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Q-432
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 |
With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency, Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Post and the government’s role in the trucking and road transportation sectors:
(a) broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, how many business tax audits did the Canada Revenue Agency conduct in Canada for North American Industry Classification System codes 484 and 00000, what were the outcomes of those audits in terms of reassessments, tax impacts and penalties, and how many files involved a trucker who was incorporated that the Canada Revenue Agency reclassified as an employee;
(b) broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, how many inspections did Employment and Social Development Canada conduct in Canada in the trucking sector, what were the outcomes of those inspections in terms of reassessments, tax impacts and penalties, and how many files involved a trucker who was incorporated that Employment and Social Development Canada reclassified as an employee;
(c) for the trucking sector, how many reports of wrongdoing did the Canada Revenue Agency receive each year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, and for how many files that involved a report of wrongdoing was a tax audit performed, broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively;
(d) for the trucking sector, how many reports of wrongdoing did Employment and Social Development Canada receive each year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, and for how many files that involved a report of wrongdoing was an inspection performed, broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively;
(e) broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, what was the audit coverage rate in Canada and for North American Industry Classification System codes 484 and 00000 more specifically;
(f) broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, and by province, what was the total of unpaid, unrecoverable and written off taxes for the Canada Revenue Agency for North American Industry Classification System code 484;
(g) broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively, what processes and how many employees were in place to determine whether the North American Industry Classification System code that a business states is appropriate, how many businesses in Canada reported an North American Industry Classification System code of 00000 or any other North American Industry Classification System code that does not allow for determining in which industry the business operates, how many businesses’ North American Industry Classification System code did the Canada Revenue Agency change after it learned that the North American Industry Classification System code the business reported was inaccurate and how many of these reclassified businesses were in the trucking sector;
(h) how many fines in what amounts did the federal government impose under sections 19(1) and (2) of the Motor Vehicle Transport Act between January 1, 2015, and September 30, 2025, broken down by year;
(i) with regard to the Fall Economic Statement 2022, in which the federal government committed to providing $26.3 million over five years, starting in 2023–24, to Employment and Social Development Canada so that it would take stronger action against non-compliant employers through orders, fines and prosecutions to enforce the Canada Labour Code in the road transportation sector, (i) how much of the $26.3-million envelope has been used to date, (ii) how many additional employees of Employment and Social Development Canada have been assigned full-time to compliance in the road transportation sector, and how many employees in total have been assigned to compliance in the road transportation sector, (iii) how many orders have been issued to non-compliant employers in the road transportation sector, broken down by year, (iv) how many fines have been issued to non-compliant employers in the road transportation sector, broken down by year, (v) how many prosecutions of non-compliant employers in the road transportation sector have been launched, broken down by year; and
(j) which businesses have obtained contracts for Canada Post mail delivery by road transportation since 2015, and what was the total value per business, broken down by year?
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Awaiting response |
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
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Q-7
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
With regard to government expenditures associated with the monarchy:
(a) for the Office of the Governor General, the Department of National Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the National Capital Commission and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for the years 2022-25, as of May 28, 2025, what is the (i) cost of operating the Office of the Governor General, (ii) salary of the Governor General, (iii) cost of support provided by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, (iv) cost of Royal Canadian Mounted Police support for protecting the governor general, (v) cost of federal assistance to organizations of former governors general (the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Institute for Canadian Citizenship), (vi) cost of the Rideau Hall residence (National Capital Commission), (vii) cost of pensions for all former governors general (and their surviving spouses), (viii) cost of the governor general’s visits abroad;
(b) since Governor General Mary Simon took office on July 26, 2021, what are the total expenses incurred by her office or any other department for French language training; and
(c) for each trip outside the province of Ontario, what is the total cost of the trip, specifying the number of accompanying persons each time? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-6
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
With regard to the expenditures of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, the Department of National Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the royal family’s visit to Canada on May 26 and 27, 2025, as of April 28, 2025, broken down by department and visit: what was the (i) cost of air and ground transportation, (ii) cost of meals during transport and at destination, including the list of meals, (iii) number of accompanying persons who made the trip and their role, (iv) cost of transportation and security staff and their number and role, (v) cost of accommodation and the list of locations, (vi) cost of travel arrangement fees, (vii) value of receipts submitted by the various staff and accompanying persons, (viii) amount of expenses incurred for the Prime Minister, the Governor General, and their accompanying persons, (ix) amount of all other costs related to the trips? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
