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Q-1380
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to the electoral district of Saskatoon West: what are the details of all the grants, contributions, loans and any other payments from Government of Canada departments, agencies, and Crown corporations, excluding the Canada Revenue Agency, to all other levels of government within and outside of Canada, First Nations, corporations, non-governmental organizations, and charities, for the 2025-26 fiscal year? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1379
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to allegations, investigations, and founded cases of employee misconduct, wrongdoing, harassment, violence, disrespectful behaviour, acceptable-use violations, breaches of values and ethics, breaches of the departmental code of conduct, administrative misconduct, conflicts of interest, misuse of government assets, possible criminality, security violations, privacy breaches, unauthorized access to information, or any other related category of employee misconduct at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, broken down by fiscal year from 2024–25 to 2025–26: (a) what was the total cost to investigate allegations and founded cases, and of the costs incurred how much was attributable to (i) internal labour costs, (ii) external investigators, (iii) legal costs, (iv) consulting contracts, (v) human resources, (vi) labour relations, (vii) workplace assessment costs, (viii) information technology, (ix) cybersecurity, (x) forensic audit, (xi) data review, (xii) system-access review costs, (xiii) any other costs, broken down by type of cost; (b) what was the total estimated financial loss to the government arising from founded cases, broken down by category of misconduct or wrongdoing; (c) what was the total estimated financial loss to affected clients, applicants, members of the public, contractors, or third parties, if known; (d) what was the total amount recovered by the Crown, including (i) recovery of funds, (ii) repayment of bonuses, (iii) repayment of performance pay, (iv) repayment of relocation expenses, (v) repayment of overtime, (vi) repayment of salary, (vii) loss of pay, (viii) restitution, (ix) damages, (x) settlements, (xi) or any other financial recovery; (e) for each recovery in (d), what was the amount recovered, the type of recovery, and the category of misconduct or wrongdoing to which it related; (f) how many cases resulted in a decision not to pursue recovery of funds, and what were the reasons for not pursuing recovery; (g) how many employees received (i) salary, (ii) acting pay, (iii) overtime, (iv) performance pay, (v) at-risk pay, (vi) bonuses, (vii) other compensation, while suspended, on administrative leave, or otherwise removed from regular duties during an investigation; (h) what was the amount paid to the employees in (g), in total and broken down by type of compensation; (i) how much was spent on settlement agreements, severance payments, grievance settlements, labour relations settlements, or other payments connected to allegations, investigations, or founded cases of misconduct or wrongdoing in total and broken down by type of agreement; (j) for each amount in (i), what was the type of payment, the amount, and the general nature of the underlying matter; (k) how much was spent on training, remediation, workplace restoration, coaching, counselling, mediation, or other corrective measures arising from founded cases; and (l) what steps has the department taken since April 1, 2024, to reduce the cost to taxpayers of investigating and responding to employee misconduct and wrongdoing? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1378
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to employee misconduct allegations and founded cases involving Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada employees, contractors, casual employees, students, or other personnel, broken down by fiscal year from 2024-25 to 2025-26 involving possible criminality, security violations, privacy breaches, or unauthorized access to information: (a) how many allegations involved possible criminality, fraud, theft, bribery, breach of trust, forgery, obstruction, extortion, misrepresentation, or any other possible Criminal Code offence; (b) how many of the allegations in (a) were founded; (c) how many allegations involved unauthorized access to, misuse of, alteration of, disclosure of, or attempted disclosure of government information, immigration-related information, client personal information, immigration files, visa applications, permanent residence applications, temporary residence applications, citizenship applications, refugee files, enforcement files, Global Case Management System records, or any other sensitive information; (d) how many of the allegations in (c) were founded; (e) how many founded cases involved employees or personnel who had access to immigration files, visa applications, permanent residence applications, temporary residence applications, citizenship applications, refugee files, enforcement files, client personal information, Global Case Management System records, or any other sensitive immigration-related information; (f) how many founded cases involved security violations, breaches of security protocols, loss of government information, improper handling of protected or classified information, or violations related to departmental systems; (g) how many founded cases involved privacy breaches or unauthorized disclosure of personal information; (h) how many cases were referred to the department’s security branch, the Public Service Commission, the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, local police, or any other investigative or enforcement body; (i) for each referral in (h), what was the receiving body, the date of referral, the general nature of the allegation, and the status or outcome of the referral; (j) how many employees or personnel were suspended, placed on administrative leave, had their security clearance revoked or suspended, had system access suspended, or were otherwise restricted from accessing departmental systems while an investigation was ongoing; (k) how many employees or personnel were terminated, resigned, retired, were transferred, or otherwise left the department after a founded case involving any of the matters listed in (a) through (g); (l) how many cases resulted in charges being laid, broken down by offence; (m) how many cases resulted in (i) convictions, (ii) guilty pleas, (iii) peace bonds, (iv) alternative measures, (v) diversion, (vi) stayed charges, (vii) withdrawn charges, (viii) acquittals, (ix) other outcomes; (n) how many cases resulted in (i) civil proceedings, (ii) administrative sanctions, (iii) internal disciplinary measures, (iv) recovery action by the Crown; and (o) what specific steps has the department taken since April 1, 2024, to prevent unauthorized access to immigration files, protect client information, detect employee misconduct involving departmental systems, and safeguard the integrity of Canada’s immigration system? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1377
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to founded cases of employee misconduct, wrongdoing, harassment, violence, disrespectful behaviour, acceptable-use violations, breaches of values and ethics, breaches of the departmental code of conduct, administrative misconduct, conflicts of interest, misuse of government assets, or any other related category of employee misconduct at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada as indicated in the Annual Report on Misconduct and Wrongdoing at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (Fiscal Year 2024-2025): (a) what is the total number of founded cases, broken down by category or allegation type; (b) what is the total number of employees who were the subject of founded cases, broken down by category or allegation type; (c) how many employees were the subject of more than one founded case in the same fiscal year; (d) how many employees who were the subject of founded cases also had a founded case in the previous or following year; (e) of the employees who were the subject of a founded case, how many received performance pay or a performance bonus in the same fiscal year as the founded case; (f) for each answer in (e), what was the total dollar value of the additional compensation paid, broken down by type of compensation, for the 2024-25 fiscal year; (g) how many employees who were the subject of a founded case received a rating of “succeeded,” “succeeded plus,” “surpassed,” or an equivalent performance rating in the same fiscal year as the founded case; (h) how many employees who were the subject of a founded case were executives or members of the EX group or higher, broken down by classification level; (i) of the employees in (h), how many received performance pay or bonuses in the same fiscal year as the founded case, and what was the total dollar value; (j) what disciplinary or corrective measures were imposed in relation to founded cases, broken down by measure, including but not limited to, verbal reprimand, written reprimand, suspension with pay, suspension without pay, termination, demotion, reassignment, mandatory training, revocation of delegated authority, or no action taken; (k) how many employees remained employed by the department after being the subject of a founded case, broken down by category of misconduct and disciplinary measure; (l) how many employees left the department after being the subject of a founded case, broken down by whether they resigned, retired, were terminated, transferred to another department or agency, or left for another reason; (m) how many founded cases involved retaliation, reprisal, intimidation, or adverse treatment against an employee who reported misconduct or wrongdoing; (n) how many employees were placed on administrative leave, leave with pay, leave without pay, or suspended while an investigation was ongoing, and what was the total salary paid to such employees during the investigation period, broken down by type of leave; (o) how many employees subject to a founded case were later promoted, reclassified upward, appointed to an acting position, or transferred to another position within the department or the federal public service; and (p) what specific steps has the department taken since the publication of the 2024–25 Annual Report on Misconduct and Wrongdoing to prevent repeat misconduct and prevent bonuses or performance pay from being issued to employees with founded misconduct cases? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1068
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026 |
With regard to funding provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada to Prairie Harm Reduction in the electoral district of Saskatoon West or any entity representing or associated with Prairie Harm Reduction, since April 1, 2025: (a) what are the details of every grant, contribution, and payment, including, for each, the (i) date recorded, (ii) fiscal year, (iii) amount, (iv) program name, (v) agreement number, (vi) recipient of record, (vii) ultimate intended recipient, if different, (viii) status of the payment, including whether it was issued, withheld, suspended, recovered, or cancelled; (b) what agreements or funding commitments has the Public Health Agency of Canada entered into involving Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated that were active, approved, amended, or suspended during fiscal year 2025-26 or during the period from April 1, 2026 to the date of this question, including, for each, the (i) agreement number, (ii) program, (iii) approved value, (iv) agreement start date, (v) agreement end date, (vi) amount committed for 2025-26, (vii) amount paid in 2025-26, (viii) amount planned or committed from April 1, 2026 to the date of the question, (ix) amount, if any, withheld, (x) current status; (c) did any Public Health Agency of Canada funding intended for Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated, or for the same underlying project, agreement, or program activity, carry over, lapse, or remain unpaid into the period from April 1, 2026 to the date of this question, and, if so, what are the details, including the (i) amount, (ii) reason, (iii) whether the amount remained payable; (d) has the Public Health Agency of Canada identified, sought to recover or recovered, any amount related to Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated in relation to fiscal year 2025-26 or the period from April 1, 2026 to the date of this question, and, if so, what are the details of each such amount, including (i) the amount, (ii) the reason, (iii) the date recovery efforts began, (iv) the amount recovered to date, (v) the amount still outstanding, (vi) how the amount was recovered, (vii) how it was recorded; (e) following Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated’s reported financial distress and any related bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings and license suspension by Health Canada, what steps, if any, did the Public Health Agency of Canada take, including whether it (i) suspended or withheld payments, (ii) amended or terminated an agreement, (iii) redirected funding to another entity, (iv) sought repayment, (v) filed a claim, (vi) conducted a financial or compliance review, (vii) notified any other department, agency, or minister’s office, (viii) took any other related action, and if so, what; and (f) what total amount was, in relation to Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated for fiscal year 2025-26, (i) committed, (ii) paid, (iii) paid net of any recoveries, offsets, or adjustments, and what amount, if any, remained outstanding, committed, payable, recoverable, or otherwise active during the period from April 1, 2026 to the date of the question? |
Answered |
Monday, June 1, 2026 |
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Q-1004
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 |
With regard to applications affected by An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), S.C. 2025, c. 5, and broken down by calendar month, and separately for the periods November 20, 2025, to December 14, 2025, and December 15, 2025 to the date the response is prepared: (a) how many applications for citizenship were received in which the applicant’s claim to citizenship was assessed, or ultimately assessed, under paragraph 3(1)(b) and the substantial-connection framework in subsection 3(3) of the Citizenship Act; (b) of the applications in (a), how many were (i) approved, (ii) refused, (iii) withdrawn, (iv) abandoned, (v) pending at the end of each month; (c) of the applications in (a), what was the applicant’s country of birth, by count; (d) of the applications in (a), what other citizenship or citizenships were declared by applicants in those files, by count; (e) in how many applications in (a) did the department determine that the relevant Canadian parent satisfied the 1,095-day physical presence requirement, and what categories of evidence were accepted for that purpose, broken down by evidence category and count; (f) in how many applications in (a) did the department request additional information or documents to establish the parent’s physical presence in Canada, and what were the 10 most common evidentiary deficiencies identified, by count; (g) of the refusals in (b)(ii), what were the reasons for refusal, broken down by category and count, including, but not limited to, (i) insufficient evidence of the parent’s physical presence in Canada, (ii) parent not a citizen at the relevant time, (iii) applicant not captured by paragraph 3(1)(b), (iv) insufficient proof of parentage, (v) missing or inconsistent identity or civil-status documents, (vi) any other reason; and (h) how many applications received before December 15, 2025, were processed under any interim measure relating to the first-generation limit and later finalized after December 15, 2025, and what were the outcomes of those applications? |
Answered |
Monday, May 25, 2026 |
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Q-1003
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 |
With regard to asylum claimants and rejected asylum claimants in Canada, as of the date the response to this question is prepared, and broken down by province or territory of last known residence, country of alleged persecution, and claimant entry stream, including inland claim, port-of-entry claim, Safe Third Country Agreement exception claim, and irregular entry claim: (a) what is the total number of asylum claims currently in the in-Canada asylum system, broken down by (i) number of claims, (ii) number of unique individuals, (iii) number of family units; (b) of the totals in (a), how many are currently (i) pending an eligibility decision at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (ii) pending an eligibility decision at the Canada Border Services Agency, (iii) referred to the Refugee Protection Division and pending, (iv) pending before the Refugee Appeal Division, (v) otherwise before the Immigration and Refugee Board but not yet finalized; (c) of the claims pending before the Refugee Protection Division in (b), how many are (i) ready to be heard, (ii) not ready to be heard because of pending security screening, (iii) not ready to be heard because the Basis of Claim form or other claimant documentation is incomplete or outstanding, (iv) not ready to be heard because of another outstanding requirement, broken down by type of requirement; (d) how many asylum claimants currently in the system have had a final negative decision from (i) the Refugee Protection Division only, with an appeal or further recourse still available or pending, (ii) the Refugee Appeal Division, (iii) the Federal Court, where applicable; (e) how many rejected asylum claimants are currently physically present in Canada, broken down by (i) number of claims, (ii) country of alleged persecution; (f) of the rejected asylum claimants in (e), how many are currently subject to (i) an enforceable removal order, (ii) a stayed removal order, (iii) a removal order that is not yet enforceable, and what is the breakdown by type of removal order; (g) of the rejected asylum claimants in (e), how many are in each internal Canada Border Services Agency removal inventory or sub-inventory, including, but not limited to, (i) monitoring inventory, (ii) stay inventory, (iii) wanted inventory, (iv) working inventory, and what is the number in any other inventory or sub-inventory used internally; and (h) of the rejected asylum claimants in (e), how many are currently not removable, broken down by reason, including (i) pending pre-removal risk assessment, (ii) pending Federal Court judicial review or court-ordered stay, (iii) inability to obtain travel documents, (iv) administrative deferral of removal, (v) medical reasons, (vi) incarceration or pending criminal proceedings, (vii) inability to locate the individual, (viii) other legal or administrative impediment? |
Answered |
Monday, May 25, 2026 |
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Q-1002
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 |
With regard to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s “File Review” or other paper-based decision-making processes used to determine refugee protection claims, since January 1, 2017, broken down by calendar year and, where applicable, by claimant country, claim type, and decision stream: (a) what countries, claim types, or country-and-claim-type combinations were, at any time, identified as eligible, presumptively eligible, or generally suitable for File Review, and, for each, on what dates were they added, amended, suspended, removed, or otherwise reclassified; (b) what quantitative and qualitative criteria were used to determine whether a claim was suitable for File Review, including any thresholds relating to historical acceptance rates, documentary identity requirements, front-end security screening completion, ministerial intervention, complexity, credibility, or country condition evidence; (c) how many claims were (i) screened for possible File Review, (ii) triaged into File Review, (iii) accepted without an oral hearing, (iv) returned from File Review to a short hearing, (v) returned from File Review to a full hearing, (vi) rejected, (vii) withdrawn, (viii) abandoned, (ix) still pending after triage; (d) for the claims referred to in (c), what were the average and median processing times from referral to triage, triage to decision, and referral to final disposition, and how did these compare to claims determined through a full oral hearing; (e) in how many cases (i) was the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or the Minister of Public Safety notified of the intention to proceed by File Review, (ii) was the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or the Minister of Public Safety given an opportunity to intervene, (iii) did the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or the Minister of Public Safety intervene, (iv) did the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or the Minister of Public Safety request that the matter proceed to a hearing, (v) did the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or the Minister of Public Safety decline to intervene, and what were the outcomes of those cases; (f) in how many cases triaged to File Review was front-end security screening incomplete at the time of initial triage, and what steps, if any, were taken before a final decision was rendered in each such case; and (g) in how many cases triaged to or accepted through File Review were concerns later identified relating to (i) identity, (ii) credibility, (iii) fraud or misrepresentation, (iv) criminality, (v) security inadmissibility, (vi) organized criminality, (vii) war crimes or crimes against humanity, (viii) cessation proceedings, (ix) vacation proceedings, (x) other integrity concerns, and what was the disposition in each category? |
Answered |
Monday, May 25, 2026 |
