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Q-1490
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Thursday, September 24, 2026 |
With regard to certifications issued by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act in the fiscal years 2015–16 through 2024–25: (a) for each certification, what was the certified fair market value, the recipient institution, and the fiscal year of certification; (b) what was the name of each appraiser who provided an appraisal in support of each certification; (c) for how many instances did an appraiser, who is also a current or former member of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, provide the appraisal, and in how many instances did an appraiser affiliated with a commercial art gallery do so; (d) in how many instances were the appraisals provided by a committee of the Art Dealers Association of Canada or the National Archival Appraisal Board under the single-appraisal exemption available at the $50,000 threshold and above; (e) what proportion of certifications in that period were associated with recipient institutions located in British Columbia; and (f) what is the government’s policy rationale for not publishing this information in a transaction-level public registry, given that comparable federal tax expenditures are subject to transaction-level disclosure? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1465
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
With regard to the process for Pre-Removal Risk Assessments referred to in sections 101(1)(b.1) and (b.2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: (a) what training is provided to reviewing officers who make decisions on the Pre-Removal Risk Assessments prior to their determination of applications, including the length of time, topics covered, and materials used; (b) are the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s National Documentation Packages automatically put before Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers; (c) are the Immigration and Refugee Board’s guidelines automatically put before Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers; (d) does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have a procedure or service standards in place for treating requests for extension of time or disclosure, or other procedural requests made once it receives an application, and for doing so in a timely manner, and, if so, how are such requests made and considered; (e) does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have a policy for Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers to offer accommodations for individuals prior to determining their applications, and, if so, what is the policy; (f) does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have a policy on how Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers should deal with applications by self-represented individuals, and, if so, what is the policy; (g) do Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers intend to give Pre-Removal Risk Assessment applicants notice of any issues of concern that arise in their written materials, and, if so, what is the policy; (h) do Pre-Removal Risk Assessment officers intend to give Pre-Removal Risk Assessment applicants notice of any proposed locations of an Internal Flight Alternative, given the requirement in the Federal Court jurisprudence to provide notice; and (i) what other policies are in place relating to Pre-Removal Risk Assessments application that were not otherwise covered in (a) to (h)? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, November 16, 2026 |
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Q-1464
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
With regard to deportations and removals carried out by the Canada Border Services Agency that result in the separation of families, including cases involving Canadian children, refugee claimants, protected persons and their family members, or individuals with pending immigration proceedings: (a) what policies, directives, operational guidelines, or decision-making frameworks are currently in place to ensure that the best interest of the child, the family unity and humanitarian considerations are assessed prior to the execution of a removal order; (b) how many removals, carried out in each of the last five years, resulted in the separation of a parent from a child or spouse remaining in Canada, broken down by province and immigration category; (c) has the government conducted any review of the recent increase in reported family separations resulting from removals in Quebec, and, if so, what were the findings; (d) does the government intend to implement new policies, safeguards, or exemptions to prevent removals that would result in family separation or that may be contrary to the best interests of the child; and (e) what is the policy rationale for proceeding with removals in circumstances where the Canada Border Services Agency is aware that the removal is likely to result in the separation of a parent from their child or family for an indefinite period of time? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, November 16, 2026 |
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Q-1463
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
With regard to the Interim Federal Health Program: (a) what are the department’s estimates or projections of the anticipated consequences of the changes to the scope of the coverage of the Interim Federal Health Program (due to co-pays, deductibles, caps, and user fees) (i) on the utilization by program beneficiaries of insured services, broken down by benefit category (prescription, dental, vision, counselling, devices, etc.), (ii) on the health outcomes on program beneficiaries, broken down by benefit category (prescription, dental, vision, counselling, devices, etc.), (iii) on the demand and cost of services that would remain fully insured under the Interim Federal Health Program (ambulance use, emergency department visits, urgent care visits, hospitalizations), broken down by provinces and territories, (iv) on the demand and costs of services provided by provincial and territorial health insurance plans; (b) did the department engage in consultations regarding the changes to the scope of coverage of the Interim Federal Health Program (due to co-pays, deductibles, caps, user fees, etc.), or receive submissions from health practitioners, medical organizations, nurses’ unions, legal advocates, or other stakeholders, and, if so, who or what organizations were consulted or provided a submission; (c) what concerns were received through the consultative process in (b) and what submissions were received from health practitioners and medical organizations, nurses’ unions, legal advocates, and other stakeholders about the health consequences and the cost savings of these proposals; and (d) was any analysis done in relation to the concerns highlighted in (c), and, if so, what were the findings? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, November 16, 2026 |
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Q-1343
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to the continuing designation of the United States of America as a safe third country under section 102 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, for the period from December 2022 to present:
(a) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister made any determination that the United States of America may no longer meet one or more of the conditions required under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so, please provide details on this determination including the date of determination and criteria cited for the determination;
(b) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister issued a report to the Governor in Council on whether the United States of America meets the conditions under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so, for each report
(i) what is the date,
(ii) will the government table in the House a copy of the unredacted report;
(c) has the Governor in Council considered whether the United States of America meets the conditions under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so,
(i) what were the Governor in Council’s conclusions,
(ii) on what date were these conclusions made;
(d) is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister maintaining data on Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention for individuals Canada transferred to United States authorities, and, if so, what are the details of the data;
(e) is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister maintaining data on the use of Asylum Cooperative Agreements for individuals returned to the United States under the safe third country agreement in violation of the safe third country Agreement, and, if so, what are the details of the data;
(f) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other Minister requested assurances from United States authorities that Asylum Cooperative Agreements are not in use for detainees; and
(g) when is the date of the next review of the United States of America's safe third country designation scheduled to take place, and what are the timelines and procedures for its completion? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1341
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada categorized under the 2026 levels plan for the category of Humanitarian and Compassionate and Other:
(a) how many applications have been
(i) received,
(ii) processed,
(iii) approved,
(iv) denied,
(v) withdrawn,
(vi) backlogged;
(b) what is the number of applications in (a)(i) through (a)(iv) received from
(i) Ukraine,
(ii) Sudan,
(iii) Hong Kong Stream A,
(iv) Hong Kong Stream B;
(c) on what dates were applications in (b)(i) through (b)(iv)
(i) received,
(ii) processed,
(iii) approved,
(iv) backlogged;
(d) what is the expected length of time it will take to process applications under the Humanitarian and Compassionate and Other category given the levels plan is limited to 6,900;
(e) do the Humanitarian and Compassionate application processing times refer to first stage processing, first and second stage processing, or something else;
(f) do the application processing times apply to all Humanitarian and Compassionate applications or are there any exemptions, and, if so, please explain; and
(g) do the Immigration Levels determine these processing times? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1340
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to the approximately 130 applications from Palestinian students in Gaza, Egypt or displaced in other countries that have received admission offers from Canadian universities and scholarships, research stipends, or awards from other institutions and agencies such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec, received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: (a) what is the date range of the applications received from individuals displaced in other third countries; (b) how many of the applications in (a) have (i) been approved, (ii) been rejected, (iii) been withdrawn, (iv) terminated because the applicant was killed, (v) completed biometrics, (vi) are awaiting biometrics, (vii) been offered alternate biometric collection methods, (viii) completed all background checks and interviews, and await a decision, (ix) previously been approved for a study permit in Canada, (x) been approved and await official exit clearance; (c) of the applicants approved, how many names have been submitted to the governments of Israel or Egypt to request official exit clearance; and (d) what is the expected length of time it will take to process the remaining applications? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1339
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, broken down by immigration stream and type of application: (a) how many applications are in the backlog for the (i) Federal Skilled Worker Program, (ii) Federal Skilled Trades Program, (iii) Canadian Experience Class, (iv) Start-up Visa Program, (v) Self-employed Persons Program, (vi) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Care Worker Immigration: Child Care pilot, (vii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Care Worker Immigration: Home Support pilot, (viii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Child Care Provider Pilot, (ix) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Support Worker Pilot, (x) Caring for People with High Medical Needs, (xi) Interim Pathway for Caregiver, (xii) Live-in Caregiver Program, (xiii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Agri-Food Pilot, (xiv) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Rural Community Immigration Pilot, (xv) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, (xvi) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Francophone Community Immigration Pilot, (xvii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, (xviii) Economic- Atlantic Immigration Program, (xix) Economic- Provincial Nominee Program, (xx) Economic- Quebec Skilled Workers and Business, (xxi) Family - Spouses, Partners and Children, (xxii) Family - Parents and Grandparents, (xxiii) Refugees and Protected Persons - Protected Persons in Canada, (xxiv) Refugees and Protected Persons - Dependents Abroad of Protected Persons in Canada, (xxv) Refugees and Protected Persons - Resettled Refugees – Government Assisted, (xxvi) Refugees and Protected Persons - Resettled Refugees – privately sponsored, (xxvii) Humanitarian & Compassionate: Humanitarian and Compassionate, (xxviii) Ukraine PR pathway for Ukrainian nationals with family in Canada, (xxix) Family-based permanent residence pathway for people affected by the conflict in Sudan, (xxx) Hong Kong Pathways Stream “A”, (xxxi) Hong Kong Pathways Hong Kong Stream “B”; (b) for each stream in (a), what is the length of the backlog; (c) for each stream in (a), what is the date range of applications currently being processed; and (d) for each stream in (a), what is the estimated time required to clear the backlog? |
Answered |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
