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Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (No. 8)

Questions

Those questions not appearing in the list have been answered, withdrawn or made into orders for return.

Q-1² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to government information on stolen motor vehicles illegally exported from Canada: (a) how many stolen motor vehicles has the Canada Border Services Agency retrieved at (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, before they were illegally exported from Canada, broken down by year from 2021 to 2025; (b) how many vehicles does the Canada Border Services Agency estimate have been illegally exported from Canada via (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, broken down by year from 2021 to 2025; and (c) what percentage of outgoing containers from (i) the Port of Montreal, (ii) the Port of Halifax, (iii) the Port of Vancouver, (iv) multi-modal hubs in Toronto, have been scanned for goods being illegally exported from Canada, broken down by year from 2021 to 2025?

Q-2² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to high-speed internet access and the Universal Broadband Fund: (a) what percentage of Canadians have access to download speeds of at least 50 Mbps, as of May 2025, broken down by census metropolitan area; (b) what percentage of Canadians have access to download speeds of at least 50 Mbps, as of May 2025, broken down by census agglomeration; (c) what percentage of Canadians living outside any census metropolitan area or census agglomeration have access to download speeds of at least 50 Mbps, as of May 2025; (d) what is the number of applications submitted to the Universal Broadband Fund that have not been selected for funding, broken down by census metropolitan area; and (e) what are the details of the applications in (d), including (i) how many were denied funding in total and broken down by targeted geographic area, (ii) how many targeted communities have fewer than 1,000 residents, (iii) the breakdown of denials by reason for denial, including what criteria were not met, if applicable, (iv) the breakdown of denied applications by the proposed internet speed upgrade associated with the application?

Q-3² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to complaints reported by air carriers to Transport Canada: (a) how many complaints were reported by Air Canada, WestJet, Porter Airlines, Sunwing Airlines, and Air Transat, respectively, for (i) tarmac delays, (ii) denied boarding (bumping), (iii) issues with seating of children, (iv) lost baggage, (v) delayed baggage, (vi) damaged baggage, broken down by year from 2016 to 2025; (b) what was the monthly total number of complaints for each category listed in parts (a)(i) to (a)(vi), broken down by year, from 2016 to 2025; and (c) of the complaints listed in parts (a)(i) to (a)(vi), how many were resolved by the air carriers, broken down by carrier, and further broken down by year, from 2016 to 2025?

Q-4² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to flight delays in Canada: (a) broken down by year from 2016 to 2025, what was the number of flight delays in Canada categorized by (i) delay within carrier control (excluding safety), (ii) delay within carrier control (safety), (iii) delay outside carrier control (Air Traffic Control/National Air System), (iv) delay outside carrier control (weather), (v) delay outside carrier control (other), (vi) delay outside carrier control (security); and (b) what was the total number of delayed flights?

Q-5² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the implementation of Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts: (a) what funds have been allocated under the new system, including (i) to which organizations, (ii) for work in which countries; (b) how many authorization applications has the government (i) made for its own activities, (ii) received from outside government, (iii) approved, and for which countries, (iv) sought for its own work in Afghanistan; (c) what is the wait time for applicants to receive a response from the government and, during those wait times, what projects have been halted or delayed; (d) what is the current list of countries and sub-regions for which an authorization is deemed necessary, and which deputy ministers, including their departments and agencies, are involved in developing this list; and (e) what is the wait time for security review for individuals listed in applications, and who is the current minister responsible for the security review?

Q-6² — 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?

Q-7² — 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?

Q-8² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to government usage of Palantir hardware, software or other technology, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity, since January 1, 2016: (a) has the government ever owned or used any Palantir technology, directly or indirectly (e.g. Palantir drivers being used in SAP Concur programs), and, if so, what are the details, including (i) what elements are owned or in use, (ii) how each element in (a)(i) is used; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed by the government directly with Palantir or with other companies for items that include Palantir technology, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the vendor, (iv) the description of the goods or services, (v) what the goods or services are used for; (c) what safeguards, if any, does the government have in place to ensure that any Palantir technology used by government entities is not used by Palantir for unauthorized data mining or analytics; (d) which applications or technology, which contained Palantir elements in any way, involved data mining or analytics; and (e) for each application in (d), what measures are in place to ensure that the data is secure and safe from threats both internal and external, as well as from hacking?

Q-9² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada story from November 14, 2024, titled "CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds": (a) why did the Canada Revenue Agency launch a witch hunt or similar type of investigation against whistleblowers; (b) who ordered the investigation; (c) what resources is the Canada Revenue Agency using to conduct the investigation, including the number of employees or full-time equivalents who are involved in the investigation; (d) has the Canada Revenue Agency taken any action against those employees who authorized the issuing of the bogus refunds, and, if so, what are the details, including the number of employees who were reprimanded or fired; (e) if the Canada Revenue Agency has not taken action against those employees in (d), why not; (f) has the Canada Revenue Agency contacted the Ontario Provincial Police's Anti-Rackets Branch or requested they conduct an investigation, and, if so, when were they contacted; (g) is the Canada Revenue Agency aware of any instances where Canada Revenue Agency employees have altered taxpayers' banking information, and, if so, how many taxpayers' banking information was altered; (h) did the Canada Revenue Agency contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police regarding any of the instances in (g), and, if so, on what date; (i) since the story broke, has the Canada Revenue Agency implemented any additional security precautions to protect the banking information of taxpayers, and, if so, what measures have been taken and on which dates; (j) what specific security measures related to protecting banking information did the Canada Revenue Agency have in place prior to the story; (k) was the system used to monitor those who prepare tax returns' (e.g. H&R Block) access to bank account information also in place to monitor Canada Revenue Agency employees, and, if not, why not; (l) following the incidents which led to the story, has the Canada Revenue Agency conducted a complete audit of all logins which included Canada Revenue Agency employees changing taxpayers banking information; (m) has the Canada Revenue Agency checked reports of fraud against the records of Canada Revenue Agency employee logins, and, if so, what were the results; and (n) if the answer to (m) is no, why has the Canada Revenue Agency not checked this?

Q-10² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency's Pest Control Products Fees and Charges Regulations: (a) what was the amount collected in fees in the last fiscal year, in total and broken down by each specific type of fee or component; (b) what is the itemized breakdown of how the Pest Management Regulatory Agency spent the money collected from each of the fees in (a); and (c) for which of the fees in (a), did the government collect more money than it spent in costs related to processing the related application, and, for each such fee, how much was (i) collected from the applicants, (ii) spent on processing?

Q-11² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency Asset and Revenue Management system, since December 1, 2016: (a) what are the total expenditures related to the program, broken down by year; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expense; (c) what are the details of all contracts signed by the government related to the system, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) value, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid), (vi) title of the government official who approved the contract; (d) for each contract in (c) that was awarded through a competitive bid process, how many bids were received; (e) what is the target accuracy rate for information contained in the Canada Border Services Agency Asset and Revenue Management system; (f) what is the cloud compute consumption in terms of graphics processing units for the Canada Border Services Agency Asset and Revenue Management system; (g) broken down by month, and week if available, since 2016, how many hours was the Canada Border Services Agency Asset and Revenue Management system (i) online, (ii) offline; (h) broken down by year and month, how many complaints were received, and at what rate; and (i) broken down by year, how many times have costs or cost estimates related to the program been revised and what are the details of each instance, including the (i) date, (ii) previous cost, (iii) revised cost, (iv) reason for the revision?

Q-12² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, excluding the Canadian Coast Guard, since January 1, 2021: (a) what was the total value of all consulting contracts signed in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022, (iii) 2023, (iv) 2024, (v) 2025 to date; and (b) what are the details of all consulting contracts, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) initial value of the contract, (iv) current value of the contract, (v) type of consulting conducted, (vi) start and end dates of work, (vii) purpose of the contract and description of the work completed, (viii) reason for the increase in the contract's value, if applicable?

Q-13² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to government buildings obtaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what was the total expenditure related to obtaining or maintaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, broken down by year, for each of the last five years; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expenditure; (c) what are the details of all contracts entered into by the government related to obtaining or maintaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification since 2019, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (d) what are the details of any payments made by the government to the Canada Green Building Council since 2019, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) type of payment (grant, loan, contract for services), (iii) date, (iv) purpose; (e) what are the details of any payments made to any international organization since 2019, such as the US Green Building Council, related to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) type of payment, (iii) date, (iv) purpose, (v) recipient organization; (f) how many government buildings currently have Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification; (g) what are the details of the buildings in (f), including, for each, the (i) name, if applicable, (ii) address, (iii) location (city, province), (iv) type of building; and (h) for each building in (g), how much has the government paid to date for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification?

Q-14² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to government information about crime for the year 2023: how many suspects who were charged or deemed chargeable with homicide (i) were on bail or another type of remand, (ii) were on house arrest, (iii) were on parole, (iv) were subject to another type of community service broken down by type, (v) had an arrest warrant for a different crime at the time they were charged or deemed chargeable?

Q-15² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s decision to implement changes regarding the regulation of Natural Health Products through regulation enabled by Bill C-47 (Budget Implementation Act, 2023, 44th Parliament) through sections 500-504: (a) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received in support of these regulations to date, broken down by (i) date, (ii) medium (i.e. online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding; (b) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received to date in opposition to these regulations, broken down by (i) date, (ii) medium (i.e. online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding; and (c) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received to date in totality, regardless of whether support or opposition to the regulations was conclusive or not, broken down by (i) date, (ii) medium (i.e. online, phone, email, mail), (iii) federal riding?

Q-16² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s Net Zero Accelerator Initiative: (a) what are the details of the funding under the “decarbonization of large emitters” investment pillar, including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (b) what are the details of the funding under the “industrial transformation” investment pillar, including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (c) what are the details of the funding under the “clean technology and battery ecosystem development” investment pillar, including the total (i) funding allocated, (ii) funding committed, (iii) funding disbursed, (iv) funding uncommitted, (v) number of applicants, (vi) commitments for emission reductions in tonnes; (d) for large emitters, what (i) is the total number of applications received, (ii) is the total number of contributions signed, (iii) is the dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) are the total disbursements, (v) are the commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) are the actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (e) for medium emitters, what (i) is the total number of applications received, (ii) is the total number of contributions signed, (iii) is the dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) are the total disbursements, (v) are the commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) are the actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (f) for small emitters, what (i) is the total number of applications received, (ii) is the total number of contributions signed, (iii) is the dollar value of the contribution agreements signed, (iv) are the total disbursements, (v) are the commitments in the contribution agreement to reduce emissions in tonnes, (vi) are the actual results achieved in terms of carbon reductions in tonnes; (g) what was the emission reduction target at the program level when the Net Zero Accelerator Initiative was created; (h) what is the amount of actual emission reductions achieved to date; (i) what are the details of the contribution agreements that have been signed under the initiative, including, for each, (i) the company name, (ii) the amount of funding, (iii) whether the applicant was seeking funding of $50 million or more, (iv) the date when the application was received, (v) the date the contribution agreement was signed, (vi) cost of emissions reduction per tonne; (j) what is the total number of employees or full time equivalents working on delivering the Net Zero Accelerator; and (k) what are the details of all contracts signed to date related to the initiative, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount or value, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-17² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to Pacific Economic Development Canada and Small Business British Columbia: (a) is Pacific Economic Development Canada aware of the appointment of any of its employees to the employee Small Business British Columbia board of directors (board); (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) what was the name of the employee, (ii) what was their position at both Pacific Economic Development Canada and Small Business British Columbia, (iii) what was the purpose of their appointment to the Small Business British Columbia board, (iv) what was the length of their appointment to the board, (v) what financial information did the employee relay to Pacific Economic Development Canada regarding the financial health and strategies of Small Business British Columbia; (c) since January 1, 2016, how much money, broken down by (i) full date, (ii) contract number, (iii) amount per contract, has Pacific Economic Development Canada awarded Small Business British Columbia; (d) what were the results, broken down by contract, of Pacific Economic Development Canada's financial performance review in considering Small Business British Columbia applications for funding; (e) what questions must applicants to Pacific Economic Development Canada funding programs answer in their applications; (f) broken down by question in (e), what metrics does Pacific Economic Development Canada use in considering the merit of each question; (g) what were the reasons for the suspension of payments of the latest $2.7 million in funding awarded to Small Business British Columbia by Pacific Economic Development Canada; (h) in considering the application for funding from Small Business British Columbia in (g), what were the findings of Pacific Economic Development Canada regarding Small Business British Columbia's financial health and strategies; and (i) was Pacific Economic Development Canada aware of Small Business British Columbia's financial circumstances that led them to declare bankruptcy shortly after being approved for the latest $2.7 million in funding?

Q-18² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to funding provided through special warrants by the Governor General since Parliament was dissolved on March 23, 2025: (a) what were the dates and amounts of the funding provided through each warrant; (b) what is the detailed breakdown of how the funding in (a) was spent, including how much each department, program or government initiative received from each warrant; and (c) did any of the funding provided through the warrants go to any new government programs or initiatives, which were announced after January 1, 2025, and if so, what are the details of each instance, including the (i) amount, (ii) date of the funding, (iii) name or description of the program or initiative, (iv) date of the announcement?

Q-19² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to contracts for the provision of research or speechwriting services to the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, since April 1, 2021: (a) what are the details of all contracts, including the (i) start and end dates, (ii) contracting parties, (iii) file number, (iv) nature or description of the work, (v) value of the contract; and (b) for speechwriting contracts, what is the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) audience or event at which the speech was, or intended to be, delivered, (iv) number of speeches written, (v) cost charged per speech?

Q-20² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to all expenditures made by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General since April 1, 2023: (a) what was the total amount of expenditures, broken down by fiscal year; (b) what are the details of all expenditures made, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the vendor or payee, (iv) the description of the goods or services, (v) the line item or object code used, (vi) the justification or purpose of the expenditure, (vii) whether the expenditure was for operational, ceremonial, hospitality, travel, maintenance, or other purposes; (c) what were the total expenditures, broken down by category, including but not limited to (i) travel, (ii) hospitality, (iii) maintenance and repair, (iv) professional services, (v) personal or non-professional services, (vi) clothing or uniform expenses, (vii) dry cleaning and laundry, (viii) office supplies, (ix) IT or equipment, (x) furniture or décor; (d) what is the breakdown of expenditures by type of item (furniture, curtains, personal clothing, etc.) and by type of service (dry cleaning, traditional laundry, etc.); and (e) what are the details of all expenditures over $1,000 that were made under code 0819 (non-professional personal service contracts not elsewhere specified), since April 1, 2023, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services?

Q-21² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to funding provided through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives program in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem since January 1, 2016, and broken down by year: what are the details of each such Canada Fund for Local Initiatives grant, including the (i) amount, (ii) recipient, (iii) file number, (iv) description of the local initiative, (v) date, (vi) location?

Q-22² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Prison Needle Exchange Program: (a) how many federal institutions across Canada are currently participating in the program; (b) are there plans for additional institutions to implement the Prison Needle Exchange Program in the future, and on what date will each institution implement the program, broken down by location; and (c) how many inmates have (i) applied to, (ii) been accepted into, the Prison Needle Exchange Program, in total and broken down by institution, security level, and violent or non-violent offender status?

Q-23² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to Sustainable Development Technology Canada's 2022 Leadership Summit: (a) what are the total costs incurred from the summit, broken down by type of expense, including the amount spent on (i) meeting spaces, (ii) travel claims, (iii) hospitality expenses, (iv) honorariums, (v) other expenses; (b) what are the details of all meeting space expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (c) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (d) what are the details of all travel claim expenses incurred, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) description; (e) what was the total amount paid out in honorariums or other similar types of payments to attend the summit and how many individuals received such payments; and (f) what are the details of all payments related to (e), including the (i) recipient, (ii) amount, (iii) reason for the payment?

Q-24² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to contracts provided by the government to Brookfield Asset Management or Brookfield Corporation since January 1, 2020, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts, broken down by year; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-25² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to contracts for the provision of research or speechwriting services to ministers, since January 1, 2021: (a) what are the details of all contracts, including the (i) start and end dates, (ii) contracting parties, (iii) file number, (iv) nature or description of the work, (v) value of the contract; and (b) for speechwriting contracts, what is the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) audience or event at which the speech was, or was intended to be, delivered, (iv) number of speeches written, (v) cost charged per speech?

Q-26² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the December 5, 2024, and March 7, 2025, announcements that the government would extend the list of prohibited "assault-style" firearms to include 503 new makes and models: (a) how many of these new models have been used in crimes in Canada since 2015, broken down by (i) model, (ii) make, (iii) crime committed, (iv) whether the crime was committed with a legally-owned or illegally-owned firearm, (v) the date the crime was committed; (b) did the government consult with Indigenous people on this program expansion; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, who was consulted, how were they consulted and what were the results; and (d) how is the government notifying impacted law-abiding, non-restricted and restricted firearms owners, who do not have email, internet or phone services, of these changes in a timely fashion?

Q-27² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to contracts provided by the government to McKinsey & Company since January 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the topics related to the goods or services, (vi) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vii) whether or not the goals or objectives were met, (viii) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-28² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to spending by the government related to the production of cricket protein, since January 1, 2016: (a) how much funding has been provided for projects supporting the production of cricket protein, broken down by year; (b) what are the details of each project in (a), including the (i) location, (ii) project description, (iii) amount of funding originally announced, (iv) amount of funding distributed to date, (v) date on which the funding was transferred to the recipient, (vi) recipient, (vii) current status, (viii) original projected completion date for the project, (ix) actual completion date for the project, if applicable, (x) current projected completion date for the project, (xi) reason for the project delay, if applicable, (xii) type of funding (grant, repayable loan, etc.), (xiii) amount repaid to date, if applicable; (c) for the announcement on June 27, 2022, to invest up to $8.5 million for Aspire to support the building of a commercial facility to produce cricket protein, (i) what was the reason for exceeding the AgriInnovate Program’s maximum contribution amount of $5 million, (ii) how many jobs were expected to be generated, (iii) how many jobs initially were generated, (iv) how many jobs are currently supported by the grant; (d) has Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada or Health Canada conducted studies or analyses on the production of cricket protein or the human consumption of cricket protein, and, if so, what are the details, including findings of any studies or analyses; (e) did Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada consider any negative impact on agriculture that the production of cricket protein would have, and, if not, why not; (f) did Health Canada seek any feedback on the human consumption of cricket protein, and, if so, what are the details, including what feedback was given; (g) what is the government’s official position on the human consumption of cricket protein; and (h) for each year since 2016, what was the annual amount of cricket protein produced in Canada, in total and broken down by (i) domestic versus exported usage, (ii) human consumption versus animal consumption?

Q-29² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s announcement on November 4, 2024, to cap emissions on the Canadian oil and gas sector by about one-third over the next eight years: (a) has the government undertaken an assessment on how this will impact Canadian families, and, if so, what were the results of the assessment; (b) what will be the estimated increased cost to average Canadians as a result of increased prices for groceries, gas and home heating, broken down by year over the next eight years; (c) what increases does the government expect in Canadian energy imports from countries with lower environmental and ethical standards as a results of the cap; (d) did the government consider the impact that an increased reliance on oil and gas from countries with lower environmental standards will have as a result of imposing this cap, and, if not, why was it not considered; (e) what assessments, if any, has the government undertaken to examine the impact of the emissions cap across the (i) construction, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) finance, (iv) hospitality, sectors; (f) how many jobs have been cut by oil and gas companies as a result of emissions caps in the last nine years; and (g) how does the government plan to ensure that Canada’s oil and gas competitors (United States, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates) have comparable emissions caps, and, if they do not, how does the government plan to allow Canadian oil and gas companies to compete with them?

Q-30² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for each year since 2015: (a) how many sex offenders in total leave the country; (b) how many sex offenders fail to report their absence; (c) how many notifications have been received under Section 6(1), broken down by each subsection; and (d) how many notifications have been received under Section 6(1.01), broken down by each subsection?

Q-31² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s provision of goods and services to irregular border crossers seeking asylum, since 2015: how many claimants have been provided accommodations in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada operated hotels or similar types of accommodations, broken down by month and province?

Q-32² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire rimfire cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on May 1, 2020, fire centrefire cartridges; (c) for the firearms in (b), how many are chambered in (i) .223, (ii) 5.56 NATO, (iii) .308, (iv) 6.5 Creedmor, (v) 30-06; (d) for each firearm in (a), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (e) for each firearm in (b), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-33² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to firearms regulations: (a) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024 and since, fire rimfire cartridges; (b) how many and which makes, models and variants of the firearms classified as prohibited on December 5, 2024, fire centrefire cartridges; (c) for the firearms in (b), how many are chambered in (i) .223, (ii) 5.56 NATO, (iii) .308, (iv) 6.5 Creedmor, (v) 30-06; (d) for each firearm in (a), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada; and (e) for each firearm in (b), how many individual units does the government believe are in the possession of individuals in Canada?

Q-34² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the Substance Use and Addictions Program, and safe and safer supply projects, commissioned by or which have received funding from Health Canada, since January 1, 2024: (a) what were the costs incurred by the government related to the program, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; and (b) what are the details of all projects, including the (i) project name, (ii) location, (iii) amount of government funding, (iv) description of the project?

Q-35² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's Special Immigration Measure to facilitate temporary resident visas for certain extended family of citizens and permanent residents in Gaza, which began on January 9, 2024: (a) how many applications have been received under the Special Immigration Measure and how many individuals are accounted for in total among these applications; (b) how many of these applications have been accepted into processing and how many individuals are accounted for, in total, among these applications; (c) how many applications have been refused, broken down by reasoning for their refusal; (d) how many temporary resident visas have been issued to individuals under the Special Immigration Measure since its inception; (e) how many temporary resident visa applications have been made by Palestinian passport holders in Gaza outside of the Special Immigration Measure, since October 7, 2023, broken down by (i) how many have been accepted into processing, (ii) how many temporary resident visas have been issued outside the Special Immigration Measure and how many of these individuals have landed in Canada, (iii) how many temporary resident visa applications outside the Special Immigration Measure have been refused, broken down by reason for refusal; (f) for how many individuals covered by the Special Immigration Measure has the government successfully facilitated exit from Gaza; (g) what diplomatic efforts, if any, have been undertaken by the government to negotiate safe passage for individuals covered under the Special Immigration Measure with the governments of Israel and Egypt; (h) has the department conducted any evaluations or received reports on how the Special Immigration Measure for Gazans compares to other temporary public policies, such as the 2022 special immigration measures for Ukrainians, in terms of accessibility and outcomes, and, if so, what are the key findings; (i) what measures have been implemented to ensure that anti-Palestinian racism is not influencing the design or administration of the Special Immigration Measure for Gazans, and how does this align with the government’s broader anti-racism strategy; (j) what policy considerations led to the specific dimensions of the temporary public policy that opened on January 9, 2024, including the 1,000-visa quota, the gradual and slow issuance of access codes, selection of applicants that were prioritized to receive access codes, and information requested on screening forms; and (k) has the government engaged with Canadian or international human rights organizations to address criticisms of the Special Immigration Measure for Gazans and identify opportunities for improvement, and, if so, (i) which organizations have been consulted, (ii) to what extent were these organizations consulted, (iii) what has been the outcome of these engagements?

Q-36² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's pathway for Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals: (a) how many individuals have been admitted to Canada under this special immigration measure to date, broken down by nationality; (b) what are the initial settlement locations of individuals admitted under the special immigration measure, broken down by province and territory; (c) what specific eligibility criteria were applied to assess applicants under this policy, specifically regarding evidence of displacement or vulnerability to displacement; (d) was there any mechanism implemented to verify whether applicants had been displaced or forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conditions cited as justification for this policy; (e) why did the government reduce its initial commitment for this humanitarian measure from 15,000 persons to 11,000 persons, and what were the factors that influenced this decision; and (f) did the government consult with international organizations, humanitarian organizations, or Canadian civil society in the development of this policy, and, if so, (i) which organizations were consulted, (ii) what was the extent of those consultations, (iii) what feedback or recommendations from those consultations were incorporated?

Q-37² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to professional and special services spending by category, in 2022-23, as listed in table 1 of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report titled "Fiscal cost of task-based IT contracting": (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts for management consulting; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including for each (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the topics related to the goods or services, (vi) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vii) whether or not the goals or objectives were met, (viii) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-38² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to professional and special services spending by category, in 2022-23, as listed in table 1 of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report titled "Fiscal cost of task-based IT contracting": (a) what was the total amount spent on contracts for (i) engineering and architectural services, (ii) business services, (iii) informatics services, (iv) health and welfare services, (v) other services, (vi) legal services, (vii) protection services, (viii) training and educational services, (ix) scientific and research services, (x) construction services, (xi) interpretation and translation services, (xii) special fees and services; and (b) broken down by each category in (a), what are the details of each such contract, including (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-39² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government's response to Order Paper Question Q-3051 of the first session of the 44th Parliament showing the number of taxpayers in each riding that received the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement: what is the government's explanation for why certain individuals in completely urban ridings, such as Winnipeg Centre, Ottawa Centre and numerous completely urban ridings in the Greater Toronto Area, are receiving the rural supplement?

Q-40² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government's Net Zero Accelerator initiative: (a) how many emissions have been directly reduced by the program to date, if any; (b) does the government measure the direct emission reductions from each contribution agreement, and, if not, why not; and (c) how many emissions have been directly reduced by the program to date, broken down by contribution agreement recipient?

Q-41² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the $247,485 announced for Island Telecom Services Inc. to connect 106 households in Prince Edward Island with high-speed internet: (a) on what date is this project expected to be completed; (b) why was the funding recipient unable to complete this project by the original prescribed project completion date; (c) were there any penalties given to the funding recipient for not meeting the original project completion date, and, if so, what are the details of those penalties; (d) has the funding recipient requested additional funding to complete the project; and (e) how much of the $247,485 in funding was from the (i) federal government, (ii) provincial government?

Q-42² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the $445,395 announced for Island Telecom Services Inc. to connect 150 households in Prince Edward Island with high-speed internet: (a) on what date is this project expected to be completed; (b) why was the funding recipient unable to complete this project by the original prescribed project completion date; (c) were there any penalties given to the funding recipient for not meeting the original project completion date, and, if so, what are the details of those penalties; (d) has the funding recipient requested additional funding to complete the project; and (e) how much of the $445,395 in funding was from the (i) federal government, (ii) provincial government?

Q-43² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to the government's "Choose Canada" advertising campaigns, including social media, in late March and early April 2025, broken down by participating department or agency's campaign: (a) who is the highest-ranking official who approved the campaign; (b) on what date was final approval given for the campaign; (c) on which platforms and dates was the campaign (i) scheduled to be disseminated, (ii) disseminated; (d) was its continued dissemination during the 2025 general election consistent with the Treasury Board's 2016 Directive on the Management of Communications or 2025 Directive on the Management of Communications and Federal ldentity; (e) following the dissolution of Parliament on March 23, 2025, what steps were taken to suspend or end the campaign; (f) on what date was the campaign fully suspended or ended; and (g) what was the total expense incurred in relation to the campaign?

Q-44² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to Veterans Affairs Canada: (a) how many lawsuits have been brought against the government related to the issue of medical assistance in dying since January 2018; (b) what is the overall cost of these lawsuits that the government of Canada had to pay to settle, in total and broken down by legal fees versus settlement payments; (c) how many veterans have accepted medical assistance in dying from the government of Canada since January 2018; and (d) how many of the settlements involved the recipients signing a non-disclosure agreement to ensure that the government wouldn't be further embarrassed by its actions?

Q-45² — May 27, 2025 — — With regard to expenditures on consultants by Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, since January 1, 2023, broken down by year: (a) what is the total amount of expenditures incurred by each on consultants; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts under object codes 0431 (Scientific consultants), 0446 (Training consultants), 0473 (Information technology and telecommunications consultants), 0491 (Management consulting), 0422 (Engineering consultants – Construction), or 0423 (Engineering consultants – Other), including, for each, (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date of the contract, (iv) the duration of the contract, (v) the description of the services provided, (vi) the reason or purpose of the contract, (vii) whether the contract was sole sourced?

Q-46² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan and the statement in the backgrounder that “the plan will reduce the housing supply gap by approximately 670,000 units by the end of 2027”: (a) how was that number arrived at; (b) were any empirical studies done to corroborate this figure, and, if so, (i) what were the names of these studies, (ii) what specific conclusion did these studies reach with respect to that figure; (c) does the government have an algorithm to determine the appropriate number of temporary immigrants per year, per category, in relation to housing demands, and, if so, does the formula vary province by province; (d) if there is an algorithm, (i) what is the formula, (ii) when was it last adjusted, (iii) when were the two previous adjustments, if any, (iv) when is the next anticipated adjustment; (e) does the development of the formula require approval by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; and (f) given that, prior to the release of the plan, the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities said that he “would urge caution to anyone who believes the answer to our housing challenges is to close the door on newcomers,” does this plan take into account this statement, and, if so, what specific accommodations were made in the plan with regard to this statement?

Q-47² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the various changes made by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to the international student program: (a) how does the government plan to measure the effectiveness of these changes in reducing fraud and improving student experiences; (b) how does the government plan to monitor the implementation of the letter of acceptance verification process to prevent fraud; (c) what type of oversight or quality checks on Designated Learning Institutions participating in the “recognized institution” framework currently exists or will exist in the near future; (d) what specific measures are in place to prevent Designated Learning Institutions from over-enrolling beyond their support capacity; (e) what criteria will be used to assess the adequacy of housing and support services provided by Designated Learning Institutions; (f) does the government have plans to make new funding available to the provinces for affordable student housing in response to the intake cap; (g) how will the intake cap for study permits ensure fairness across provinces with varying demand for international students; and (h) how was the new cost-of-living requirement calculated, and does it account for regional differences in living expenses across Canada?

Q-48² — May 28, 2025 — — 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, but excluding the Canada Revenue Agency, to all other levels of government within and outside of Canada, First Nations, corporations, non-governmental organizations, and charities, from April 1, 2024, to March 22, 2025, inclusively?

Q-49² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to Canadian funding for education in developing countries: (a) how much was spent annually for each of the last five fiscal years; (b) what was the breakdown by country and by education level (primary, secondary, post-secondary); and (c) how many girls and women were direct beneficiaries of these education programs in total and broken down by country and education level?

Q-50² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to projects funded under Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, since its inception in 2017, and broken down by year: (a) what are the details of all projects funded, including the (i) project name, (ii) implementing partner, (iii) country, (iv) total funding amount, (v) project description, (vi) date of the funding; (b) for each project, what was the proportion of funding allocated toward activities related to gender-based ideology versus measurable humanitarian outcomes such as clean water, food, health care and education; (c) which projects were flagged for ideological risk, redundancy with multilateral efforts or weak accountability measures in internal departmental risk assessments, and what specific actions were taken in response to each flag; (d) what indicators does the government use to measure its effectiveness; (e) what performance metrics have been met since 2017; and (f) what are the total expenditures under the Feminist International Assistance Policy, broken down by year and region?

Q-51² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to all international development projects funded by the government that include language related to "climate justice", "intersectionality", "anti-racism" or "decolonization" since January 1, 2018: (a) what are the details of each such project, including the (i) project name, (ii) recipient organization, (iii) country or region, (iv) funding amount, (v) project description, (vi) date of the funding; (b) what were the measurable humanitarian outcomes produced by each project, as assessed by (i) Global Affairs Canada, (ii) third-party evaluations, broken down by evaluator; and (c) which projects underwent formal audits for cost-effectiveness or ideological bias, and what were the details, including the results of each audit?

Q-52² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to government spending related to the Lac-Mégantic Rail Bypass project: (a) how much has been spent to date by the government on the project, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how much is expected to be spent in the future, from the present until the completion of the project, in total and broken down by type of expense; (c) what are the complete expected expenditures of the government, from the beginning of the project through to its completion, in total and broken down by type of expense; and (d) what are the details of all contracts over $1,000 signed by the government related to the project, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

Q-53² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit and the requirement to submit a project plan to Natural Resources Canada and be issued an initial project evaluation for each qualified Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage project: (a) how many project plans have been submitted to Natural Resources Canada to date regarding the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit qualification process; (b) how many initial project evaluations have been issued by Natural Resources Canada regarding Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage projects; (c) for each project plan submitted to date, how long did the process take between the submission of the project plan and the issuance of the evaluation; (d) for each plan which has been submitted that has yet to receive an evaluation from Natural Resources Canada, on what dates were the plans received by Natural Resources Canada; (e) of project plans which have (i) received an evaluation, (ii) not yet received an evaluation, how many required additional information or revisions beyond what was included in the original submission; (f) how many project plans have been rejected or otherwise denied an initial project evaluation; and (g) what is the projected dollar value of the Investment Tax Credits claimable against projects which have already received an initial evaluation?

Q-54² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to processing times for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: what is the current average processing time for (i) temporary residence - Seasonal Agricultural Worker, (ii) temporary residence - International Experience Canada, (iii) economic immigration (all subcategories), (iv) family sponsorship (all sub-categories), (v) refugees - dependents of Protected Persons, (vi) humanitarian and compassionate case, (vii) citizenship, (viii) permanent resident card applications, broken down by the applicant's country of origin?

Q-55² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the $5 billion in funding through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements to British Columbia, committed in the 2021 Fall Economic Statement, in response to extreme weather events: (a) how much of this commitment has been delivered to British Columbia to date, in total, and broken down by specific project funded; (b) when will the outstanding amount be delivered; and (c) what is required before the outstanding amount is provided to British Columbia?

Q-56² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to government departments' and agencies' use of in service flame-resistant garments produced using meta and para-aramid fibres that include fibres such as Nomex, Conex, Kermel, Kevlar and modacrylic fibres: (a) what type of flame-resistant garments are being used by the respective departments, and what is their fibre content; (b) what is the quantity or volume of flame-resistant garments used for each respective garment type each year; (c) how many flame-resistant garments or non-flame-resistant garments, used by government agencies, have been treated with water repellency coatings, like durable water repellent, that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and (d) where are used flame-resistant and non-flame-resistant garments contaminated by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including fire-fighting turnout gear, broken down by location across Canada, including the (i) location of the entity responsible for storage, (ii) total number of garments stored at the location?

Q-57² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to homes constructed under the Housing Accelerator Fund, since the program's introduction in March 2023: what are the details of each finished home completed by the fund, including, for each, the (i) address, (ii) date on which construction began, (iii) date on which construction was completed, (iv) description of the home (three-bedroom house, studio apartment, etc.)?

Q-58² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: how many provincial attestation letters or territorial attestation letters has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada permitted designated educational institutions to allocate for international students, for each province and territory since 2024, broken down by Classification of Instructional Programs tied to the allocation, including (i) Classification of Instructional Programs code, (ii) Classification of Instructional Programs series, (iii) Classification of Instructional Programs subseries?

Q-59² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to Canadian counter tariffs: (a) how much money has been collected through the Canadian counter tariffs that came into effect on March 4, 2025; (b) how much of the money collected has come from small businesses; and (c) how much of the money collected through these counter tariffs has been allocated to small business programs in total and broken down by program?

Q-60² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to government statistics on violence against women, broken down by year since 2015: (a) how many criminal acts of violence against women were reported, in total and broken down by province or territory and by major metropolitan area; (b) of the acts of violence in (a), how many were homicides or deadly assaults; (c) how many individuals were charged in relation to the crimes in (a); (d) how many individuals were charged in relation to the crimes in (b); and (e) what is the breakdown of (c) and (d) by whether the individuals charged were (i) already wanted for other crimes, (ii) out on bail, (iii) on parole at the time of being charged?

Q-61² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the Department of National Defence and North American Aerospace Defense Command modernization: (a) how much of the $38.6 billion announced for the modernization has been spent to date, in total, and broken down by project; (b) of the 20 project timelines announced in June 2022, which ones are (i) on track for the completion of the definition phase or to be finished within the stated time, (ii) delayed; and (c) for each project which is delayed, (i) what is the new projected completion date, (ii) what is the reason for the delay?

Q-62² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to Public Services and Procurement Canada, acting as the contracting agent for the Giant Mine remediation project: (a) what are the details of all contracts related to the Giant Mine overseen by Public Services and Procurement Canada, in this capacity, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (b) how much of the $800 million received by Public Services and Procurement Canada related to this role has been spent on the contracts in (a); and (c) for any of the $800 million that was spent in a manner other than on the contracts in (a), how was the money spent, broken down by expenditure?

Q-63² — May 28, 2025 — — With regard to the Project Finance for Permanence initiatives and the $800 million announced by the Prime Minister in December 2022 to support up to four Indigenous-led conservation initiatives: (a) how much of the $800 million announced for the projects has been spent to date, in total and broken down by project; and (b) what are the details of all funding provided to date resulting from the $800 million announcement, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) recipient organization, (iii) type of funding (grant, loan, etc.), (iv) location and amount, in square kilometers, of related protected area, broken down by land area versus water area?

Q-64² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to the sponsorship of podcasts, webinars and similar types of productions, since 2019, and broken down by year and by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on such sponsorships; and (b) what are the details of all such sponsorships, including the (i) start date, (ii) end date, (iii) amount or cost, (iv) name of the production, (v) topic or description of the show, (vi) reason for the sponsorship?

Q-65² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to contracts that have been cancelled by the government since January 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) how many contracts have been cancelled; (b) what is the total amount paid out in cancellation fees or penalties; and (c) what are the details of all such cancellations, including, for each, the (i) date on which the contract was signed, (ii) date on which the contract was cancelled, (iii) vendor, (iv) value, (v) description of the goods or services, (vi) reason for the cancellation, (vii) cancellation fee or other similar type of cost to the government?

Q-66² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to the Housing Accelerator Fund: (a) how much of the allocated $228,466,276 has been released to the City of Calgary to date; (b) what was the date and amount of (i) the first advance, (ii) each subsequent payment; (c) has this advance been fully disbursed; (d) what milestones have been achieved; and (e) how much of this funding has been allocated to create direct incentives for developers, and what kind of incentive was it?

Q-67² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to the government's $700 million contribution agreement with Powerco through the Net Zero Accelerator initiative: (a) how many emissions does the government expect will be reduced as a result of this contribution agreement; and (b) how many emissions did Powerco commit to directly reduce in the contribution agreement, if any?

Q-68² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to legal costs incurred by the government in relation to litigation against the Information Commissioner since January 1, 2021: what is the total expenditure on outside legal counsel, broken down by legal costs paid out to date and by legal costs scheduled to be paid out, for (i) Attorney General of Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1623-22), (ii) Export Development Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1793-22 and Federal Court of Appeal file A-345-23), (iii) Minister of Public Services and Procurement v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-125-23), (iv) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1090-23), (v) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1091-23), (vi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trans Mountain Corporation (Federal Court file T-1399-23), (vii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1606-23), (viii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1607-23), (ix) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1608-23), (x) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1653-23), (xi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1680-23), (xii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1728-23), (xiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1764-23), (xiv) Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2022-23), (xv) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-2683-23), (xvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-272-24), (xvii) Minister of Transport v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-280-24), (xviii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-333-24), (xix) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-334-24), (xx) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-342-24), (xxi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-344-24), (xxii) Minister of Canadian. Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-371-24), (xxiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-397-24), (xxiv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-970-24), (xxv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1054-24), (xxvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1060-24), (xxvii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-1226-24), (xxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1433-24), (xxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1434-24), (xxx) Minister of Indigenous Services v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1556-24), (xxxi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board (Federal Court file T-1822-24), (xxxii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2013-24), (xxxiii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2681-24), (xxxiv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2709-24), (xxxv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2720-24), (xxxvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2779-24), (xxxvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2909-24), (xxxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3028-24), (xxxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3029- 24), (xl) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3049-24), (xli) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3259-24), (xlii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-111-25), (xliii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-112-25), (xliv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-220-25), (xlv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-221-25), (xlvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-332-25), (xlvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-418-25), (xlviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-422-25), (xlix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-423-25), (I) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-496-25), (li) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-601-25), (lii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-636-25), (liii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-657-25), (liv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-790-25), (lv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-797-25)?

Q-69² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to recommendations made by the Information Commissioner of Canada, pursuant to section 37 of the Access to Information Act: what has been done to address and implement each recommendation made in each of the following reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada, broken down by report and recommendation, (i) Canadian Heritage (Re), 2020 OIC 10, (ii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Re), 2021 OIC 11, (iii) Library and Archives Canada (Re), 2022 OIC 17, (iv) Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Re), 2023 OIC 11, (v) Global Affairs Canada (Re), 2023 OIC 43, (vi) Canada Border Services Agency (Re), 2024 OIC 15, (vii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 31, (viii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 32, (ix) Environment and Climate Change Canada (Re), 2024 OIC 33, (x) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 34, (xi) Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (Re), 2024 OIC 39, (xii) Canada Revenue Agency (Re), 2024 OIC 52, (xiii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 54?

Q-70² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to special ballots issued for the 45th general election: (a) how many special ballots were sent to electors residing outside Canada, broken down by country of current residence and further broken down by Canadian electoral district; and (b) how many special ballots were returned from electors residing outside Canada, broken down by country of current residence and further broken down by Canadian electoral district?

Q-71² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to spending on informatics services, in 2022-23, as listed in table 2 of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report titled "Fiscal cost of task-based IT contracting": (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts for all departments, agencies and Crown corporations; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including, for each, (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the topics related to the goods or services, (vi) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vii) whether the goals or objectives were met, (viii) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?

Q-72² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to Sustainable Development Technology Canada: (a) what are the costs incurred by the (i) board of directors, (ii) executive team, since January 1, 2016, broken down by year and month; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of expense, including the amount spent on meeting spaces, travel claims, hospitality bills, honorariums, etc.; (c) what are the details of each travel expense incurred by the board or executive, including the (i) travel destination, (ii) date, (iii) total expenditures, (iv) name and title of the traveller; (d) what are the details of all hospitality expenses incurred by the board or executive, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) vendor, (v) event description, (vi) names and titles of the attendees; and (e) how much was paid in honorariums to the board, broken down by year?

Q-73² — May 30, 2025 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's settlement and resettlement services: (a) what is the national budget for settlement services for each fiscal year starting from 2024-25 and the subsequent three years to 2027-28, aligned with the three-year Immigration Levels Plan, broken down by (i) category or type of service (i.e. language training, information and referrals, integration support services, employment related support services, etc., including Francophone, rural and remote targets), (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (b) what are the projected national budgets for settlement services for the following five fiscal years, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (c) what is the current Settlement Allocation Model and permanent residency data used for the last five years and next three years to allocate funding to each region; (d) have there been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, and, if so, what are the changes and how did they impact funding levels, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (e) if there haven't been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, does the department intend that this model remain in use to determine the funding allocations in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28; (f) how many new service providers received funding in the most recent Call for Proposals in comparison to Call for Proposals 2019, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (g) was funding for new service providers added to the existing national settlement budget, or was the budget increased to include new providers; (h) regarding the most recent Call for Proposals, how many existing service providers experienced funding reductions, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) reduction by percentage, (iii) municipality, (iv) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (v) province or territory; (i) regarding the most recent Call for Proposals, how many service providers did not receive funding as a result of not having their contracts renewed, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (j) what strategies has the department implemented to transition clients from one service provider to another, in instances where contracts have not been renewed or funding has been reallocated, including settlement supports to displaced Ukrainians on Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel visas that must transition out of support by March 31, 2025, broken down by (i) service delivery model (i.e. in-person, remote, online), (ii) when it will be operationalized; (k) what policy changes is the department undertaking to the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada in the 2025-28 funding period; and (l) will the government continue to offer Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada first and second stage classes to permanent residents wishing to enter the labour market?

Q-74² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario: what is the total value of the agency's grants and contributions for the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25, broken down by federal electoral district?

Q-75² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario’s target in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report, to render a decision on applications within 80 working days of the receipt of a complete application and to issue payment on eligible claim submissions within 35 working days: (a) what is the rationale for why these targets are not being met 15% of the time; and (b) how many applicants have waited longer than 80 working days for a decision to be rendered?

Q-76² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the departmental result indicator for the amount leveraged per dollar invested, by Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario projects, for which the target is 1.80: (a) what is the explanation for the result decreasing from 2.02 in 2021-22 to 1.61 in 2023-24; and (b) what is the rationale for not meeting the 1.80 target in 2023-24?

Q-77² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the five-year lease that Public Services and Procurement Canada contracted with ILG LTÉE (Pierre Guay) in August 2021, to consolidate previous leases and retrofit two existing buildings (337 and 339 Guay Road, Lacolle): (a) did the lease, which was to run from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2027, end with the closure of Roxham Road, at midnight on March 25, 2023; (b) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end with the closure of Roxham Road on March 25, 2023, when did it end; (c) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end as of November 6, 2024, when will it end; (d) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts paid to ILG LTÉE since that date; and (e) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts that remain to be paid to ILG LTÉE until the end of the contract?

Q-78² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the approval rate for French-speaking international students: how many study permit applications, other than extension applications, has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada processed since January 1, 2023, broken down by (i) country of residence, (ii) number of people, (iii) year?

Q-79² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to government travel, broken down by minister's office since January 1, 2021: (a) which ministers or exempt staff have rented vehicles, including, but not limited to, car and driver services, limousine services or car services, within Canada or elsewhere; (b) for each use identified in (a), what was the (i) date of the rental, (ii) pick-up location of the rental, (iii) drop-off location of the rental, (iv) nature of the official business, including any events attended, (v) cost of the rental, (vi) vehicle description, including the type and model, if available, (vii) name of each passenger, if known, (viii) name of the vendor, (ix) duration of the rental; and (c) for each rental listed in (a), was a driver provided?

Q-80² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to clothing allowances and expenditures on clothing, for use by the Prime Minister, the Governor General or other ministers, since January 1, 2023, and broken down by year: (a) which individuals have received a clothing allowance and, for each, how much was the allowance; and (b) what are the details of all expenditures by the government on clothing or outerwear which was provided to any of the individuals in (a), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount spent and the value of the item, (iii) description of the item, (iv) title of the individual?

Q-81² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to Canada Pension Plan payments: (a) has the government conducted any analysis of (i) how much it would cost to allow individuals, who continue to pay into, and don't start collecting, Canada Pension Plan payments until an age later than 65, such as 70, to defer those payments and receive larger payment when they do start collecting Canada Pension Plan payments, (ii) any proposal similar to that outlined in (a)(i); and (b) if the answer to (a)(i) or (a)(ii) is affirmative, what are the details, including the findings and projections associated with the analysis?

Q-82² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the Canada Pension Plan, and broken down by year, for each of the last five years: what was the number and percentage of new Canada Pension Plan recipients, broken down by their age at the time that they received their first Canada Pension Plan payment, starting at age 60?

Q-83² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to government action taken following the concerns raised by the Auditor General in Report 11 "Programs to Assist Seniors": (a) what specific changes is the government making to the New Horizons for Seniors Program in response to the concerns; (b) how will the government measure the number of seniors benefitting from each of the grants provided under the New Horizons for Seniors Program and what benefits are seniors receiving; (c) what follow-up checks has the government done to ensure that New Horizons for Seniors Program grant money was spent appropriately and in accordance with the terms of the funding agreement; and (d) since January 1, 2024, how many instances have there been where the government found that New Horizons for Seniors Program grant money was not spent appropriately, and what are the details of each such instance, including the (i) recipient, (ii) location, (iii) amount of funding provided, (iv) purpose of the funding, (v) summary of how the funding was inappropriately spent, (vi) action taken by the government in response, (vii) amount of funding recovered, if applicable?

Q-84² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada transferring refugees to Niagara Falls, Ontario, between January 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025: (a) how many have been transferred to Niagara Falls in total; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of the number of refugees transferred to Niagara Falls; (c) which hotels is the government using to lodge refugees in Niagara Falls; (d) how many hotel rooms are currently being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (e) what is the capacity of each hotel room that is being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (f) how many refugees are staying in each hotel room in Niagara Falls; (g) what is the average length of time Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada expects (i) an individual refugee, (ii) a refugee family, to be lodged in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (h) for all refugees being lodged in government-funded Niagara Falls hotel rooms, without identifying names or other personal information, how many days has each refugee stayed; (i) what is the average cost per night that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pays per refugee staying in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (j) for the night of June 1, 2025, what was the total cost Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada paid hoteliers to house refugees located in Niagara Falls; (k) what is the average cost that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pays per refugee who lives in a Niagara Falls hotel room for daily meals and refreshments; (I) for the month of May 2025, what was the total cost Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada paid hoteliers to feed refugees located in Niagara Falls; (m) what are the countries of origin for refugees who have been accommodated in Niagara Falls; (n) what is the breakdown of refugees transferred to, or accommodated in, Niagara Falls, by each country of origin; (o) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to the municipality of Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (p) how much funding has been transferred by the federal government to the Region of Niagara to deal with the influx of refugees in the region; (q) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to local not-for-profit, charitable and non-governmental organizations in Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (r) what are the names of the specific not-for-profit, charitable and non-governmental organizations in (q) who have received federal government funding; (s) what is the breakdown of funding for each organization to date; (t) how many more refugees does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada currently plan to transfer to, or accommodate in, Niagara Falls; (u) how many refugees have moved out of government-funded hotel rooms in Niagara Falls and into personal accommodations; (v) when does the federal government plan to stop paying for refugee hotel rooms in Niagara Falls; and (w) what are the terms and conditions of the financial agreement that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has with each hotelier located in Niagara Falls that houses refugees and receives federal monies to provide this service?

Q-85² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the federal Tourism Growth Fund that was announced by the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec on November 20, 2023: (a) how much of the $108 million from the Tourism Growth Fund has been spent as of June 1, 2025; (b) what is the spending breakdown for each of the seven regional development agencies, including the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Prairies Economic Development Canada and Pacific Economic Development Canada; and (c) within each of the seven regional development agencies, (i) what is the spending breakdown between for-profit and non-profit tourism projects, (ii) what is the name of each tourism project that received money from the Tourism Growth Fund, (iii) what is the date of each project funding announcement, (iv) how much money did each tourism project receive from the Tourism Growth Fund, (v) in what federal riding is each tourism project located, (vi) what is the description of each project that received funds from the Tourism Growth Fund?

Q-86² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the four exception categories to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under each of the following exception categories, broken down by year, including 2025 to date, (i) family member exceptions, (ii) unaccompanied minors, (iii) document holders (valid visa, work permit, study permit, etc.), (iv) public interest exceptions; (b) broken down by each of the exception categories in (a), how many claims (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned; (c) what was the average processing time for claims under each of the exception categories in (a), broken down by year; (d) how many claimants in (a) were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (e) how many claimants in (a) were processed in each province or territory, broken down by exception category and year; and (f) what measures are currently in place to ensure the timely processing of claims under each of the exception categories in (a)?

Q-87² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the over-14-day exemption to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under the over-14-day exemption, in each of the past five calendar years, broken down by year; (b) how many claims from (a), were processed in each province or territory, broken down by year; (c) how many claims from (a), were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (d) how many claims under the over-14-day exemption (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned, broken down by year; (e) what was the average processing time for claims under the over-14-day exemption, broken down by year; and (f) What measures or processes are in place to verify that claimants meet the requirements of the over-14-day exemption?

Q-88² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to the government’s agreements with Volkswagen and PowerCo, to build a battery assembly plant in St. Thomas Ontario, and with Stellantis-LG to build a battery assembly plant in Windsor Ontario: (a) in relation to each agreement, how many battery production subsidy claims have been received by the government, from each party, pursuant to the agreement being made; and (b) what are the details of each individual claim, including, for each, the (i) period the claim covers, (ii) number of batteries produced that are covered by the claim, (iii) date the claim was received, (iv) date the claim was approved?

Q-89² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to government funding for electric vehicle battery plants, since November 4, 2015: (a) how much funding has the government provided for the (i) Northvolt electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, in Montreal, (ii) Volkswagen electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St Thomas, Ontario, (iii) Stellantis LG electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, (iv) Honda electric vehicle assembly, battery manufacturing, and cathode processing plant, in Alliston Ontario, (v) General Motors CAMI assembly plant and refurbishment of the Oshawa plant, (vi) Asahi Kasei electric vehicle battery component plant, (vii) E-One Moli Energy lithium-ion battery cell production plant, in Maple Ridge BC; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a)(i) to (a)(vii) by type of subsidy (construction, production, etc.) and by manner in which it was provided (direct payment, tax credit, etc.)?

Q-90² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to government grants and contributions to telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (b) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Videotron (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (c) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to TELUS (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (d) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Bell (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (e) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; and (f) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose?

Q-91² — June 2, 2025 — — With regard to government contracts with telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all contracts with Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (b) what are the details of all contracts with Videotron (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (c) what are the details of all contracts with TELUS (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (d) what are the details of all contracts with Bell (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (e) what are the details of all contracts with Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; and (f) what are the details of all contracts with Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable?


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