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Q-1502
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to government information about the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program, for each participating municipality, police service, provincial or territorial government, or other local authority that has received federal funding to administer or participate in the program, since the program's inception: (a) what is the name of each participating municipality, police service, provincial or territorial government, or other local authority; (b) how much funding has each participant in (a) (i) been allocated, (ii) received, (iii) spent; (c) how many firearms has each participant in (a) collected, in total and broken down by make, model, and type; (d) for each participant in (a), how much been allocated and disbursed, respectively, to each participating municipality, police service, provincial or territorial government, or other local authority; (e) for each make, model and type of firearm collected from an individual firearms owner, what amount of compensation was paid to the owner; and (f) for each participant in (a), what portion of the allocated funding provided remains unspent, and what are the details, including the timeline of how that money is expected to be spent? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1501
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to the "checks and balances" referenced by the Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) in relation to the government's Buy Canadian Policy: (a) what specific checks and balances are in place to ensure that Canadian suppliers and Canadian-produced goods are prioritized in federal procurement processes; (b) for each of the checks and balances identified in (a), (i) which entity is responsible for administering it or enforcing it, (ii) what criteria are used to determine whether an exception or exemption applies; (c) how many requests for an exception from the Buy Canadian Policy have been made, broken down by department or agency; (d) what are the details of each request in (c), including (i) the contract value, (ii) the type of goods or services, (iii) whether the request was approved or denied; and (e) what process does the government use to determine that "there is no business in this country that is capable of doing it," as referenced by the Secretary of State? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1500
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to the Artificial Intelligence Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program: (a) what is the total amount of federal funding allocated to the program; (b) what is the maximum amount of funding available to each recipient; (c) how many applications have been (i) received, (ii) approved, under the program; (d) for each approved project, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) location of the infrastructure, (iii) total project cost, (iv) amount of federal funding provided, (v) expected computing capacity, (vi) expected date of completion; (e) what criteria are used to assess and select successful proponents, including how national security, data sovereignty, energy requirements, and economic benefits to Canada are assessed; (f) what percentage of the computing infrastructure supported by the program is required to be located physically in Canada; (g) what requirements, if any, are imposed on successful proponents regarding the ownership, storage, processing, and protection of data on the infrastructure; and (h) what measures are in place to ensure that the infrastructure funded through the program remains available to Canadian researchers, businesses, and other eligible users rather than being primarily used by foreign entities? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1499
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to the government's intention to privatize or seek private-sector capital for the National Research Council of Canada's Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre: (a) what is the government's current plan for the ownership and operation of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre; (b) what amount of government funding was provided to the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, broken down by year for each of the last 10 years; (c) what is the estimated current value of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre's facilities, equipment, intellectual property, and other assets; (d) what options has the government analyzed for the future ownership or operation of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, including (i) full privatization, (ii) partial privatization, (iii) a public-private partnership, (iv) continued operation by the government, and what were the findings of each analysis; (e) what criteria will be used to evaluate potential private-sector investors or purchasers, including their (i) ownership structure, (ii) country of incorporation, (iii) beneficial ownership, (iv) existing foreign investments or affiliations, (v) national security implications; (f) what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that critical photonics and compound semiconductor capabilities, intellectual property, equipment, and technologies developed at the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre remain under Canadian control; (g) what restrictions, if any, will be placed on the transfer of Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre assets, intellectual property, technologies, or capabilities to foreign entities following privatization; (h) how will the government ensure that Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises, researchers, and other Canadian organizations continue to have access to the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre's facilities and capabilities following privatization; (i) what assessment has the government made of the potential impact of privatization on Canada's national security, semiconductor supply chain, artificial intelligence compute capacity, and technological sovereignty; and (j) what is the expected timeline for the completion of the process to determine the future ownership and operation of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1397
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to the public consultation process used to inform the government's national AI for All strategy: (a) how many total responses were received through the consultation; (b) how many responses were marked as (i) submitted, (ii) in progress, (iii) draft, (iv) incomplete, (v) an other status, broken down by status; (c) how many responses were received from (i) individual Canadians, (ii) Canadian businesses, (iii) Canadian academic institutions, (iv) Canadian non-profit organizations, (v) provincial, territorial, or municipal governments, (vi) foreign individuals, (vii) foreign businesses, (viii) foreign academic institutions, (ix) foreign non-profit organizations, (x) any other category of respondent, broken down by category; (d) what criteria were used to determine whether a respondent was Canadian or foreign; (e) how many responses included sufficient information to identify the respondent's country of residence or principal place of business; (f) how many responses did not contain sufficient information to determine the respondent's country of residence or principal place of business; (g) what weighting, if any, was applied to responses from foreign individuals or organizations when developing the strategy; and (h) what steps were taken to ensure that the consultation results were representative of Canadians? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1396
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to the Government of Canada's Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program: how many prohibited firearms have been physically surrendered and collected by the Waterloo Regional Police Service under the program? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1215
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Monday, May 25, 2026 |
With regard to the legal and diplomatic status of the Embassy of Myanmar in Canada following Canada's non-recognition of the military junta that seized power in Myanmar in February 2021: (a) what is the current legal and diplomatic status of the Embassy of Myanmar and its accredited representatives in Canada; (b) what is the government's policy regarding engagement by Canadian officials with representatives appointed by or acting on behalf of the junta; (c) what assessment has the government made of whether the continued operation of the embassy is consistent with Canada's stated policy of non-recognition of the junta; (d) has the government received reports or complaints regarding surveillance, intimidation, or monitoring activities directed at members of the Burmese diaspora community in Canada by embassy officials or affiliated individuals, and, if so, what are the details of each, and what actions were taken as a result; (e) what mechanisms are in place to protect Burmese nationals in Canada from foreign interference or transnational repression linked to the junta or its representatives; and (f) has the government made, or is the government planning, any changes to the embassy's diplomatic status, privileges, operations, or accreditation since the 2021 coup, and, if so, what are the details? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1129
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Monday, April 27, 2026 |
With regard to comments made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation at the Standing Committee on Science and Research on April 20, 2026, that "There are agreements to procure Canadian goods" in relation to trade with China: (a) what specific agreements was the member referring to; (b) on what dates were these agreements signed, and which parties are signatories; (c) do these agreements include binding provisions requiring the purchase or procurement of Canadian goods, and, if so, what are the enforcement mechanisms; (d) what reciprocal market access commitments, if any, has China agreed to under these agreements; (e) what conditions, safeguards or protections are in place to prevent non-reciprocal access to Canadian markets by Chinese firms; (f) has the government conducted any assessment of the risks associated with opening Canadian markets to the Chinese Communist party without enforceable reciprocity, and, if so, what were the findings; and (g) has any Canadian market access been granted or expanded in the absence of equivalent or enforceable commitments from China, and, if so, what are the details? |
Answered |
Friday, June 12, 2026 |
