (iv) lost baggage, (v) delayed baggage, (vi) damaged baggage; (b) what was the monthly total number of complaints for each category listed in (a); and (c) of the complaints listed in (a), how many were resolved by the air carriers, broken down by air carrier (i) Air Canada, (ii) WestJet, (iii) Porter Airlines, (iv) Sunwing Airlines, (v) Air Transat?

Q-3292² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and government information on stolen motor vehicles being illegally exported from Canada: (a) how many stolen motor vehicles has the CBSA retrieved at (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, before being illegally exported from Canada, broken down by year from 2021 to 2024; (b) how many vehicles does the CBSA estimate have been illegally exported from Canada via (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, broken down by year from 2021 to 2024; and (c) what percentage of outgoing containers from (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, have been scanned for goods being illegally exported from Canada, broken down by year from 2021 to 2024?

Q-3293² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to government expenditures related to the Taylor Swift concerts in Toronto and Vancouver: (a) did the government pay for concert tickets related to the security detail who accompanied the Prime Minister to the concert in Toronto, and, if so, how much was paid; (b) did the government pay for concert tickets related to any staff, excluding security detail, who accompanied the Prime Minister to the concert in Toronto, and, if so, how wany tickets were purchased and how much was paid; (c) for each ticket paid for in (b), from what entity or individual were the tickets purchased; and (d) did any departments, agencies, Crown corporations, or other government entities pay for, or receive, any tickets to the Taylor Swift concerts, and, if so, what are the details, including the (i) date of the concerts, (ii) number of tickets, (iii) amount paid, (iv) value of the tickets, if the government did not pay for them, (v) name or title of the individual who used the ticket, (vi) reason the government paid for the ticket?

Q-3294² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the government's intention to launch consultations on the development of a national caregiving strategy announced in budget 2024: (a) what are the details of all consultations and meetings on this subject matter, including, for each, the (i) date and location, (ii) participants, (iii) subject matter discussed, (iv) outcome; (b) were any reports or briefs submitted to the federal government by the provincial or territorial governments, unions or industry groups, and, if so, what are the details of such documents; and (c) if no consultations have yet taken place, what is the government’s projected timeline for launching the consultations?

Q-3295² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the federal government’s investments in the Aspire Food Group’s cricket facility in London: (a) how much in federal funding has the government announced for the Aspire facility to date; (b) how much funding has been disbursed to Aspire to date; (c) what is the government’s analysis of the return on investment for the millions invested in the facility both short-term and long-term; (d) what are the key government priorities and long-term objectives that are achieved with this investment; (e) what economic or business case analyses did the government undertake before investing in the facility, and what are the results of those analyses; (f) what are the government’s analyses of the current market demand for insect protein, including specifically for human consumption; (g) is the government aware that Aspire has cut two-thirds of its workforce and is retooling its facility, and, if so, when did it become aware; (h) what measures, if any, has the government put in place to ensure their investment in the Aspire facility pays off for taxpayers regardless of the company’s wellbeing, and, for example, did the government include access to the value of the property or other assets in the event of insolvency as part of the conditions of the investment; and (i) what plans does the government have to invest in other insect processing facilities?

Q-3296² — December 10, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s road infrastructure plans and policies: (a) what is the government’s current policy with regard to funding new road infrastructure; (b) what are the details of all analyses that have been conducted since 2016 by the Department of Environment and Climate Change or the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities with regard to Canada’s road networks and future road network needs, including, for each, the (i) date of the analysis, (ii) sources of data used, (iii) methodology used, (iv) details of any third party reports or public consultations that took place to inform the analysis, (v) summary of the analysis, (vi) policy recommendations made in the analysis; (c) has the government done any analysis on the economic value of current and future road infrastructure, and, if so, what are the results of those analyses; (d) what policy decisions were made based on the analyses in (b) or (c), including any decisions to reduce or change government investments in road infrastructure; (e) since 2016, how much has the government invested in road infrastructure across Canada, broken down by (i) year, (ii) province or territory, (iii) type of investment, (iv) program through which the funding flowed; (f) how much is the government forecasting to spend on road infrastructure in each of the next 10 fiscal years, broken down by (i) year, (ii) province, (iii) type of investment, (iv) program through which the funding would flow; (g) does the government have any analysis indicating that any road infrastructure or highways under its jurisdiction are not in good condition or are not meeting safety standards; and (h) if the answer to (g) is affirmative, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) name and location of the road, (ii) condition, (iii) action the government is taking to make the road safe?

Q-3297² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to women in sport in Canada: (a) how is Sport Canada (SC) defining “gender equality in sport by 2035” and what are the details, including, (i) what are their specific goals, (ii) what, if any, interim goals and targets have been set, (iii) is the sport system on target to meet the 2035 goals, and, if not, what are the barriers to achieving these goals, (iv) what, if any, oversight is SC undertaking to ensure the 2035 goals are achieved, (v) what specific strategies are being put in place to ensure the 2035 goals are achieved; (b) does SC’s definition of “gender equality in sport by 2035” include achieving equality in (i) each national sport organization (NSO), (ii) each multisport service organization (MSO), (iii) each provincial and territorial sport organization (PTSO), (iv) sporting events hosted in Canada, (v) community sport, (vi) any other category, (vii) if yes, what are the stated goals for (b)(i) to (b)(vi); (c) does defining “gender equality in sport by 2035” include equal representation for underrepresented groups, and if so, (i) who are the underrepresented groups, (ii) what are the stated goals for each group; (d) does achieving “gender equality in sport by 2035” include equality for (i) athletes, (ii) coaches at all levels, (iii) officials at all levels, (iv) safeguarding positions, (v) leadership positions, (vi) any other category, (vii) if yes, to any of (d)(i) to (d)(vi), what are the stated goals for each, (viii) are there specific goals within each of categories (d)(i) to (d)(vi) for each underrepresented group; e) does achieving “gender equality in sport by 2035” include (i) equal pay for those groups in (d)(i) to (d)(vi); (f) how many employees are there at SC, and what percentage are (i) women, (ii) First Nations, Inuit or Metis people, (iii) Black people, (iv) racialized people, (v) members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, (vi) people of all abilities; (g) how many leadership positions are there at SC and what percentage are held by (i) women, (ii) First Nations, Metis or Inuit people, (iii) Black people, (iv) racialized people, (v) members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, (vi) people of all abilities; (h) how many people work in the area of the sport funding framework, and what percentage of those employees are (i) women, (ii) First Nations, Metis or Inuit people, (iii) Black people, (iv) racialized people, (v) members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, (vi) people of all abilities; (i) in what year were carded women athletes awarded funding equal to that of male athletes and what are the details, including,(i) if the practice of equal funding has continued in each year since the first implementation date, (ii) what are the annual funding statistics since implementation; (j) broken down by NSO, do carded female and male athletes receive equal funding; (k) in 2017, what specific data was SC tracking with respect to women in sport, including any data relating to equity, diversity or inclusion; (l) in 2017, what specific data was SC tracking to ensure progress for underrepresented athletes, coaches, officials, and leaders, and what, if any, statistics were collected; (m) broken down by NSO, in 2017, (i) what percentage of carded athletes were women, (ii) what percentage of NCCP accredited coaches, by level, were women, (iii) what percentage of officials, by level, were women, (iv) what percentage of safeguarding positions were held by women, (v) was the NSO led by a woman, (vi) for each answer in (m)(i) to (m)(iv), was any category further broken down to track other underrepresented groups, and, if so, what were the details of those statistics; (n) in 2017, what percentage of (i) NSOs, (ii) MSOs, were led by women; (o) in 2017, what review, if any, did SC undertake of each NSO’s policies to ensure gender equality for carded athletes in (i) funding, (ii) access to facilities, (iii) training opportunities, (iv) medical treatment and supportive therapies, (v) career development, (vi) post-athletic career development, (vii) what, if any, data is available for (o)(i) to (o)(vi); (p) in 2017, what review, if any, did SC undertake of each NSO’s and MSO’s policies to ensure gender equality in (i) hiring practices, (ii) pay equity, (iii) training, (iv) career development, (v) succession planning; (q) when was the Gender Equity, Inclusion and Innovation unit created at SC and what are the details, including, what is the (i) number of staff in the unit, (ii) the title of each position, (iii) annual funding to the unit, for each year since its creation; (r) how did the sporting environment change following the 2018 budget and what are the details, including (i) what specific new data was tracked regarding women in sport, (ii) what specific research on women and sport was undertaken, (iii) was any of the research in (r)(ii) published, and if so, what are the names of the published reports, (iv) who conducted the research, for each of the reports in (r)(iii), (v) what specific funding was provided by SC, for each of the reports in (r)(iii); (s) following the 2018 budget what specific new innovative practices were undertaken to promote women and girls’ participation in sport; (t) in 2021, what specific data was SC tracking with respect to women in sport, including any data regarding equity, diversity or inclusion; (u) in 2021, what specific data was SC tracking to ensure progress for underrepresented athletes, coaches, officials, and leaders, and what, if any, statistics were collected; (v) broken down by NSO, in 2021, (i) what percentage of carded athletes were women, (ii) what percentage of NCCP accredited coaches, by level, were women, (iii) what percentage of officials, by level, were women, (iv) what percentage of safeguarding positions were held by women, (v) was the NSO led by a woman, (vi) for each of the groups outlined in (v)(i) to (v)(iv), was any category further broken down by any other underrepresented group, and if so, what were the relevant statistics; (w) for each of (v)(i) to (v)(iv), was SC on target to meet the stated goal of reaching “gender equality in sport by 2035”, and if not, (i) what was each specific barrier, (ii) what specific strategies were being put in place to address each barrier in (w)(i); (x) in 2021, what percentage of (i) NSOs, (ii) MSOs, were led by women; (y) in 2021, what review, if any, did SC undertake of each NSO's policies to ensure gender equality for carded athletes in (i) funding, (ii) access to facilities, (iii) training opportunities, (iv) medical treatment and supportive therapies, (v) career development, (vi) post-athletic career development, (vii) what, if any, data is available for (y)(i) to (y)(vi); (z) in 2021, what, if any, review did SC undertake of each NSO’s and MSO’s policies to ensure gender equality in (i) hiring practices, (ii) pay equity, (iii) training, (iv) career development, (vi) succession planning; (aa) between 2019 and 2021, were any (i) goals, (ii) timelines, set to achieve gender equality for all women in sport, and, if so, what were they; (bb) what are the details of the sporting environment following the 2022 budget, including, (i) what specific funding was allocated to address increasing the number of women in coaching, (ii) what specific funding was allocated to address increasing the number of women in officiating, (iii) what specific funding was allocated to address increasing the number of women in leadership positions, (iv) what funds were allocated to each NSO for the purposes outlined in (bb)(i) to (bb)(iii), (v) what, if any, oversight did SC undertake to ensure progress on each of the stated goals in (bb)(i) to (bb)(iii), (vi) what, if any, increase was there in the number of women coaches, officials, and leaders by sport, (vii) what were the percentage increase, if any, for each of (bb)(i) to (bb)(iii), (viii) for each of (bb)(i) to (bb)(iii), was any category broken down further by other underrepresented group, and, if so, what are the relevant statistics; (cc) following budget 2022, what specific new data was being tracked; (dd) in 2024, what specific data is SC tracking with respect to women in sport; (ee) broken down by NSO, in 2024, (i) what percentage of carded athletes are women, (ii) what percentage of NCCP accredited coaches, by level, are women, (iii) what percentage of officials, by level, are women, (iv) what percentage of safeguarding positions are held by women, (v) is the NSO led by a woman, (vi) for each of (ee)(i) to (ee)(iv), was any category further broken down by underrepresented group, and, if so, what are the relevant statistics; (ff) for each of (ee)(i) to (ee)(iv), is SC on target to meet the stated goal of reaching gender equality in sport by 2035, and, if not, (i) what is each specific barrier, (ii) what specific strategies are being put in place to address each barrier in (ff)(i); (gg) in 2024, what percentage of (i) NSOs, (ii) MSOs, were led by women; (hh) in 2024, what review, if any, did SC undertake of each NSO’s policies to ensure gender equality for carded athletes in (i) funding, (ii) access to facilities, (iii) training opportunities, (iv) medical treatment and supportive therapies, (v) career development, (vi) post-athletic career development, (vii) what, if any, data is available for (hh)(i) to (hh)(vi); (ii) what review, if any, did SC undertake of each NSO’s and MSO’s policies to ensure gender equality in (i) hiring practices, (ii) pay equity, (iii) training, (iv) career development, (v) succession planning; (jj) for every federal, provincial or territorial sport meeting since 2019, which specific meetings included on their agenda increasing the participation of women in sport; (kk) what, if any, data is being regularly tracked by SC at the federal level and broken down by sport, regarding (i) emotional abuse, (ii) physical abuse, (iii) psychological abuse, (iv) sexual abuse, (v) verbal abuse, (vi) neglect to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community; (ll) what, if any, data is being regularly reported by SC, broken down by sport, for each of (kk)(i) to (kk)(vi) and what are the details including, (i) who is collecting the data, (ii) who is doing the analysis, (iii) what is the reporting schedule; (mm) what, if any, discussions and shared goals, broken down by sport, are being undertaken at the provincial and territorial level to track (i) emotional abuse, (ii) physical abuse, (iii) psychological abuse, (iv) sexual abuse, (v) verbal abuse, (vi) neglect to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community; (nn) what, if any, data is being tracked by SC at the federal level on whether NSOs (i) report any child abuse, neglect or sexual misconduct to law enforcement and safe sport body, (ii) remove any perpetrators as well as enablers from the sport system when the evidence demands it to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community; (oo) what, if any, discussions and shared goals are being undertaken at the provincial and territorial level on whether PTSOs (i) report any child abuse, neglect or sexual misconduct to law enforcement and safe sport body, (ii) remove any perpetrators as well as enablers from the sport system when the evidence demands it to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community; (pp) what, if any, data is being tracked by SC at the federal level on (i) discrimination, (ii) harassment, (iii) hazing, (iv) racism, (v) sexual assault involving an authority figure in sport, (vi) athlete-perpetrated sexual assault, (vii) athlete-perpetrated group sexual assault, in sport, to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community; (qq) which specific NSOs make public a registry of those whose sport participation is restricted based on violation of the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport to better protect women and girls, and all members of the sport community, and what percentage of NSOs do they represent; (rr) do all SC negotiated hosting agreements include mandated equity, diversity, and inclusion requirements for sporting events held in Canada, and if so, what are the specific requirements; (ss) are there mandated requirements to ensure a balanced gender representation for coaches selected to participate at all national and international games, and if so, what are those requirements; (tt) what, if any, tracking does SC do to monitor (i) gender equality in sport programming, (ii) balanced portrayal of women’s sports, (iii) quantity of portrayal of women’s sports; (uu) what, if any, actions does SC take to address any injustices in (tt)(i) to (tt)(iii); (vv) what, if any, tracking does SC take to monitor inequalities between genders in (i) prizes, (ii) prize money, (iii) other forms of athlete payment; and (ww) what, if any, actions does SC take to address any injustices in (vv)(i) to (vv)(iii)?

Q-3298² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the government's participation in the United Nations' 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan: (a) what are the total expenditures incurred by the government to date related to the conference, broken down by type of expense; (b) what are the details of all delegates sent to COP29, including the (i) total number of delegates that the government paid for, (ii) official title and department or organization of each individual, (iii) total expenditures incurred by each individual, broken down by type of expense; (c) what are the details of the delegates' accommodations in Azerbaijan, including (i) which hotels were used, (ii) how much was spent at each hotel, (iii) how many rooms were rented at each hotel and for how many nights, (iv) what were the room rates paid at each hotel and the number of rooms rented at each rate, (v) who stayed in each room in (c)(iv), broken down by room rate; (d) what were the details of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s accommodation expenditures, including the (i) daily rate, (ii) accommodation venue; (e) what are the details of the total hospitality expenditures, broken down by (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) name of any commercial establishment or vendor involved in the hospitality activity, (v) number of attendees, (vi) description of the event, (vii) description of the goods and services; (f) what are the details of all ground transportation expenditures, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the vendor, (iv) the origin, (v) the destination, (vi) the make and model of each vehicle used, (vii) the type of vehicle (gas, electric, hybrid), (viii) whether a chauffeur or driver was included, (ix) the names and titles of passengers or individuals who incurred the expense; and (g) what are the details of all expenditures on gifts related to the conference, including, for each, the (i) value, (ii) description, (iii) vendor from whom it was purchased, (iv) recipient?

Q-3299² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the decision not to designate the Vista Coal Mine Phase II Expansion pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act: how does this decision align with the commitments in the mandate letter of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to (i) continue Canada’s leadership on the global effort to phase out coal-powered electricity and the mining of thermal coal, (ii) ban thermal coal exports from and through Canada as swiftly as possible, and no later than 2030?

Q-3300² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the government's intention to launch consultations on the development of a youth climate corps announced in budget 2024: (a) what are the details of all consultations and meetings on this subject matter, including, for each, the (i) date and location, (ii) participants, (iii) subject matter discussed, (iv) outcome; (b) were any reports or briefs submitted to the government by interested groups, and, if so, what are the details of such documents; and (c) if no consultations have yet taken place, what is the government’s projected timeline for launching the consultations?

Q-3301² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to Parks Canada's fire management program: (a) how many Indigenous fire specialists or advisors does the agency currently engage as part of its Indigenous fire stewardship program; and (b) how many members of the Indigenous Fire Circle are (i) Indigenous Parks Canada employees, (ii) external advisors, including which First Nation or Indigenous community they represent?

Q-3302² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada (CBC/Radio-Canada): (a) how many settlement agreements has CBC/Radio-Canada signed with CBC/Radio-Canada employees, either directly or through employee unions, for each of the last 10 years; (b) of those settlement agreements, how many contained (i) non-disclosure provisions, (ii) non-disparagement provisions, (iii) confidentiality provisions or clauses; (c) how much has CBC/Radio-Canada paid out in settlements for each of the last 10 years, broken down by settlements and the amounts paid; (d) how many workers or contractors of CBC/Radio-Canada filed harassment complaints for each of the last 10 years; (e) of those complaints, how many were investigated; and (f) of those complaints, how many were resolved by settlement agreements with non-disclosure, non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions?

Q-3303² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to government funding for each fiscal year from 2015-16 to 2024-25 allocated within the constituency of Vancouver Kingsway: what is the total amount, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) initiative, (iii) amount?

Q-3304² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the additional $165,634,000 provided to the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) through the 2024-25 Supplementary Estimates (A): (a) what is the itemized breakdown of how the CIB will spend the $165,634,000; and (b) what specific costs or expenses increased since the tabling of the 2024-25 Main Estimates that caused the CIB to require this additional funding?

Q-3305² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), since 2016 and broken down by year: (a) how many awards were provided by NSERC to individuals and organizations located outside of Canada and what was their total value; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by country; and (c) what are the details of each such award, including the (i) recipient, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) project description?

Q-3306² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) funding, since January 1, 2016: (a) how many firms in the program's database have left Canada; (b) how many different firms received financial support, broken down by year; (c) of the recipients in (b), how many have since either left Canada or been acquired by foreign owners; and (d) for each NRC IRAP recipient firm that has left Canada or been acquired by foreign owners, what are the details, including (i) the recipient, (ii) the amount of original funding, (iii) the project description or purpose of the funding, (iv) how much of their contribution agreement funding has been paid back to date (total dollars and percentage of total obligations)?

Q-3307² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Student Loans Program: (a) what is the total amount of outstanding student loans; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by academic discipline and level (undergraduate, doctoral, etc.)?

Q-3308² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to "clause-by-clause guides" prepared by the Democratic Institutions Secretariat of the Privy Council Office to support committee consideration of government bills amending the Canada Elections Act: (a) was a guide prepared in relation to Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act; (b) if the answer to (a) is no, (i) why not, (ii) who made that decision and when; and (c) if the answer to (a) is yes, (i) to whom was the guide provided and when, (ii) who approved the distribution list referred to in (i) and, broken down by recipient, why were they provided the guide, (iii) if the guide was not provided to all members of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, why not?

Q-3309² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms families classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024, (i) were previously non-restricted, (ii) were previously restricted, (iii) were previously prohibited, (iv) had no classification decision previously rendered; (b) for each firearm family in (a) that was previously classified as non-restricted, how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; (c) for each firearm family in (a) that was previously classified as restricted, how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (d) for the individual units in (b) and (c), what is the source of that information?

Q-3310² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms families classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, (i) were previously non-restricted, (ii) were previously restricted, (iii) were previously prohibited, (iv) had no classification decision previously rendered; (b) for each firearm family in (a) that was previously classified as non-restricted, how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; (c) for each firearm family in (a) that was previously classified as restricted, how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (d) for the individual units in (b) and (c), what is the source of that information?

Q-3311² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Substance Use and Addictions Program, and safe and safer supply projects, commissioned by or which have received funding from Health Canada, since January 1, 2024: (a) what were the costs incurred by the government related to the program, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; and (b) what are the details of all projects, including the (i) project name, (ii) location, (iii) amount of government funding, (iv) description of the project?

Q-3312² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024, fire rimfire cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024, fire centrefire cartridges; (c) for the firearms in (b), how many are chambered in (i) .223, (ii) 5.56 NATO, (iii) .308, (iv) 6.5 Creedmor, (v) 30-06; (d) for each firearm in (a), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (e) for each firearm in (b), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-3313² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire rimfire cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire centrefire cartridges; (c) for the firearms in (b), how many are chambered in (i) .223, (ii) 5.56 NATO, (iii) .308, (iv) 6.5 Creedmor, (v) 30-06; (d) for each firearm in (a), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (e) for each firearm in (b), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-3314² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding for the Paper Excellence Group and its subsidiaries since 2006: (a) what have been the federal investments, loans and subsidies, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) project, (iii) total contribution, (iv) funding program, (v) type of funding; and (b) what transparency and accountability measures are in place to ensure that funds meant to create jobs and revitalize communities are used for these purposes?

Q-3315² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the implementation and processing of claims under Jordan’s Principle, for each fiscal year since its implementation: (a) broken down by regional focal point, what is the (i) number of urgent requests received, (ii) total number of requests received, (iii) number of urgent requests approved, (iv) total number of requests approved, (v) number of urgent requests denied, (vi) total number of requests denied, (vii) total amount of funding requested, (viii) total amount of funding approved; (b) broken down by regional focal point, what is the total number of staff available to process requests who are (i) full-time equivalent, (ii) part-time equivalent, (iii) on temporary contracts; (c) what was the total number of requests made which were (i) approved, (ii) denied; and (d) how many requests were reimbursed within (i) 15 days, (ii) 30 days, (iii) 60 days, (iv) 90 days, (v) more than 90 days?

Q-3316² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the funding program "Youth facing barriers: Expand their options and potential" falling under Employment and Social Development Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program, broken down by fiscal year from 2018 to the present: (a) what was the total quantity of applications approved versus denied, broken down by (i) province, (ii) federal riding; (b) which organizations had funding approved, broken down by (i) province, (ii) federal riding; (c) which organizations that were previously awarded funding were denied for renewed funding, broken down by (i) province, (ii) federal riding; and (d) what evaluation criteria were used to determine whether or not a successful program applicant was awarded renewed funding in subsequent years?

Q-3317² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Sectoral Table on the Care Economy announced in Budget 2024: (a) what is the date by which the Sectoral Table is projected to be operational; (b) what is the purpose or mandate of the Sectoral Table; (c) what occupations besides early childhood education will fall under the purview of the Sectoral Table; (d) will membership of the Sectoral Table include (i) executives of private, for-profit companies, (ii) not-for-profit organizations, (iii) unions, (iv) Indigenous caregivers; and (e) what are the details of all consultations and meetings with provinces and territories, unions on this subject matter, including the (i) date of the consultation, (ii) government officials present, (iii) officials or union representatives consulted, (iv) outcomes of the consultation?

Q-3318² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to Transport Canada’s decision to reclassify the Joe Casey, Margaret's Justice, Petite Princess and Scotian ferries travelling to Digby Neck & Islands: (a) when did the department make the decision to reclassify the vessels; and (b) what was the rationale behind the decision?

Q-3319² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to federal investments in Canada’s grocery sector since January 1, 2023: how much federal funding has been provided to (i) Loblaws, (ii) Metro, (iii) Empire, (iv) Walmart, (v) Sobeys, (vi) Costco, broken down by company, year and type of funding?

Q-3320² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate Program's training fund, since October 1, 2021: (a) how many community-based firefighters have been successfully trained by the federal government, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) year; and (b) in what jurisdictions have the trained community-based firefighters in (a) been used to fight and manage wildfires, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) year?

Q-3321² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payments: (a) has the government conducted any analysis into (i) how much it would cost to allow individuals who continue to pay into and don’t start collecting CPP payments until an age later than 65, such as 70, to defer those payments and receive larger payment when they do start collecting CPP payments, (ii) any proposal similar to that outlined in (a)(i); and (b) if the answer to (a)(i) or (a)(ii) is affirmative, what are the details, including the findings and projections associated with the analysis?

Q-3322² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and broken down by year for each of the last five years: what was the number and percentage of new CPP recipients, broken down by their age at the time that they received their first CPP payment, starting at age 60?

Q-3323² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to government action taken following the concerns raised by the Auditor General in Report 11—Programs to Assist Seniors: (a) what specific changes is the government making to the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) in response to the concerns; (b) how will the government measure the number of seniors benefitting from each of the grants provided under the NHSP and what benefits seniors are receiving; (c) what follow-up checks has the government done to ensure that NHSP grant money was spent appropriately and in accordance with the terms of the funding agreement; and (d) since January 1, 2024, how many instances have there been where the government found that NHSP grant money was not spent appropriately, and what are the details of each such instance, including the (i) recipient, (ii) location, (iii) amount of funding provided, (iv) purpose of the funding, (v) summary of how the funding was inappropriately spent, (vi) action taken by the government in response, (vii) amount of funding recovered, if applicable?

Q-3324² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP): in Essex County, Ontario, broken down by the federal constituencies of Windsor West, Windsor—Tecumseh, and Essex, what is the (i) total number of approved applicants, with age and income amount, (ii) total number of approved applicants who received care, with age and income amount, (iii) total number of oral health providers participating in the CDCP, (iv) total number of applications denied, (v) list of reasons provided for denials?

Q-3325² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the plans to establish urban parks across Canada: (a) does the government have plans to increase the amount of funding for Ojibway National Urban Park beyond the announced $36.1 million over five years, starting in 2024-25, of which $8.2 million is remaining amortization, and $4.6 million per year ongoing is to create Ojibway National Urban Park in Windsor, Ontario, as announced in budget 2024; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, how much funding beyond the announced amounts will be made available; (c) does the government have plans to announce another urban park location; and (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, has additional funding been set aside for the creation of the next park or parks, and in what amounts?

Q-3326² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the need for more Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in Canada: (a) does the government have plans to increase the number of border officers across Canada, and, if so, by how many officers in this next fiscal year and any further years after that; (b) does the government have plans to build a second training facility to train more border officers, and, if so, where does it plan to build the facility; and (c) does the government have plans to expand the role of border officers by reviewing the 1932 Order-in-Council to allow CBSA officers to perform the full extent of their functions between ports of entry?

Q-3327² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to government funding to the constituencies of Windsor West, Essex, and Windsor—Tecumseh: what is the total amount of government funding, since the fiscal year 2022, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituencies of Windsor West, Essex, and Windsor—Tecumseh, broken down by department or agency, initiative, and amount?

Q-3328² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding and the communities which comprise the federal electoral district of Courtenay—Alberni, between the 2005-06 and the current fiscal year: (a) what are the federal funding and capital investments related to infrastructure, including direct transfers to municipalities and First Nations, for the communities of (i) Tofino, (ii) Ucluelet, (iii) Port Alberni, (iv) Parksville, (v) Qualicum Beach, (vi) Cumberland, (vii) Courtenay, (viii) Deep Bay, (ix) Dashwood, (x) Royston, (xi) French Creek, (xii) Errington, (xiii) Coombs, (xiv) Nanoose Bay, (xv) Cherry Creek, (xvi) China Creek, (xvii) Bamfield, (xviii) Beaver Creek, (xix) Beaufort Range, (xx) Millstream, (xxi) Mt. Washington Ski Resort, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, type of funding, funding opportunity or program, and project; (b) what are the federal funding and capital investments related to infrastructure transferred to the regional districts of (i) Comox Valley Regional District, (ii) Nanaimo Regional District, (iii) Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, (iv) Powell River Regional District, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, type of funding, funding opportunity or program and project; (c) what are the federal funding and capital investments related to infrastructure transferred to the Island Trusts of (i) Hornby Island, (ii) Denman Island, (iii) Lasquetti Island, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, type of funding, funding opportunity or program and project; and (d) what are the federal funding and capital investments related to infrastructure transferred to the (i) Ahousaht First Nation, (ii) Hesquiaht First Nation, (iii) Huu-ay-aht First Nation, (iv) Hupacasath First Nation, (v) Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, (vi) Toquaht First Nation, (vii) Tseshaht First Nation, (viii) Uchucklesaht First Nation, (ix) Ucluelet First Nation, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, type of funding, funding opportunity or program and project?

Q-3329² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Jordan’s Principle External Expert Review Committee: (a) what is the total number of proposals to review appeals and issue recommendations received in July, August, or September 2024; and (b) what are the details of all approved proposals in (a), including the (i) name of the organization, company, or institution, (ii) value of any contracts or grants tendered in relation to the proposal, (iii) services offered, (iv) date for which the services will be rendered?

Q-3330² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the CRA and its cooperation with the government of Ontario: (a) on what date did the CRA first begin corresponding with the government of Ontario concerning the delivery of $200 rebate cheques to approximately 16 million Ontarians; (b) what are the total resources allocated by the CRA for the delivery of the cheques in (a), including the (i) projected financial cost, (ii) number of full-time, part-time, and contract workers working on the delivery of the cheques, (iii) estimated material costs, (iv) estimated postal charges; and (c) which costs in (b) will be reimbursed to the CRA by the government of Ontario?

Q-3331² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to financial penalties levied on Canada Life for unresolved medical claims and service delays concerning the Public Service Health Care Plan: (a) what is the total value of financial penalties levied against Canada Life; (b) will the money collected be used for the benefit of plan members, either as plan improvements or compensation for adverse impacts resulting from the transition; and (c) what will the money collected be put toward?

Q-3332² — December 11, 2024 — — With regard to the Pain and Suffering Compensation (PSC) administered by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), broken down by year since January 1, 2016, and by branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), for each part of the question: (a) how many CAF members who became eligible for PSC requested (i) monthly payment for life, (ii) to accept a lump sum cash out; (b) of the CAF members who requested a lump sum, how many were (i) retiring, (ii) medically discharged; and (c) what was the total paid out by VAC in PSC lump sum cash outs?

Q-3333² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by department or agency, program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from initiatives to protect nature and biodiversity, broken down by (i) species at risk, (ii) fish habitat, (iii) protected and conserved areas, (iv) national parks?

Q-3334² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by department or agency, program and year: how much funding has been refocused away from initiatives that promote the protection of the environment and human health from hazardous chemicals, broken down by (i) chemicals management, (ii) pesticides and pest management, (iii) plastic pollution, (iv) enforcement?

Q-3335² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), broken down by province and constituency since 2022: (a) how many Canadians experienced a reduction in their GIS as a result of increases in Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payments; (b) how many Canadians became ineligible for GIS as a result of increases in CPP payments; and (c) how many of the Canadians in (a) and (b) experienced an overall reduction in income?

Q-3336² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding for the Stornoway residence since January 1, 2021: what is the annual budget broken down by year and by category, detailing how taxpayer funding has been allocated to support the residence?

Q-3337² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to measures taken by the government to prevent the import of drugs and other illegal goods: (a) what specific measures are in place to ensure that mail and other packages entering Canada via Canada Post or other couriers do not contain contraband; and (b) in the last fiscal year, what percentage of mail and packages were checked for contraband, in total and broken down by processing location and by method used to check the packages (scanning, manual search, etc.)?

Q-3338² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s commitment in budget 2023 to support the co-development of an economic reconciliation framework with Indigenous partners: (a) what are the details of all consultations undertaken to develop the framework, including the (i) date of the consultation, (ii) name of the group, organization, institution or rights-holding Indigenous government in attendance, (iii) location or forum of the consultation; (b) what recommendations were made at each consultation in (a); and (c) what is the government’s action plan, if any, to implement each of the recommendations that were received at these consultations?

Q-3339² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care program, broken down by fiscal year since 2005-06: (a) what were the total expenditures of the program, for each fiscal year, including any funding related to COVID-19; and (b) what is the total amount of funding used through this program to hire contract nursing agencies to provide home and community care?

Q-3340² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the external review of Nutrition North Canada (NNC) announced on October 11, 2024: (a) what resources has Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada allocated for a Ministerial Special Representative to undertake an external review of NNC; (b) by which date will a Ministerial Special Representative be appointed to undertake this review; and (c) on what criteria will applicants to the Ministerial Special Representative role be evaluated?

Q-3341² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to any audits of the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD), since February 6, 2006: (a) how many audits of the IBD have been conducted; (b) what are the details of each audit in (a), including, for each, the (i) date of the audit, (ii) number of businesses removed from the IBD, (iii) number of businesses remaining on the IBD at the conclusion of the audit; and (c) what are the details of all changes to the eligibility requirements for businesses to be listed in the directory, including, the (i) date of the change, (ii) eligibility requirements that were changed, (iii) proof of eligibility requirements needed?

Q-3342² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the increase of the maximum value of insurable mortgages from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000: (a) which industry experts and associations did the government consult before announcing the increase; and (b) did the government consult representatives from lenders, including (i) the “big six” banks, (ii) “monoline lenders”, (iii) credit unions, (iv) other lenders?

Q-3343² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the performance indicators in Prairies Economic Development Canada’s 2024-25 departmental plan: (a) how much fuel does the government project will be consumed by exports of $360 million reaching foreign markets from the prairie provinces between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025; and (b) what does the government project to be the dollar value collected on the fuel in (a) under the price on pollution in provinces subject to the federal backstop?

Q-3344² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to government information about crime for the year 2023: how many suspects who were charged or deemed chargeable with homicide (i) were on bail or another type of remand, (ii) were on house arrest, (iii) were on parole, (iv) were subject to another type of community service broken down by type, (v) had an arrest warrant for a different crime at the time they were charged or deemed chargeable?

Q-3345² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): (a) how many transmission towers does the CBC own or operate; (b) what are the details of each tower owned or operated by the CBC, including (i) its location, (ii) the tower type, (iii) whether the tower is owned, (iv) whether the tower is operated but not owned, including the name of the entity that owns the tower, (v) what the tower is used for, (vi) whether the tower is in service, (vii) the tower height, (viii) whether any other entity operates on the tower, and, if so, the name of the entity, (ix) the number of households the tower services, (x) the date the tower was installed; (c) how many spectrum licenses does the the CBC hold; (d) what are the details of each spectrum license in (c), including, (i) the frequency, (ii) the band, (iii) the year the license was originally obtained, (iv) the cost to obtain the license, (v) how the license was obtained (i.e. auction, etc.), (vi) the length of the license, (vii) the service tier the license was issued for, (viii) the number of households the license services, (ix) the date the license expires or is up for renewal, (x) the type of service the license supports (i.e. television, radio, etc.); (e) how much fibre optic cable does the CBC own; (f) what are the details of the fibre cable in (e), including (i) its location, (ii) what the fibre optic cable is used for, (iii) the source of backhaul the fibre optic cable is connected to, including the name of the supplier, (iv) the date the fibre optic cable was obtained or installed, (v) whether any other entity operates on, or leases, the fibre optic cable, and, if so, the name of the entity; and (g) what is the total asset value of the (i) towers, (ii) spectrum licenses, (iii) fibre optic cables, currently owned by the CBC?

Q-3346² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) and Small Business British Columbia (SBBC): (a) is PacifiCan aware of the appointment of any of its employees to the employee SBBC board of directors (board); (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) what was the name of the employee, (ii) what was their position at both PacifiCan and SBBC, (iii) what was the purpose of their appointment to the SBBC board, (iv) what was the length of their appointment to the board, (v) what financial information did the employee relay to PacifiCan regarding the financial health and strategies of SBBC; (c) since January 1, 2016, how much money, broken down by (i) full date, (ii) contract number, (iii) amount per contract, has PacifiCan awarded SBBC; (d) what were the results, broken down by contract, of PacifiCan's financial performance review in considering SBBC applications for funding; (e) what questions must applicants to PacifiCan funding programs answer in their applications; (f) broken down by question in (e), what metrics does PacifCan use in considering the merit of each question; (g) what were the reasons for the suspension of payments of the latest $2.7 million in funding awarded to SBBC by PacifiCan; (h) in considering the application for funding from SBBC in (g), what were the findings of PacifiCan regarding SBBC's financial health and strategies; and (i) was PacifiCan aware of SBBC's financial circumstances that led them to declare bankruptcy shortly after being approved for the latest $2.7 million in funding?

Q-3347² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Correctional Service Canada, broken down by year since 2019: (a) how many women have participated in the mother-child program; (b) how many children have participated in the mother-child program; and (c) how many inmates who have been convicted of a sexual offence have served any part of their sentence in the same prison and at the same security level as the mother-child program?

Q-3348² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Correctional Service Canada, broken down by year since 2019: (a) how many assaults have taken place in women's facilities; (b) how many sexual assaults have taken place in women's facilities; (c) what percentage of assaults were committed by transgender inmates or inmates assigned male at birth; (d) what percentage of sexual assaults were committed by transgender inmates or inmates assigned male at birth; (e) how many assaults have been reported to the police; (f) how many sexual assaults have been reported to the police; (g) how many assaults committed by transgender inmates have been reported to the police; and (h) how many sexual assaults committed by transgender inmates have been reported to the police?

Q-3349² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Correctional Service Canada (CSC): since January 1, 2021, what are the details of all documents, including electronic emails, sent or received by any CSC employee which contain the name Frank Caputo or any abbreviation, acronym or other code name referring to the name of the member of Parliament from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipient, (iv) type of document, (v) title, (vi) summary of the contents, (vii) file number?

Q-3350² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Correctional Service Canada's women's facilities, broken down by year since 2019: (a) how many transgender women are in women's prisons, broken down by their sentence, including (i) five years and under, (ii) five years plus a day to 10 years, (iii) 10 years to life imprisonment; and (b) how many inmates in women's prisons were assigned male at birth, broken down by their sentence, including (i) five years and under, (ii) five years plus a day to 10 years, (iii) 10 years to life imprisonment?

Q-3351² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government's use of the third-party contractor Accenture 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 Accenture Inc., including the (i) dates, costs, and flight details of all flights expensed by Accenture Inc., (ii) dates, costs, and locations of lodgings expensed by Accenture Inc., (iii) dates, costs, and items charged as per diems expensed by Accenture Inc.?

Q-3352² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Service Canada: what are the details of all contracts signed by Service Canada for management consulting since January 1, 2019, including, for each, the (i) vendor (ii) date and length of the contract, (iii) value, (iv) description of the services provided, (v) topic consulted on, (vi) results or recommendations delivered by the consultant, (vii) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3353² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) regulation of commercial salmon farm aquaculture operations, for each year since January 1, 2015: (a) how many orders did the CFIA issue for the destruction of fish; (b) what was the location of each order; (c) what were the species and the number of fish the CFIA ordered to be destroyed with each order; (d) what was the total amount of compensation paid to aquaculture operators for each order; and (e) what was the reason for each order?

Q-3354² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' (DFO) enforcement of the Fisheries Act and associated regulations governing fisheries, for each year since January 1, 2015: (a) how many Conservation and Protection (C&P) personnel have been deployed for enforcement activities in each of DFO's seven operating regions; (b) how many persons have been charged in each region with offences as a result of C&P enforcement activities; (c) how many charges have been laid in each region as a result of C&P enforcement activities; (d) how many charges in each region were related to illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing; and (e) how many persons charged with offences have been convicted of charges in each region?

Q-3355² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to federally-funded salmon hatcheries in British Columbia, the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador culturing Pacific or Atlantic salmon for commercial aquaculture purposes: (a) how many federally-funded salmon hatcheries are currently in operation in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (b) what has been the yearly amount of federal funding spent on hatcheries, broken down by each of the last five years, in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (c) how many salmon smolts were produced in total by these hatcheries, broken down by each of the last five years, in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (d) for each of the next five years, how many additional hatcheries are planned for (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; (e) for each of the next five years, how many additional salmon smolts will be produced in (i) British Columbia, (ii) the Maritimes, (iii) Newfoundland and Labrador; and (f) for each of the next five years, how much additional spending will be required for the additional hatcheries, broken down by each of the regions in (d)?

Q-3356² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the federal Tourism Growth Fund that was announced by the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec on November 20, 2023: (a) how much of the $108 million from the Tourism Growth Fund has been spent as of December 12, 2024; (b) what is the spending breakdown for each of the seven regional development agencies, including the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Pacific Economic Development Canada; and (c) within each of the seven regional development agencies, (i) what is the spending breakdown between for-profit and non-profit tourism projects, (ii) what is the name of each tourism project that received money from the Tourism Growth Fund, (iii) what is the date of each project funding announcement, (iv) how much money did each tourism project receive from the Tourism Growth Fund, (v) in what federal riding is each tourism project located, (vi) what is the description of each project that received funds from the Tourism Growth Fund?

Q-3357² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to claims made under the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) since 2016: (a) what was the total cost of the RAP, broken down by year from 2016 to present; (b) how many total claimants received assistance under the RAP, broken down by year from 2016 to present; (c) what was the average payment per claimant under the RAP, broken down by year from 2016 to present, for (i) start-up costs, (ii) monthly income support; (d) what was the breakdown of claimants and their corresponding average payment amounts under the RAP, broken down by year from 2016 to present, for (i) single claimants (not claiming for any other family, spouse, or dependents), (ii) claims submitted for more than one individual (e.g., spouse, children, or other adults); (e) what was the average number of individuals included per claim, broken down by year from 2016 to present; (f) what was the average length of claims under the RAP, broken down by year from 2016 to present; and (g) what measures, if any, were implemented by the government to monitor the effectiveness of payments distributed under the RAP during this period?

Q-3358² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government's firearms buyback program: (a) how much has been spent to date on the program, broken down by fiscal year; (b) of the amount spent in (a), how much was for (i) program administration, (ii) payments to buy back firearms; (c) how much money went, or will go, towards the buyback program from the (i) allocated, (ii) unallocated, sums outlined in budget 2024; (d) when is the program expected to conclude; (e) what is the expected total cost of the program through to conclusion, broken down by expected administrative costs and expected firearm payment costs; (f) how many firearms have been bought back from (i) dealers, (ii) individuals, (iii) corporations or others, broken down by year; and (g) what is the amount paid out to (i) dealers, (ii) individuals, (iii) corporations or others, for firearms bought back, broken down by year?

Q-3359² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the RCMP's in-flight security officers (IFSO) or air marshals: (a) how many IFSOs were assigned to patrol flights on a full-time basis as of (i) January 1, 2015, (ii) January 1, 2020, (iii) December 1, 2024; and (b) broken down by year since 2015, what has been the annual budget for the IFSO program?

Q-3360² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to processing times for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: what is the current average processing time for (i) temporary residence - Seasonal Agricultural Worker, (ii) temporary residence - International Experience Canada, (iii) economic immigration (all sub-categories), (iv) family sponsorship (all sub-categories), (v) refugees - dependents of Protected Persons, (vi) humanitarian and compassionate case, (vii) citizenship, (viii) permanent resident card applications, broken down by the applicant's country of origin?

Q-3361² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to federal funding to enable abortion access in Canada, since January 1, 2006: how much federal funding has been provided to ensure access to this healthcare service, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) year, (iii) program?

Q-3362² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the mandate letters of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Development, since 2015: (a) what actions have been taken to increase Canada’s support for United Nations peace operations; and (b) what steps have been taken to establish a centre to expand the availability of Canadian expertise and assistance to those seeking to build peace, advance justice, promote human rights and democracy, and deliver good governance?

Q-3363² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to efforts to address plastic pollution, broken down by fiscal year since motion M-151 was passed by the House of Commons on December 5, 2018: (a) what are the details of all actions taken to develop and implement a national strategy to combat plastic pollution in and around aquatic environments, including, but not limited to, (i) consultations, (ii) intergovernmental engagements, (iii) legislative and regulatory changes, (iv) education or outreach campaigns; and (b) what are the details of all funding that has been spent or committed to develop and implement a national strategy to combat plastic pollution in and around aquatic environments, including the (i) recipient, (ii) project name or title, (iii) funding or grant program, (iv) total contribution?

Q-3364² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to substance use prevention and education initiatives, broken down by fiscal year since 2016-17: what are the details of all projects or programs that have been delivered by Health Canada or the Public Health Agency of Canada, including the (i) name of the program, (ii) description of the program’s expected outcomes, (iii) mode of delivery, (iv) metrics regarding reach or participation, (v) funding committed and spent?

Q-3365² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Public Safety Canada's Firearms Program branch: (a) how many separate programs or projects is the branch currently working on; (b) how many employees or full-time equivalents are assigned to each of these programs or projects; (c) what are the Treasury Board classification and associated pay-scale range for each of the employees in (b); and (d) what are the allocated budgets for each of these programs or projects?

Q-3366² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Firearms Program under the RCMP: (a) what was their annual operating budget for each of the last five fiscal years; and (b) how has this funding been dispersed across organizational program areas, namely, (i) Firearms Service Delivery, (ii) Firearms Business lmprovement, (iii) Firearms Management and Strategic Services, (iv) Firearms Regulatory Services, (v) Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Support?

Q-3367² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP): (a) what are the total expenditures to date related to the VISP, broken down by year since the VISP was formed; (b) what is the yearly breakdown of expenditures by type of expense, including (i) compensation payments, (ii) overhead, excluding salaries, (iii) lawyers, (iv) salaries, (v) other types of expenditures, broken down by type; and (c) what are the details of all contracts over $5,000 signed in relation to the VISP, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) value or amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) type of contract (consulting, payments for goods, etc.), (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3368² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Rental Protection Fund since April 1, 2024, broken down by province and territory: (a) how many non-profit organizations received federal funding from the program; and (b) how many homes have been purchased from the program?

Q-3369² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to marine protected areas, broken down by fiscal year since 2015‑16: (a) how much funding has been directed towards the identification and protection of marine protected areas; (b) broken down by province and territory, how many full-time permanent jobs have been created; (c) how much funding has been provided to Indigenous Guardian programs; and (d) through consultation with Indigenous peoples, what species have been identified as priority species at imminent risk of disappearing?

Q-3370² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, and broken down by fiscal year since 2017-18: (a) what are the details of all projects which have received funding, including the (i) recipient of the funding, (ii) amount of funding received; and (b) what are the details of all Indigenous commercial fisheries which have received funding, including the (i) First Nations peoples represented, (ii) total amount of funding received?

Q-3371² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' and the Canadian Coast Guard's strategy to increase Indigenous procurement, since fiscal year 2013-14: (a) what is the value of procurement spent on Indigenous suppliers, represented as a (i) dollar figure, (ii) percentage of total procurement; (b) what reviews of vendor lists have been done to ensure the strategy aligns with the mandatory requirements of the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Businesses; and (c) what are the details of all contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses under this strategy, including the (i) name of the business or organization, (ii) value of the contract awarded, (iii) length of the contract?

Q-3372² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the national inventory of wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels, broken down by fiscal year since 2016-17: (a) what is the total number of vessels added to the inventory located (i) on the Pacific coast, (ii) on the Arctic coast, (iii) on the Atlantic coast, (iv) in the Great Lakes, (v) in the St. Lawrence Seaway; and (b) what is the total number of vessels removed from the inventory located (i) on the Pacific coast, (ii) on the Arctic coast, (iii) on the Atlantic coast, (iv) in the Great Lakes, (v) in the St. Lawrence Seaway?

Q-3373² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Confederation Building water infiltration repairs caused by an unattended toilet leak in the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations' Parliament Hill office washroom: (a) what were the total costs, or are the projected total costs, of the required repairs following the leak; (b) what is the amount spent on (i) materials, (ii) overtime hours, (iii) external contractors, related to the repairs; (c) how many parliamentarians' offices were impacted by the flooding; (d) how many parliamentarians' offices had to be relocated to temporary workspaces following the incident; and (e) what was the cost, or is the projected cost, related to relocating these offices, in total and broken down by type of expense?

Q-3374² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to communications sponsored by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) which individual or agency developed the “Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for a newborn during the COVID-19 pandemic” communication which was first published on July 13, 2021, and last updated on October 25, 2023; (b) who provided the final approval of the communication in (a) and when; (c) which individual or agency developed the narrative for the video titled “Are there any ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccines that I should be concerned about”, narrated by Dr. Ayesha Raza, family physician and women’s health specialist, about the ingredients of the COVID-19 vaccine and how long these vaccines stay in the body, i.e., “they leave the body shortly after vaccination”; (d) who provided the final approval of the communication in (c) and when; (e) which individual or agency developed the narrative for the video titled “Can the COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility”, narrated by Dr. Darine El-Chaâr, maternal fetal medicine specialist at the Ottawa Hospital, and sponsored by the government; (f) who provided the final approval of the communication in (e) and when; (g) on December 23, 2021, which individual or agency developed the advice to Canadians about the interchangeability of vaccines found on the government's website, titled “COVID-19 vaccine: Canadian Immunization Guide, For health professionals, Notice”; and (h) who provided the final approval of the communication in (g) and when?

Q-3375² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to overdose deaths in Canada, and according to Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada: (a) what are the details of life expectancy in the years 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2023, broken down by (i) men and women, (ii) Indigenous men and Indigenous women, (iii) non-Indigenous men and non-Indigenous women; and (b) what are the cumulative overdose deaths between (i) 2015 and 2018, (ii) 2015 and 2021, (iii) 2015 and 2023, broken down by men and women, and by Indigenous men and Indigenous women, respectively?

Q-3376² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the December 5, 2024, announcement that the government would extend the list of prohibited "assault-style" firearms to include 324 new makes and models: (a) how many of these new models have been used in crimes in Canada since 2015, and what are the details, including (i) the model, (ii) the make, (iii) the crime committed, (iv) whether the crime was committed with a legally-owned or illegally-owned firearm, (v) the date on which the crime was committed; (b) did the federal government consult with Indigenous people on this program expansion; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, who was consulted, how were they consulted and what were the results; (d) how is the government notifying impacted law-abiding non-restricted and restricted firearms owners who do not have email, internet or phone services in a timely fashion of these changes; and (e) will the law-abiding firearms owners in (d) be granted an amnesty until the Canada Post strike is over?

Q-3377² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s decision to implement changes regarding the regulation of natural health products, through regulation enabled by sections 500 to 504 of Bill C-47: (a) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received in support of these regulations to date, and what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) medium (online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding; (b) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received to date in opposition to these regulations, and what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) medium (online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding; and (c) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received to date in total, regardless of whether they conclusively support or oppose the regulations, and what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) medium (online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding?

Q-3378² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Veterans Affairs Canada: (a) how many lawsuits have been brought against the government related to the issue of medical assistance in dying (MAID), since January 2018; (b) what is the overall cost of these lawsuits that the government had to pay to settle, in total and broken down by legal fees versus settlement payments; (c) how many veterans have accepted MAID from the government, since January 2018; and (d) how many of the settlements involved the recipients signing a non-disclosure agreement to ensure that the government wouldn’t be further embarrassed by its actions?

Q-3379² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Minister of Justice’s acceptance of the interim and final reports of the Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools: (a) what consultations has the minister undertaken to implement the recommendations of the interim and final reports, including, but not limited to, recommendation 31 of the interim report and obligation 37 of the final report concerning criminal sanctions for residential school denialism; (b) what are the details of all consultations in (a), including the (i) date of the consultation, (ii) groups, organizations, institutions, or rights-holding Indigenous groups consulted; (c) which recommendations in the interim and final reports has the minister acted upon; and (d) what are the details of each action undertaken in (c)?

Q-3380² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to online, phone, and mail scams whereby the aggressor claims to be associated with the Government of Canada: (a) how many complaints from Canadians have been received since 2019, and what are the details, including (i) the federal department or agency that received the complaint, (ii) the medium by which the complaint was submitted (online, phone, email, mail), (iii) how many complaints have been actioned to the appropriate law enforcement body such as the RCMP, the Ontario Provincial Police, or another police force, (iv) how many were received in each year; (b) what preventative policies are in place to ensure Canada Post refuses delivery of mail and flyers that are scams, data brokers, or mischaracterized as mail from the Government of Canada; and (c) what is the extent of the government’s investigative process when complaints are received regarding scams that claim to be associated with the government?

Q-3381² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to residential real estate asset managers contracted by the government through Crown corporations, departments, agencies, or any other body of the government, and broken down by contracting body: (a) which asset managers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) powered property management software such as Yieldstar or Yardi; (b) for each asset manager in (a), what are the details, including the (i) name of the AI software being used, (ii) date on which use of the AI software commenced, (iii) start and end dates of the asset managers contracts with the government, (iv) value of the government’s contract with the asset manager?

Q-3382² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the federal public service, since 2015: how many veterans have been hired as federal public servants, in total, and broken down by year of hiring and by department or agency?

Q-3383² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) how many people have been sworn into the Canadian Armed Forces since 2015, broken down by year; (b) how many people have been released under any circumstances from the Canadian Armed Forces since 2015, broken down by year; (c) what is the breakdown of (b) by type of circumstance; and (d) how many people have begun the recruiting process to join the Canadian Armed Forces since 2015, broken down by year?

Q-3384² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of Veterans Affairs, broken down by year since 2015: (a) how many homeless veterans are there in Canada; (b) how many contacts has the Department of Veterans Affairs had with homeless veterans; (c) how many homeless veterans have been lifted out of homelessness; and (d) how many previously housed veterans began experiencing homeless?

Q-3385² — December 12, 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-3386² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Drug Agency (CDA), formerly called the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), since September 1, 2013: (a) what are the details of all grants and contributions given to the CDA or the CADTH for the purposes of carrying out its mandate to provide Canada’s health system leaders with independent evidence and advice, including the (i) date of the grant or contribution, (ii) amount of the grant or contribution; (b) what efforts has the federal government undertaken to ensure that the CDA can remain fully-resourced and adequately staffed to continue providing independent evidence and advice; and (c) is the government concerned about layoffs at the CDA in recent months threatening the objectivity and reliability of health technology assessments?

Q-3387² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's pathway for Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals: (a) how many individuals have been admitted to Canada under this special immigration measure (SIM) to date, broken down by nationality; (b) what are the initial settlement locations of individuals admitted under the SIM, broken down by province and territory; (c) what specific eligibility criteria were applied to assess applicants under this policy, specifically regarding evidence of displacement or vulnerability to displacement; (d) was there any mechanism implemented to verify whether applicants had been displaced or forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conditions cited as justification for this policy; (e) why did the government reduce its initial commitment for this humanitarian measure from 15,000 persons to 11,000 persons, and what were the factors that influenced this decision; (f) did the government consult with international organizations, humanitarian organizations, or Canadian civil society in the development of this policy, and, if so, (i) which organizations were consulted, (ii) what was the extent of those consultations, (iii) what feedback or recommendations from those consultations were incorporated?

Q-3388² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) how many migrant workers entered Canada between (i) April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, (ii) April 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021, (iii) April 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022, broken down by province; (b) what are the details of the quarantine period, including (i) how many migrant workers were quarantined, per province, (ii) when they were quarantined, by month and year, (iii) the length of the quarantine period, (iv) who paid for their quarantine accommodations, (v) the overall cost to the government; (c) how many migrant workers received their COVID-19 vaccine in Canada upon their arrival in Canada between (i) April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, (ii) April 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021, (iii) April 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022, broken down by province; (d) in cases where the migrant worker was already COVID-19 vaccinated in his or her country of origin, did Canadian immigration authorities document the date of vaccination and the vaccine brand for migrant workers, and what is the data; (e) in cases where the migrant worker received an unapproved COVID-19 vaccine brand prior to entry, would they require receipt of a Canadian approved brand upon entry; (f) following COVID-19 immunization, how many migrant workers (i) sought medical attention, (ii) were determined too ill to work, (iii) were hospitalized, (iv) died while in Canada; (g) for each case in (f)(i) to (f)(iv), how many occurences were between (i) April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, (ii) April 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021, (iii) April 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022, broken down by province; (h) in cases where a migrant worker died following immunization, what were the causes of death; (i) with regard to persons in (h), were any autopsies performed on any deceased migrant workers; (j) if the answer to (i) is affirmative, how many autopsies were performed and what were the findings; (k) how many deceased bodies or their cremated remains were sent back to their country of origin between (i) April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, (ii) April 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021, (iii) April 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022; and (l) in cases where a migrant worker had an adverse event following their COVID-19 vaccination in Canada, would they qualify for Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program?

Q-3389² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) settlement and resettlement services: (a) what is the national budget for settlement services for each fiscal year starting from 2024-25 to 2027-28, aligned with the three-year Immigration Levels Plan, broken down by (i) category or type of service (i.e. language training, information and referrals, integration support services, employment related support services, etc., including Francophone, rural and remote targets), (ii) municipality, (iii) IRCC region, (iv) province and territory; (b) what are the projected national budgets for settlement services for the following five fiscal years, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) IRCC region, (iv) province and territory; (c) what is the current Settlement Allocation Model and permanent residency data used for the last five years and next three years to allocate funding to each region; (d) have there been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, and, if so, what are the changes and how did they impact funding levels, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) IRCC region, (iv) province and territory; (e) if there haven't been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, does the department intend that this model remain in use to determine the funding allocations in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28; (f) how many new service providers received funding in the most recent Call for Proposals (CFP) in comparison to CFP 2019, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) IRCC region, (iv) province and territory; (g) was funding for new service providers added to the existing national settlement budget, or was the budget increased to include new providers; (h) regarding the most recent CFP, how many existing service providers experienced funding reductions, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) reduction by percentage, (iii) municipality, (iv) IRCC region, (v) province and territory; (i) regarding the most recent CFP, how many service providers did not receive funding as a result of not having their contracts renewed, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) IRCC region, (iv) province and territory; (j) what strategies has the department implemented to transition clients from one service provider to another in instances where contracts have not been renewed or funding has been reallocated, including settlement supports to displaced Ukrainians on CUAET visas that must transition out of support by March 31, 2025, broken down by (i) service delivery model (i.e. in-person, remote, online), (ii) when it will be operationalized; (k) what policy changes is the department undertaking to the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) in the 2025-2028 funding period; and (l) will the government continue to offer LINC first and second stage classes to permanent residents wishing to enter the labour market?

Q-3390² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Canada’s involvement in the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA): (a) which departments, agencies or other government entities work with, or have worked with, the UNFPA since 2016, and what is the nature of the work; (b) for each department, agency, or entity in (a), what were their main priorities and goals related to their participation in the UNFPA; (c) what have been the government’s active and inactive UNFPA programs since 2016; (d) what strategic planning is the government involved in, or aware of, regarding public health and 15-minute cities; and (e) what is the government’s understanding of how the UNFPA intersects with the Pan-Canadian Health Organization?

Q-3391² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Health Transfer, since 2016 and broken down by year: (a) did the government impose any conditions in exchange for releasing the payments to any or all provinces or territories; and (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what were the new conditions, broken down by year and by province or territory?

Q-3392² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to expenditures on alcohol, beer and cannabis products by government departments, agencies, the Governor General's office, the Office of the Prime Minister, and Cabinet, since January 1, 2020, and broken down by year, month and entity: (a) what was the total expenditure on alcohol and beer; and (b) what was the total expenditure on cannabis?

Q-3393² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's Special Immigration Measure (SIM) to facilitate temporary resident visas (TRV) for certain extended family of citizens and permanent residents in Gaza which began on January 9, 2024: (a) how many applications have been received under the SIM and how many individuals are accounted for in total among these applications; (b) how many of these applications have been accepted into processing and how many individuals are accounted for, in total, among these applications; (c) how many applications have been refused, broken down by reasoning for their refusal; (d) how many TRVs have been issued to individuals under the SIM since its inception; (e) how many TRV applications have been made by Palestinian passport holders in Gaza outside of the SIM, since October 7, 2023, broken down by (i) how many have been accepted into processing, (ii) how many TRVs have been issued outside the SIM and how many of these individuals have landed in Canada, (iii) how many TRV applications outside the SIM have been refused, broken down by reason for refusal; (f) for how many individuals covered by the SIM has the government successfully facilitated exit from Gaza; (g) what diplomatic efforts, if any, have been undertaken by the government to negotiate safe passage for individuals covered under the SIM with the governments of Israel and Egypt; (h) has the department conducted any evaluations or received reports on how the SIM for Gazans compares to other temporary public policies, such as the 2022 special immigration measures for Ukrainians, in terms of accessibility and outcomes, and, if so, what are the key findings; (i) what measures have been implemented to ensure that anti-Palestinian racism is not influencing the design or administration of the SIM for Gazans, and how does this align with the government’s broader anti-racism strategy; (j) what policy considerations led to the specific dimensions of the temporary public policy that opened on January 9, 2024, including the 1,000-visa quota, the gradual and slow issuance of access codes, selection of applicants that were prioritized to receive access codes, and information requested on screening forms; and (k) has the government engaged with Canadian or international human rights organizations to address criticisms of the SIM for Gazans and identify opportunities for improvement, and, if so, (i) which organizations have been consulted, (ii) to what extent were these organizations consulted, (iii) what has been the outcome of these engagements?

Q-3394² — December 12, 2024 — — With regard to the planned budgetary reductions for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): (a) is IRCC moving forward with a Deficit Reduction Action Plan (DRAP) in 2024, and, if so, what is the targeted budget reduction for the department in percentage and actual dollars, broken down by (i) IRCC region, (ii) province and territory; (b) what specific programs or services within IRCC are projected to experience reductions in funding as part of the DRAP in 2024–25, 2025–26, and 2026–27, broken down by (i) IRCC region, (ii) province and territory, (iii) Full-Time Employee (FTE) reduction; (c) how will the anticipated DRAP affect processing times for applicants, broken down by each immigration stream, including the processing of study permits, work visas and travel visas; (d) what measures will IRCC implement to ensure the DRAP does not adversely impact service delivery standards for applicants and stakeholders, including settlement organizations; (e) what workforce adjustments or layoffs, if any, are planned within IRCC to accommodate the DRAP, and what impacts are anticipated on staffing levels or FTEs and employee workloads, broken down by IRCC region; (f) how does IRCC plan to engage with and communicate these changes to key stakeholders, including provinces, territories, settlement agencies, and impacted applicants; (g) how much funding has been refocused away from the CBSA and IRCC in the government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by year in (i) border security and enforcement, (ii) customs and trade facilitation, (iii) traveller screening, (iv) citizenship and passport services, (v) refugee resettlement; and (h) what is funding that has been refocused away from the CBSA and IRCC in the government’s refocused spending initiative being redirected toward, broken down by year?

Q-3395² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to hotels and accommodations paid for by the government for asylum seekers, since January 1, 2022 and broken down by month: (a) what are the names and locations of the hotels and other accommodations which the government has paid to accommodate asylum seekers; (b) what are the details for each hotel or accommodation in (a), including, (i) the owner, (ii) the monthly amount paid by the government for accommodation, (iii) how many asylum seekers were accommodated?

Q-3396² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine safety and efficacy: (a) has Health Canada (HC) reviewed the peer-reviewed, published scientific article by Hulscher N., Alexander P. E., Amerling R., Gessling H., Hodkinson R., Makis W., et al., titled “A Systematic Review Of Autopsy Findings In Deaths After COVID-19 Vaccination”, Science, Public Health Policy and the Law, 2024 Nov 17, v5, 2019-2024; (b) if HC has reviewed the study in (a) what is their assessment; (c) which department or agency makes the final determination about causality, when a family member makes a vaccine injury death claim through the Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP); (d) how many death claims relating to the COVID-19 vaccines have been made to date through the VISP; (e) how many death claims relating to the COVID-19 vaccines have been accepted as being causally related; (f) how many death claims relating to the COVID-19 vaccines have been paid out through the VISP and what is that total amount paid out; (g) is an autopsy required in the case of a vaccine injury death claim; (h) if (f) is affirmative, what specialized immunohistochemistry (IHC) is required to prove causation in the event of an mRNA vaccine injury death; and (i) has HC considered mandating autopsies with appropriate IHC staining for sudden deaths?

Q-3397² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to promoting Canada, including contributions to third parties, between April 1, 1995, and March 31, 1996: how much did the Government of Canada spend, broken down by agency and department, and by month?

Q-3398² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the ecological corridor funding announced in Manitoba on November 29, 2024: (a) what entities did the government consult directly regarding the ecological corridor, prior to the funding announcement and what are the details, including, for each, the (i) date they were consulted, (ii) method by which they were consulted, (iii) identified type of stakeholder; (b) what specific agricultural advocacy groups, organizations, and associations in Manitoba did the government consult prior to the announcement; (c) which consultations did the federal government host on the proposed ecological corridor that were open to the general public prior to November 29, 2024 and what are the details, including, for each meeting, the (i) date of the meeting, (ii) location, (iii) way in which the public was notified, (iv) date the public was notified; (d) what elected officials were informed by the government of the ecological corridor funding and the announcement, prior to November 29, 2024, if any; and (e) were any of the elected officials in (d) a (i) mayor, (ii) reeve, (iii) councillor, (iv) member of the Legislative Assembly, (v) member of Parliament, and, if so, what was their name and title?

Q-3399² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Public Safety Minister indicating that the firearms confiscated following the new prohibitions announced on December 5, 2024, are viable "weapons of war" that can be used in the war effort for Ukraine: (a) will the confiscated firearms be sent as-is or would they be modified before being sent to Ukraine; (b) what modifications will be made to these firearms, if any; (c) what is the projected cost to the government to make these modifications; and (d) what are the projected costs to the government to (i) test, (ii) store, (iii) transport to Ukraine, these firearms?

Q-3400² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s $8 billion Net Zero Accelerator initiative: (a) how many emissions have been directly reduced by the program to date, if any; (b) does the government measure the direct emission reductions from each contribution agreement, and, if not, why not; and (c) how many emissions have been directly reduced by the program to date, broken down by contribution agreement recipient?

Q-3401² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the $247,485 announced for Island Telecom Services Inc. to connect 106 households in Prince Edward Island with high-speed internet: (a) on what date is this project expected to be completed; (b) why was the funding recipient unable to complete this project by the original prescribed project completion date; (c) were there any penalties given to the funding recipient for not meeting the original project completion date, and, if so, what are the details of those penalties; (d) has the funding recipient requested additional funding to complete the project; and (e) how much of the $247,485 in funding was from the (i) federal government, (ii) provincial government?

Q-3402² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s $700 million contribution agreement with Powerco through the Net Zero Accelerator initiative: (a) how many emissions does the government expect will be reduced as a result of this contribution agreement; and (b) how many emissions did Powerco commit to directly reducing in the contribution agreement, if any?

Q-3403² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the $445,395 announced for Island Telecom Services Inc. to connect 150 households in Prince Edward Island with high-speed internet: (a) on what date is this project expected to be completed; (b) why was the funding recipient unable to complete this project by the original prescribed project completion date; (c) were there any penalties given to the funding recipient for not meeting the original project completion date, and, if so, what are the details of those penalties; (d) has the funding recipient requested additional funding to complete the project; and (e) how much of the $445,395 in funding was from the (i) federal government, (ii) provincial government?

Q-3404² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canadian Firearms Program under the RCMP: (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents does the program employ; (b) how many of the employees in (a) are civilian members of the RCMP; (c) how many of the employees in (a) are sworn law enforcement members; and (d) what is the breakdown of the employees of the program by Treasury Board classification and associated pay-scale range, overall and broken down by civilian versus law enforcement employees?

Q-3405² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the statement made by Andrew Campbell, Senior Vice-President, Operations for Parks Canada, at the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development’s meeting on the Jasper wildfires, where he stated “we do not take notes at my operations team meeting”: (a) is this a standard practice at all operations team meetings, and, if so, why and when did this become standard practice; (b) when did the Minister of Environment and Climate Change become aware of this practice; (c) did the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, or anyone from his office, encourage this practice in any way; and (d) how does this practice comply with government record-keeping obligations?

Q-3406² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the government's future health approach: (a) which agency, entities or Ministries are involved in (i) pandemic prevention, preparedness and response protocols, (ii) the One Health approach; (b) what is the One Health approach and where or how did it originate; (c) which bills are currently tabled or have been passed which would operationalize (i) Canada’s pandemic prevention, preparedness and response protocols, (ii) the One Health approach in Canada, (iii) any other World Health Organization or United Nations International health-pandemic treaties or agreements; (d) have staff already been hired or will staff be hired and trained to integrate the One Health approach into Canadian policy and legislation; (e) if (d) is affirmative, (i) where and under which Canadian government department or agency will these employees work, (ii) where are these positions posted, (iii) what are the hiring criteria for these positions, (iv) who selects the staff, (v) how many positions exist or will be created; (f) what is the budget allocation to integrate the One Health approach; (g) are there training programs for non-governmental professionals in One Health, and, if so, where are they located; and (h) if (g) is affirmative, (i) how are the training programs funded, (ii) what are their goals, (iii) who instructs these courses, (iv) what are the requirements to instruct these courses, (v) how did the instructors obtain these requirements?

Q-3407² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to Health Canada’s review of the manufacturing data, quality control and safety of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, including all versions of Moderna’s SpikeVax, Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty and the boosters, and Onpattro (patisiran): (a) was the purity of the starting materials for the lipids, such as residual halogenated solvents and elements, including metals, assessed for mutagenic risk in accordance with established norms and guidelines, and, if so, what were the results, and, if not, why not; (b) was the total amount of observed impurities assessed for mutagenic risk, and, if so, what were the results, and, if not, why not; (c) were any individual element impurities considered mutagenic; (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, was this assessed with respect to multiple doses and with respect to the nature of transfection of the LNPs; (e) was any assessment of the LNP as a nanoparticle performed; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, did this include an assessment of the PEG moiety; (g) was an assessment of the risk of complement activation-related pseudoallergy (CARPA) due to the PEG moiety performed, and, if so, what were the results, and, if not, why not; and (h) were any complement-related assays requested from the manufacturer, and, if not, why not?

Q-3408² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence's (DND) involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) were there communications between the ministry of Health, including the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada (HC), and DND; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what was communicated and outlined about the role of DND during the pandemic; (c) was either the ministry of Health or DND in communication with NATO; (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, what were Canada’s obligations to NATO relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response and did Canada fulfill them; e) was either the Minister of Health, HC, PHAC or DND in communication with Canada’s Federal Policing National Security or any other Canadian counter-terrorism group, and, if so, about what; (f) what was the role of Canada’s military and intelligence services with respect to (i) identifying and combatting misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories, (ii) examining and responding to social media, (iii) enaging moonshot technology to combat misinformation and disinformation; (g) were DND and NATO in favour of the utilization of quarantine facilities in Canada; (h) were any quarantine facilities set up in Canada between 2019 and 2024, and, if so, (i) where are they located, (ii) how many persons did each facility intern, (iii) who qualified as a candidate for these quarantine camps, (iv) what would be the maximum period of internment; (i) was DND involved in the procurement or distribution of the coronavirus vaccines in Canada; (j) did the government consider the pandemic response to be a military operation; and (k) what are Canada’s commitments to NATO with respect to pandemic preparedness in the future?

Q-3409² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the four exception categories to the Safe Third Country Agreement from 2019 to 2024: (a) how many claimants qualified under each of the following exception categories, broken down by year, (i) family member exceptions, (ii) unaccompanied minors, (iii) document holders (valid visa, work permit, study permit, etc.), (iv) public interest exceptions; (b) broken down by each of the exception categories in (a), how many claims (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned; (c) what was the average processing time for claims under each of the exception categories in (a), broken down by year; (d) how many claimants in (a) were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (e) how many claimants in (a) were processed in each province or territory, broken down by exception category and year; and (f) what measures are currently in place to ensure the timely processing of claims under each of the exception categories in (a)?

Q-3410² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the over-14-day exemption to the Safe Third Country Agreement from 2019 to 2024: (a) how many claimants qualified under the over-14-day exemption, in each of the past five calendar years, broken down by year; (b) how many claims from (a) were processed in each province or territory, broken down by year; (c) how many claimants from (a) were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (d) how many claims under the over-14-day exemption (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned, broken down by year; (e) what was the average processing time for claims under the over-14-day exemption, broken down by year; and (f) What measures or processes are in place to verify that claimants meet the requirements of the over-14-day exemption?

Q-3411² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) scanning of import containers at ports of entry: (a) what was the total number of import containers received in fiscal year 2023-24, at (i) marine ports of entry, (ii) land ports of entry, (iii) rail ports of entry; (b) what was the total number and percentage of import containers scanned in fiscal year 2023-24, at (i) marine ports of entry, (ii) land ports of entry, (iii) rail ports of entry; (c) if the CBSA does not track the data requested in (a) or (b), (i) what internal targets or policies exist regarding the percentage of containers to be scanned at marine, land or rail ports of entry, (ii) if any targets in (c)(i) exist, what are they, (iii) if no targets exist in (c)(i), what is the rationale for not having established scanning targets; (d) what scanning technologies or methods are currently used for import containers at each type of port of entry listed in (a); and (e) how does the CBSA prioritize the use of the technologies or methods identified in (d) for scanning import containers at each type of port of entry?

Q-3412² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to firearm regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire pistol cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire pistol cartridges; (c) for those firearms in (b) how many are (i) 9mm, (ii) .45 ACP, (iii) .40 S&W; (d) which makes and models of 7.62x39 were prohibited as on May 1, 2020; (e) for each firearm referred to in (a) how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (f) for each firearm in (b) and (d) how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-3413² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to firearm regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024 fire pistol cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024 fire pistol cartridges; (c) for those firearms in (b) how many are (i) 9mm, (ii) .45 ACP, (iii) .40 S&W; (d) which makes and models of 7.62x39 were prohibited as on May 1, 2020; (e) for each firearm referred to in (a) how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (f) for each firearm in (b) and (d) how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-3414² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s role in global affairs: (a) what federal laws or regulations outline the conditions related to municipalities entering into international agreements which don’t involve trade issues, such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and C40 cities; (b) what is the government’s position related to how binding the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and C40 cities agreements are; (c) has the Government of Canada entered into the Global Green New Deal and if so, when; (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, what is the government’s plan for how Canada fulfills this new obligation; (e) does the government fund any global initiatives that target municipal membership, and if so, through which initiatives is funding provided; (f) for each initiative in (e), how much funding was provided in the last fiscal year; (g) does the government endorse any of the following specific C40 policies to be achieved by the year 2030 found in the C40 Cities report entitled, “The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World” including, (i) no personal vehicles, (ii) three items of new clothing per person per year, (iii) zero kg consumption of dairy or meat per person per year, (iv) one short haul (therefore zero long haul) flights every three years per person, (v) 20% fewer new home builds; and (h) is the government providing funding related to any initiative in (g), and if so, (i) which initiatives are being funded, (ii) through which organizations is funding being provided, (iii) how much funding is each receiving?

Q-3415² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program and broken down by month since November 2015: (a) how many borrowers have defaulted on their student loans; (b) of the borrowers in (a) what was the number of borrowers holding debt (i) under $10,000, (ii) between $10,000 and $20,000, (iii) between $20,000 and $30,000, (iv) between $30,000 and $40,000, (v) between $40,000 and $50,000, (vi) between $50,000 and $75,000, (vii) between $75,000 and $100,000, (viii) more than $100,000; and (c) of the borrowers in (a), how many identified as (i) a person living with a disability, (ii) First Nations, Inuit or Métis, (iii) living with dependents, (iv) women?

Q-3416² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program, since October 1, 2020 and broken down by month: (a) what is the total amount the government has collected in repayments of student loans; (b) what is the total amount of new loans delivered to (i) full-time and part-time students, (ii) students from low-income and middle-income families, (iii) students with dependents, (iv) students with permanent disabilities; (c) what is the total amount of new grants delivered to (i) full-time and part-time students, (ii) students from low-income and middle-income families, (iii) students with dependents, (iv) students with permanent disabilities; (d) how many new applications have been received under the (i) Repayment Assistance Plan, (ii) Repayment Assistance Plan for Borrowers with a Permanent Disability; and (e) how many borrowers have defaulted on their student loans?

Q-3417² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the government’s response to Call to Action 66 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, since December 2022: (a) what pathways continue to exist following the conclusion of the Indigenous Youth Roots pilot project for Indigenous youth to come together, support each other and engage with federal departments on key policy initiatives that impact Indigenous youth and their communities; (b) what recommendations were made to the government for more funding and a longer-term approach to Call 66 that amplifies the perspectives of Indigenous youth in decision-making; and (c) what actions has the government undertaken to fulfill the recommendations received in (b)?

Q-3418² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Office of the Pay Equity Commissioner and broken down by province: (a) what is the total number of federally-regulated workplaces who are subject to the Pay Equity Act; (b) how many of the workplaces in (a) have (i) draft pay equity plans posted, (ii) final pay equity plans posted, (iii) active pay equity committees, (iv) no pay equity committee, (v) a work plan in place to have a pay equity committee before June 2025; and (c) what is the number of (i) staff currently employed by the commission, (ii) number of vacancies at the commission?

Q-3419² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the implementation of Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts: (a) what funds have been allocated under the new system and what are the details of its allocation, including (i) to which organization, (ii) for work in which countries; (b) how many authorization applications has the government (i) made for its own activities, (ii) received from outside of the government, (iii) approved, and for which countries, (iv) sought for its own work in Afghanistan; (c) what is the wait time for applicants to receive a response from the government and during those wait times, what projects have been halted or delayed; and (d) what is the current list of countries and sub-regions for which an authorization is deemed necessary, and which deputy ministers, including their departments and agencies, are involved in developing this list?

Q-3420² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Net Zero Accelerator initiative and the revelation from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development that applicants applying to the Net Zero Accelerator for projects of over $50 million could get their projects fast-tracked by writing a letter to the Prime Minister: (a) how many letters were sent to the Prime Minister for projects of over $50 million; (b) what were the names of the applicants for the projects in (a); and (c) of the projects that were referred to the Prime Minister through a letter in (a), what projects received funding and what were the details, including, the (i) recipient, (ii) amount of funding?

Q-3421² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to CORCAN agriculture and agribusiness spending since fiscal year 2015-16: (a) what is the total amount of operational spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN agriculture and agribusiness; (b) what is the total amount of capital spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN agriculture and agribusiness; (c) what is the total amount of revenue per fiscal year related to CORCAN agriculture and agribusiness; (d) what is the total amount of operational spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms; (e) what is the total amount of capital spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms; (f) what is the total amount of revenue per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms; (g) what is the total amount of operational spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms, per institution; (h) what is the total amount of capital spending per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms, per institution; and (i) what is the total amount of revenue per fiscal year related to CORCAN penitentiary farms, per institution?

Q-3422² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: for both the President and Vice-President, what are the details of all travel claim expenses, in each instance of travel for which airfare expenses were greater than $0, incurred in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including, for each instance of applicable travel, the (i) travel start date, (ii) travel end date, (iii) total travel expense amount, (iv) origin city, (v) destination city, (vi) cities or locations travelled to, other than the origin or destination cities, for which any expenses were claimed, including the dates, times, and transportation method, if any, (vii) purpose of travel to each location, including the name, itinerary and duration dates of any events, conferences, or other official gatherings attended, (viii) dates, times, locations, purposes, and attendees for each meeting attended during travel, (ix) total days of per diems claimed, (x) daily per diem rate, (xi) total amount of per diems claimed, (xii) date, type, purpose, and amount spent on ground transportation, per use, (xiii) location, per-night rate, and amount spent on accommodations, per night, (xiv) daily itinerary for each day of travel for which per diems were claimed?

Q-3423² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC): what are the details of all contracts signed by the CMHC for management-consulting since January 1, 2016, including, for each, the (i) vendor, (ii) date and length of contract, (iii) value, (iv) description of the services provided, (v) topic consulted on (vi) results or recommendations delivered by consultant, (vii) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced versus competitive bid)?

Q-3424² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to Employment and Social Development Canada: what are the details of all information technology consulting contracts since January 1, 2019, including, for each, the (i) vendor (ii) date and length of the contract, (iii) value, (iv) description of the services provided, (v) topic consulted on, (vi) results or recommendations delivered by the consultant, (vii) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-3425² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to Indigenous capacity funding outlined in the Impact Assessment Act (formerly Bill C-69): (a) how much funding has been spent to date; (b) which entities have received funding to date, and how much has each received, and what was the purpose of the funding or project description; and (c) how many applications for funding have been (i) received, (ii) approved, (iii) denied?

Q-3426² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to consultations that took place to release Part II of the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals led by the Honourable Jules Deschênes, commissioner, by Library and Archives Canada: (a) what are the names of the organizations or experts the government consulted; (b) what are the names of the organizations or experts the government turned down requests to consult; and (c) what has been the total cost since 2011 of those consultations?

Q-3427² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to Canadian companies operating in low-tax jurisdictions and broken down by fiscal year since 2018-19: (a) how many companies is the CRA aware of, broken down by sector, that report operations in low-tax jurisdictions; (b) which are the primary jurisdictions that companies in (a) are reporting operations in; (c) what mechanisms does the government have in place to ensure Canadian multinational companies are not artificially shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions to minimize tax liabilities; and (d) how many audits or investigations have been done into companies suspected of shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions?

Q-3428² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the gathering of Canadian musicians and comedians at the Consul General of Canada's official residence on March 29th, 2024: (a) how much money was spent on catering for the event, broken down by (i) company, (ii) date, (iii) total amount of money spent; (b) how much money was spent on the sound system, broken down by (i) company, (ii) date, (iii) total amount spent; (c) how much money was spent on cleaning services, broken down by (i) company, (ii) date, (iii) total amount spent; (d) how much money was spent on entertainment for the night, broken down by (i) artist, (ii) date, (iii) amount per entertainer, (iv) total amount spent; and (e) how much money was spent on the event in total?

Q-3429² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to merchandise purchased by the government to give away as promotional material at conferences hosted by departments or booths for departments at trade shows from 2020 to 2024: what specific merchandise was purchased, broken down by individual item and what are the details, including the (i) item description, (ii) price per item, (iii) manufacturing company, (iv) country of origin of the manufacturer, (v) quantity purchased, (vi) total amount of the expenditure?

Q-3430² — December 13, 2024 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): (a) what surveillance technology is currently being employed at the Canada-US border, including the (i) use of facial recognition, (ii) use of artificial intelligence; (b) what is the cost of each tool of surveillance technology, broken down by year since 2018, including (i) thermal imaging, (ii) fixed surveillance towers, (iii) seismic or unattended sensors, (iv) hypersensitive microphones, (v) license plate readers, (vi) automated ground surveillance vehicles; (c) what are the details of the CBSA's use of drone technology at the Canada-US border, including the (i) number of drones currently in use, (ii) number of drones projected to be in use by 2025, (iii) cost of the use of drones, broken down by year, starting on the year of their acquisition, (iv) use of facial recognition technology, (v) use of artificial intelligence; (d) what policies are in place relating to the exchange of intelligence collected with US Customs and Border Protection or the US Department of Homeland Security, including (i) drone surveillance, (ii) other surveillance images, (iii) activation of sensor alarms; and (e) what enhancements are currently being planned to make border enforcement more effective and what are the details, including the (i) timeline for implementation of each enhancement, (ii) costs associated with each planned enhancement?


² Response requested within 45 days