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Thursday, September 18, 2025 (No. 24)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

Q-284² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to case number 41231, English Montreal School Board, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al., as of June 17, 2025: (a) how many hours have public servants dedicated to this legal challenge; (b) how much money has the government spent on the challenge; (c) what resources has the government employed with respect to the challenge and how much money has been allocated to each of these resources; and (d) what is the total amount the government has incurred in legal costs?

Q-285² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the challenge to Quebec’s Act respecting the laicity of the State, broken down by case in which the government was involved: (a) how many hours have public servants devoted to each legal challenge; (b) how much money has the government spent on each challenge; (c) what resources has the government employed with respect to each challenge and how much money has been allocated to each of these resources; and (d) what was the total amount of legal expenses incurred by the government (i) broken down by challenge, (ii) for all challenges?

Q-286² — June 19, 2025 — — 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-287² — June 19, 2025 — — 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: (a) how many reports have been produced to date pursuant to the directives for ensuring a continuing review of factors set out in subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with respect to countries designated under paragraph 102(1)(a) of that Act; (b) for each such report, what is the (i) date of production, (ii) authoring department or agency, (iii) title or identifying reference number, (iv) date the report was provided to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other Minister; (c) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other Minister ever made a 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, and, if so, when and what action, if any, was taken; (d) have any Charter compliance assessments, legal risk analyses, or litigation-driven reviews concluded that the United States of America may not meet the requirements of paragraph 102(2)(a), (b), or (c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act since 2015, and, if so, what were the conclusions and who received them; (e) when is 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; (f) were any of these reports shared with the United States of America government or its agencies, and, if so, which ones and on what dates; and (g) will the government table in the House unredacted copies or summaries of all reports produced to date under these directives?

Q-288² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the planned budgetary reductions for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency: (a) is Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada moving forward with a Deficit Reduction Action Plan in 2024 and, if so, what it the targeted budget reduction for the Department in percentage and actual dollars broken down by (i) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (ii) province or territory; (b) what specific programs or services within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada are projected to experience reductions in funding as part of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan in 2024–25, 2025–26, and 2026–27, broken down by (i) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (ii) province or territory, (iii) full-time employee reduction; (c) how will the anticipated Deficit Reduction Action Plan 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 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada implement to ensure the Deficit Reduction Action Plan 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 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to accommodate the Deficit Reduction Action Plan, and what impacts are anticipated on staffing levels or full-time employees and employee workloads, broken down by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region; (f) how does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 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 Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in the federal government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by year in these program areas, (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 Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in the federal government’s refocused spending initiative being redirected toward, broken down by year?

Q-289² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to measures taken by the government to prevent the import of alcohol and drugs into Nunavut, broken down by community and by fiscal year since 2020-21: (a) what specific measures are in place to ensure that mail and other packages entering Nunavut via Canada Post do not contain alcohol or drugs; (b) if screening facilities are used for this purpose, where are the screening facilities located; and (c) what percentage of mail and packages was checked for alcohol and drugs, in total and broken down by processing location and by method used to check the packages (scanning, manual search, etc.)?

Q-290² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the Hamlet Food Voucher Program funded through the Inuit Child First Initiative and delivered by Indigenous Services Canada: (a) broken down by hamlet and fiscal year since 2019, what is (i) the number of Inuit children or families served by the program, (ii) total amount of funding allocated to the program; and (b) what indicators does Indigenous Services Canada use to demonstrate that the health care needs of Inuit children will either decrease or increase in the next three fiscal years?

Q-291² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the consultation process in the government's preparation of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act: (a) which Indigenous rights holders were consulted about Bill C-5 prior to it being introduced in the House of Commons; (b) how much time were these rights holders provided to share their concerns about Bill C-5 with the government; (c) did the ministers and staff responsible for the preparation of this bill address any concerns raised by Indigenous rights holders in correspondence or meetings held with them prior to Bill C-5 being introduced in the House of Commons; and (d) what steps did the government take to ensure Bill C-5 obtained the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous rights holders to ensure it was compliant with (i) An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, (ii) Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, including subsection 35(3)?

Q-292² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund, broken down by fiscal year since the program was initiated: (a) how much of the total funding allocated to this fund has been committed to date; (b) which organizations have applied for this funding and were refused; (c) which funding recipients received a reduction in funding year-over-year; and (d) what were the evaluation criteria used by the government to determine which (i) organizations received funding, (ii) previous funding recipients lost funding?

Q-293² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to the consultative process for Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures: (a) what meetings or correspondence did the ministers and staff responsible for the preparation of Bill C-2 undertake with (i) women and gender equality organizations, (ii) migrant and refugee rights organizations; (b) did the government seek a legal opinion from the Privacy Commissioner concerning the legal validity of Bill C-2, prior to introducing it in the House of Commons; and (c) what steps did the government take to ensure that Bill C-2 was compliant with the 1951 Refugee Convention, prior to introducing it in the House of Commons?

Q-294² — June 19, 2025 — — With regard to requests made by First Nations in Manitoba to the government over the past five calendar years: (a) which First Nations have made requests to Indigenous Services Canada for fire prevention and fire fighting resources, including, funding for (i) personnel, (ii) training, (iii) direct training, (iv) protective gear, (v) water pumps, (vi) hoses, (vii) vehicles, (viii) hand tools and portable fire suppression or controlled-burn equipment; (b) which of the requests in (a)(i) to (a)(viii) were fulfilled; (c) for the requests fulfilled, how long did Indigenous Services Canada take to (i) answer the request, (ii) deliver the resources; and (d) how much funding has been allocated by Indigenous Services Canada for the provision of these resources?

Q-295² — September 11, 2025 — — With regard to the program evaluation of the College and Community Innovation Program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Community and College Social Innovation Fund, launched in May 2024: (a) what is the current status of this evaluation; (b) when will the evaluation be completed; (c) where and when will the results of the evaluation be published and made available to the public; and (d) if the results are not being made available to the public, (i) why not, (ii) who made the decision to keep them secret?

Q-296² — September 11, 2025 — — With regard to expenditures incurred by the government related to relocation or moving expenses for staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, since March 14, 2025: (a) how many staff members had relocation or moving expenses which were covered by the government; and (b) what is the total value of such expenditures to date?

Q-297² — September 11, 2025 — — With regard to the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Armed Forces: what was the procedure and what criteria led the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre - Halifax to suspend the search on August 7, 2025, for the two people from Havre-Saint-Pierre who went missing at sea on August 5, 2025?

Q-298² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to healthcare services received by individuals incarcerated with Correctional Service Canada: (a) what is, broken down by province and territory, the median and average wait time between (i) receiving a referral from a general practitioner or another medical professional and a consultation with a specialist, (ii) receiving a consultation with a specialist and receiving treatment; and (b) what is the breakdown by year of temporary absence permits issued for medical purposes, for each of the last five years, and what are the details of these permits, including the (i) number of permits issued at each correctional institution, (ii) number of visits to each medical facility, (iii) the reason, purpose or type of treatment, associated with the visits?

Q-299² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to grants or contributions provided by the National Research Council to designated educational institutions, since November 4, 2015: what are the details of each grant and contribution agreement, including, for each, the (i) program name under which the funding was distributed, (ii) recipient, (iii) date, (iv) description, (v) value, (vi) negotiated percentage and dollar-value that was earmarked for indirect costs (i.e. administrative costs) as part of the agreement?

Q-300² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to government involvement with the Heritage Foundation, and its decision to invite president Kevin Roberts to speak at the September 2025 Cabinet Planning Forum in the Greater Toronto Area: (a) who (i) made, (ii) sent, the invitation; (b) when was the invitation sent; (c) did the government incur any expenses related to Mr. Roberts' travel to the forum, including any cancellation charges or charges for unused rooms, and, if so, what is the (i) total amount, (ii) itemized breakdown, of all such charges; (d) did the government agree to, or offer any, financial remuneration or payment to Mr. Roberts in relation to the forum, and, if so, how much was offered and for what services; (e) did the government offer to, or agree to, cover any travel, accommodation or meal expenses related to Mr. Roberts' travel to the forum, and, if so, what are the details of such offers or agreements, including what was covered, and any limits or restrictions (i.e. hotel room maximum, first class flight, etc.); and (f) has the Office of the Prime Minister or the Privy Council Office issued any contracts to Mr. Roberts or the Heritage Foundation, since January 1, 2025, and, if so, what are the details of each contract, including the (i) amount or value, (ii) vendor, (iii) date, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-301² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to correctional facilities under the administration of the Correctional Service of Canada: (a) how many inmates in these facilities did not possess Canadian citizenship, broken down by year, from January 1, 2016, to present; (b) what was the (i) annual cost, (ii) cost per inmate, borne by the institutions for housing inmates who are not Canadian citizens; and (c) what is the current breakdown of non-Canadian inmates by (i) institution, (ii) type of criminal offense, (iii) security level, (iv) country of citizenship?

Q-302² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency, broken down by year since January 1, 2018, including the current year to date: (a) how many commercial (i) trains, (ii) train cars, crossed into Canada, in total, and broken down by point of entry for each year; (b) how many of the (i) trains, (ii) train cars, in (a) were physically inspected by the Canada Border Services Agency; (c) how many of the inspected (i) trains, (ii) train cars, contained illegal items; and (d) what is the breakdown of illegal items seized from train cars, including the description and the volume of each item seized?

Q-303² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to government financing or financial guarantees for Lion Electric: (a) what are the details of the Strategic Innovation Fund's August 19, 2021 agreement with Lion Electric, for a loan relating to the construction of the Lion Campus, including (i) the total value of the loan provided to Lion, (ii) the interest rate terms, including how much interest has been paid to date on said loan, (iii) if no interest was paid on the loan, as part of the agreement, why did the government deem it necessary to provide a zero-interest loan to Lion, (iv) which circumstances would be grounds for the government to forgive the loan, (v) the total amount of the loan's principle that has been repaid to date, (vi) whether any portion of the loan has been waived, and, if so, what amount, (vii) the current principle amount of the loan that is still currently outstanding, (viii) whether the government is currently trying to recoup any outstanding funds from this loan, and, if so, what actions have been taken, (ix) whether the government conducted any financial feasibility or viability assessment prior to offering this agreement, and, if so, who conducted the study and when; and (b) what are the details of the guarantees or insurance provided by Export Development Canada to the National Bank of Canada with regard to the bank's financing offer in February 2023 to Lion Electric for a supplier credit facility, including (i) the amount of financing provided to Lion, (ii) the amount of financing insured by Export Development Canada, (iii) the amount collected in fees by Export Development Canada as part of the agreement with the National Bank of Canada, (iv) the amount paid out, to date, by Export Development Canada as part of this insurance, (v) whether the government conducted any financial feasibility or viability assessment of Lion, prior to offering this policy, and, if so, who conducted the study and when?

Q-304² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to the comments on September 8, 2025, by the Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions) that "We hit rock bottom. It can't get much worse than it is now.": which ministers and government officials are responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency "hitting rock bottom" in 2025, and what disciplinary action, if any, has each faced for allowing this to happen?

Q-305² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to the temporary public policy announced by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on November 20, 2023, to reunite previously resettled Yazidis and other survivors of Daesh in Canada with their family members in northern Iraq, excluding any applications received before October 31, 2023: (a) how many applications have been received under this specific public policy since November 20, 2023, broken down by month and by the location of the processing office; (b) how many applications (i) have been accepted, (ii) have been rejected, (iii) have been withdrawn, (iv) have been deemed incomplete, (v) are still in process; (c) how many principal applicants and how many dependents are included in each of the categories listed in (b); (d) what is the average and median processing time for complete applications under this public policy, including those that were rejected or withdrawn; (e) what were the five most common grounds for rejection under this public policy; (f) how many times has the department used its discretion to waive documentation or admissibility requirements due to the applicant's circumstances under this public policy, and in what types of cases or contexts were these waivers applied; (g) how many applications under this policy have either been (i) voluntarily withdrawn by the applicant, (ii) closed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (iii) abandoned by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; (h) for each case in (g)(i) to (g)(iii), what were the reasons or grounds cited by the department; (i) how many of the 400 allocated spots under the policy have been filled to date, and does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada anticipate filling all 400 before the expiry date of December 31, 2026; and (j) has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada communicated any eligibility criteria, quotas, internal directives, or guidance to visa officers or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada staff related to prioritizing, triaging, or refusing certain types of applicants under this public policy, and, if so, what are those instructions?

Q-306² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to all public opinion research and surveys conducted or commissioned by government departments or agencies, since January 1, 2024: (a) what are the details of each public opinion research or survey, including, for each, the (i) title or subject, (ii) purpose, (iii) date, (iv) vendor who conducted the research or survey, (v) contract value, (vi) methodology used, (vii) questions asked and the associated results or findings; (b) what were the total expenditures on public opinion research and surveys in (i) 2024, (ii) 2025 to date; and (c) of the surveys in (a), are the results publicly available, and, if so, what is the website link where each is located?

Q-307² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to all public opinion research and surveys conducted or commissioned by the Privy Council Office since January 1, 2024: (a) what are the details of each public opinion research or survey, including, for each, the (i) title or subject, (ii) purpose, (iii) date, (iv) vendor who conducted the research or survey, (v) contract value, (vi) methodology used, (vii) questions asked and the associated results or findings; (b) what were the total expenditures on public opinion research and surveys in (i) 2024, (ii) 2025 to date; and (c) of the surveys in (a), are the results publicly available, and, if so, what is the website link where each is located?

Q-308² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to the government funding for Telesat, which was announced on September 13, 2024: (a) on what date, or approximately what date, did Canadian government officials enter into discussions with (i) Telesat, (ii) the Quebec government, for the funding arrangement that was subsequently announced on September 13, 2024; (b) who was involved in the initial discussions in (a); (c) was a letter of intent for this funding arrangement signed, and, if so, on what date was it executed; and (d) who wrote the first draft of the agreement, and on what date was the first draft shared with (i) the Canadian government, (ii) the Quebec government, (iii) Telesat representatives?

Q-309² — September 15, 2025 — — With regard to write-offs, loan forgiveness and waivers, under the Financial Administration Act, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act, broken down by fiscal year since 2023-24, including the current fiscal year to date: (a) what was the total value of write-offs for corporations; (b) how many cases involved a write-off; and (c) how many corporations had write-offs (i) under $1 million, (ii) between $1 million and $2 million, (iii) between $2 million and $5 million, (iv) between $5 million and $10 million, (v) in excess of $10 million?

Q-310² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government's estimation of the impact of its emissions cap on the economy: are the government's estimates the same as the results of the Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, notably the estimate that (i) by 2032 the cap will reduce nominal gross domestic product by $20.5 billion, (ii) achieving the legal upper bound will reduce economy-wide employment in Canada by 40,300 jobs and full-time equivalents by 54,400 in 2032, and, if not, what are the government's estimates?

Q-311² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to temporary foreign workers hired by government departments, agencies, Crown corporations, or other government entities to work in Canada, broken down by year since 2021, including 2025 to date: (a) how many temporary foreign workers have been hired, in total and broken down by type of job and job title; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by each department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity?

Q-312² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government's Major Projects Office: (a) how many government officials are employed by the office, as of September 16, 2025, in total, and broken down by job title and Treasury Board classification; (b) where is the office located; (c) what is the square footage of the office; (d) what is the office's budget for the current fiscal year, in total and broken down by line item; and (e) what are the details of all contracts signed by the office to date, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount or value, (iii) the vendor, (iv) the description of the goods or services, (v) whether the contract was sole-sourced or competitively bid?

Q-313² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s provision of goods and services to irregular border crossers seeking asylum: (a) what items are provided to entrants at the time of their crossing; (b) what items are provided to entrants once they are relocated to accommodations; and (c) what is the cost of provisions to entrants, broken down by each item, with its associated per-unit cost?

Q-314² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the $1.3 billion to bolster security at the border and strengthen the immigration system, announced by the government in December 2024: (a) how much of the $1.3 billion has been distributed to date; and (b) what is the itemized breakdown of how it has been distributed, including the dates of all distributions?

Q-315² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to reports or allegations of illegal activity in government workplaces or by government employees in connection to their work, broken down by department or agency, and by year since 2022: (a) how many reports or allegations is the government aware of, in total, and broken down by type or allegation (i.e. theft, assault, violation of the Privacy Act, etc.); (b) of the incidents in (a), which were reported to the police; and (c) what is the breakdown of (a) by status (i.e. founded, unfounded, etc.) and by type of disciplinary action, if applicable?

Q-316² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the Canada Summer Jobs program and artificial intelligence: (a) does the government use artificial intelligence in any way in relation to the program, including the application process; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) when did it begin using artificial intelligence, (ii) what artificial intelligence programs are used, (iii) for what purpose is each program used; (c) how many government officials' positions related to the summer jobs program have been made redundant or unnecessary as a result of the use of artificial intelligence, in total, and broken down by position; (d) how much money does the government estimate it saves each year by using artificial intelligence in relation to the summer jobs program; and (e) what safeguards are in place to ensure that applicants are not wrongly denied program acceptance or eligibility due to mistakes made by artificial intelligence programs?

Q-317² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to carbon offsets purchased by Canada Post, since 2022, and broken down by year: (a) what was the total value of carbon offsets purchased by Canada Post; and (b) what are the details of each purchase, including the (i) date, (ii) cost, (iii) amount of carbon offsets purchased, (iv) vendor who provided the offsets?

Q-318² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government's announcement on October 20, 2022 that it would provide $55 million to maintain, enhance, and expand the Trans Canada Trail: (a) how much of the $55 million has been spent to date, in total, and broken down by project and by geographic location; and (b) did the government give any conditions to the Trans Canada Trail for how the $55 million was to be spent, such as a certain amount in certain provinces or for certain types of projects, and, if so, what conditions did the government provide to the Trans Canada Trail?

Q-319² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the blocking or restricting of media or entertainment websites and applications for government employees, since August 1, 2020, and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: what directives have been issued or actions have been taken by the government to block or restrict access to media or entertainment websites and applications, including, for each directive or action, the (i) date, (ii) specific websites or applications blocked or restricted on each date, (iii) reason for blocking or restricting the website or application, (iv) summary and results (i.e. website blocked from computers, application deleted from government devices, etc.)?

Q-320² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to expenditures related to the Minister of Foreign Affairs' and the Minister of Finance's trip to Mexico, in August 2025, and the accompanying delegation: (a) what are the costs incurred by the government to date, in total and broken down by type of expense (i.e. accommodation, per diems, hospitality, etc.); (b) what are the details of all accommodation expenses incurred by the government, including, for each, the (i) name of the hotel, (ii) room rate, (iii) number of rooms booked at each rate, (iv) dates and number of nights each room was booked for, (v) total accommodation expense incurred at each property; (c) were there any hospitality expenditures incurred, and, if so, what are the details of each, including the (i) date, (ii) event description, (iii) location, (iv) cost, in total and broken down by item, (v) number of attendees; (d) are there any costs incurred, or expected to be incurred, by the government that are not included in the response to (a), and, if so, what are those costs or expected costs, broken down by item and type of expense; and (e) what were both ministers' detailed itineraries on the trip, including the names and titles of all meeting attendees?

Q-321² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to expenditures related to the Minister of Foreign Affairs' trip to Japan and Malaysia, in July 2025, and the accompanying delegation: (a) what are the total costs incurred by the government to date, in total, and broken down by type of expense (i.e. accommodation, per diems, hospitality, etc.); (b) what are the details of all accommodation expenses incurred by the government, including, for each, the (i) name of the hotel, (ii) room rate, (iii) number of rooms booked at each rate, (iv) dates and the number of nights each room was booked for, (v) total accommodation expense incurred at each property; (c) were there any hospitality expenditures incurred, and, if so, what are the details of each, including the (i) date, (ii) event description, (iii) location, (iv) cost, in total, and broken down by item, (v) number of attendees; (d) are there any costs incurred or expected to be incurred by the government that are not included in the response to (a), and, if so, what are those costs or expected costs, broken down by item and type of expense; and (e) what was the minister's detailed itinerary on the trip, including the names and titles of all meeting attendees?

Q-322² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to letters or official communications sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada to the International Criminal Court, between November 4, 2015, and September 16, 2025, concerning the Court’s jurisdiction over the situation in Palestine or the Palestinian Territories: (a) what were the details of each letter, statement, or formal submission sent by or on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the International Criminal Court or the Office of the Prosecutor, including any positions taken with respect to the Court’s jurisdiction or admissibility over the situation in Palestine; (b) will the government table in the House of Commons complete and unredacted copies of these communications, and, if not, what specific statutory, regulatory or diplomatic grounds are being invoked to justify withholding them; (c) has the government sought, or does it intend to seek, the consent of the International Criminal Court or the Office of the Prosecutor to publicly release these letters, and, if not, why not; (d) what are the dates of each letter in (a), the names and titles of the signatories, and any reference numbers or subject lines used; (e) will the government table in the House of Commons any responses received from the International Criminal Court or its officials in relation to these letters, and, if not, why not; (f) do any of the communications in (a) make mention of Canada’s financial contributions to the International Criminal Court, directly or indirectly, and, if so, what was stated, and what was the context; and (g) are any Royal Canadian Mounted Police staff seconded to the International Criminal Court to work on (i) the investigation into Palestine, (ii) other investigations?

Q-323² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s involvement in the CANSEC conference: (a) which department or agency of the government invites foreign delegations to attend CANSEC; (b) what delegations, from which countries, have been invited by the government to attend CANSEC; (c) how does the government assess the human rights records of foreign delegations invited to CANSEC; (d) has the government ever instructed the Canadian Commercial Corporation or any other department or agency not to invite specific delegations to CANSEC; (e) what type of visas are issued to foreign delegations attending CANSEC, and what is the application process for these visas; (f) have any foreign delegations ever been refused visas to attend CANSEC; (g) what is the total amount of funding provided by the government, through all departments, agencies, and Crown corporations, broken down by fiscal year, since 2015, to (i) CANSEC, (ii) the City of Ottawa for the purposes of CANSEC, (iii) the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries for the purposes of CANSEC; (h) are any conditions placed on the funding in (g)(i) to (g)(iii) in order to comply with international conventions such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; (i) what is the Canadian Commercial Corporation’s relationship with the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries in preparation for the annual CANSEC conference; (j) what role does the Canadian Commercial Corporation play in promoting Canadian exports or services to foreign delegations at CANSEC and what are the details of these exports or services; (k) what role does the National Defence play in promoting Canadian exports or services to foreign delegations at CANSEC, and what are the details of these exports or services; (l) what role does Global Affairs Canada play in promoting Canadian exports or services to foreign delegations at CANSEC and what are the details of these exports or services; (m) what goods, technology and services were exhibited by the government at CANSEC, broken down by year, for each year since 2015; (n) what government employees participated in CANSEC, each year since 2015, and what are the details, including, for each, their (i) name, (ii) position, (iii) department, agency or Crown corporation; and (o) of the participants in (n), which were listed as speakers on the official agenda?

Q-324² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the government's plan to purchase 88 F-35 fighter jets in total, its current financial commitment for the initial tranche of 16 F-35s, and the Government-ordered review of F-35 procurement launched in March 2025, as of September 1, 2025: (a) what stage of construction did the new hangars at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake and Canadian Forces Base Bagotville respectively reach; (b) how many aircraft will the hangars in (a) accommodate once complete; (c) what, if any, cancellation penalties does the contract with Defence Construction Canada for the hangars include, in the event that the government aborts the procurement project after receiving the initial tranche of 16 aircraft; (d) what, if any, cancellation penalties does the contract with Lockheed Martin include in the event that the government aborts the procurement project after receiving the initial tranche of 16 aircraft; (e) at the current rate of construction of the hangars in (a), when will enough hangars be complete to accommodate the initial tranche of 16 aircraft; (f) at the current rate of construction of the hangars in (a), when will enough hangars be complete to accommodate all 88 aircraft; (g) what stage have infrastructure and security upgrades, other than new hangars, for the operation of F-35s at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake and Canadian Forces Base Bagotville reached; (h) what is the estimated completion date for upgrades in (g); what stage have infrastructure and security upgrades, including hangars, reached at locations other than Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake and Canadian Forces Base Bagotville where the F-35s are expected to operate; (i) what is the estimated completion date for upgrades in (h); (j) what is the delivery date for the initial tranche of 16 aircraft in the contract with Lockheed Martin; and (k) on what date will the initial tranche of 16 aircraft enter service for training and operations within Canada?

Q-325² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to military aid that Canada has provided to Ukraine following Russia's invasion thereof and further to the response to Order Paper question Q-1747 of the first session of the 44th Parliament, which the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence tabled on September 25, 2023, between September 2023 and September 2025 inclusive: (a) how many 155mm artillery shells were produced in Canada each month; (b) how many 155mm artillery shells did Canada provided to Ukraine; (c) what proportion of Ukraine's average monthly consumption of 155mm artillery shells did the figure in (b) represent; (d) how many facilities in Canada currently manufactured 155mm artillery shells for purchase by Canada; (e) what was the dollar value of Canada's donations of 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine; (f) what was the dollar value of Canada's donations to Ukraine of (i) fixed wing drones, (ii) rotary wing drones, (iii) parts or components for fixed or rotary wing drones; and (g) what was the dollar value of Canada's donations to Ukraine of other forms of aid consisting of goods and services other than the figures in (e) and (f)?

Q-326² — September 16, 2025 — — With regard to the decision of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to no longer publish raw datasets, between January 1, 2025, and September 15, 2025: (a) how many temporary residents were present; (b) how many temporary resident visas were in effect or current; (c) how many temporary resident visas expired; (d) how many temporary residents whose visas expired are estimated to have departed; (e) how many temporary residents whose visas expired filed asylum claims; (f) how many cases of asylum claims by temporary residents were granted; (g) how many cases of asylum claims by temporary residents were rejected; and (h) how many temporary residents whose asylum claims were rejected are estimated to have departed?


² Response requested within 45 days