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Notice PaperNo. 9 Thursday, June 5, 2025 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 4, 2025 — Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — Bill entitled “An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-1032 — June 4, 2025 — Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères) — With regard to the federal government’s purchase of the Quebec Bridge: (a) did the federal government carry out one or more expert assessments on the lifespan of the Quebec Bridge; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, how long ago were they performed; and (c) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what was the assessed remaining lifespan of the Quebec Bridge, in years? |
| Q-1042 — June 4, 2025 — Scott Anderson (Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee) — With regard to the grants for Capacity Building under the Growing Canada’s Forests 2 Billion Trees initiative, as mentioned in the Main Estimates, 2025-26, since its inception: (a) how many trees have been planted to date, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) year; (b) what is the total amount of funding allocated and spent on the initiative to date, broken down by fiscal year; and (c) for each recipient of the grant money, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) type of recipient (e.g., company, non‑profit organization, government entity), (iii) amount received, (iv) location, (v) number of trees expected to be planted, (vi) location where the trees are expected to be planted? |
| Q-1052 — June 4, 2025 — Scott Anderson (Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee) — With regard to federal procurement: (a) how many cases of suspected invoicing fraud by Information Technology subcontractors have been submitted to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or any other law enforcement agency for investigation, since May 2024; and (b) for the cases in (a), which departments are involved? |
| Q-1062 — June 4, 2025 — Andrew Lawton (Elgin—St. Thomas—London South) — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Challenger aircraft, since October 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel? |
| Q-1072 — June 4, 2025 — Andrew Lawton (Elgin—St. Thomas—London South) — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Airbus and Polaris aircraft, since October 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel, (ix) type of aircraft? |
| Q-1082 — June 4, 2025 — Mike Lake (Leduc—Wetaskiwin) — With regard to hotels and accommodations paid for by the government for asylum seekers, since January 1, 2022 and broken down by month: (a) what are the names and locations of the hotels and other accommodations which the government has paid to accommodate asylum seekers; and (b) what are the details of each hotel or accommodation in (a), including, for each, (i) the owner, (ii) the monthly amount paid by the government for accommodation, (iii) how many asylum seekers were accommodated? |
| Q-1092 — June 4, 2025 — Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong) — With regard to the distribution of fuel charge proceeds to small and medium-sized businesses, through the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses, as authorized under section 165 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and section 127.421 of the Income Tax Act: (a) what is the total amount distributed to small and medium-sized businesses under the Canada Carbon Rebate since the program’s inception, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) year, (iii) industry sector (e.g., manufacturing, retail, hospitality), (iv) type of payment or credit provided; (b) for each fiscal year since the inception of the program, what (i) amount was allocated by the government to be returned to small and medium-sized businesses through the Canada Carbon Rebate, (ii) amount was ultimately distributed, (iii) is the explanation for any discrepancies between the amounts allocated and the amounts distributed; and (c) what explains the $108 million difference between the $3.3 billion intended to be returned to businesses based on net fuel charge proceeds for the 2019–20 to 2023–24 years, as reported in the 2024 Public Accounts (Volume I, page 16) and the $3.192 billion attributed to the Canada Revenue Agency for this same purpose, as reported in the Main Estimates? |
| Q-1102 — June 4, 2025 — Jamil Jivani (Bowmanville—Oshawa North) — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in the 2024-25 fiscal year: (a) how much was spent administering the student visa program, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how many employees were assigned to the program (i) in total, (ii) for processing applications, (iii) for ensuring the compliance of those already granted a visa; (c) how many student visas were active; and (d) how many student visas were revoked, broken down by reason of revocation? |
| Q-1112 — June 4, 2025 — Jamil Jivani (Bowmanville—Oshawa North) — With regard to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program during the 2024-25 fiscal year: (a) how much was spent administering the program, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how many employees were assigned to the program, in total and broken down by type of assignment (processing applications, compliance, etc.); and (c) how much did the government spend promoting or advertising the program abroad, in total and broken down by country? |
| Q-1122 — June 4, 2025 — Jamil Jivani (Bowmanville—Oshawa North) — With regard to the government’s approach to dealing with labour shortages: (a) how much was spent in the last fiscal year, by the government, in relation to retraining Canadian workers in industries with labour shortages, in total and broken down by industry; and (b) what specific incentives, if any, are currently in place to encourage businesses in industries with labour shortages to retrain and hire Canadian workers to fill these positions? |
| Q-1132 — June 4, 2025 — Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk) — With regard to tax fraud and bogus refund schemes identified by the Canada Revenue Agency for each of the last five years: (a) what is the total estimated amount lost to such schemes, broken down by year, and by type of scheme; (b) how many people have been criminally charged in relation to such a scheme conducted in the last five years; and (c) broken down by type of scheme, what specific policy or technological changes have been implemented to stop the fraud or scheme from occurring in the future? |
| Q-1142 — June 4, 2025 — Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency’s Quantum 2.0 project: (a) what is the current total cost of the project, to date, overall and broken down by type of cost; (b) what is the current estimate of the final cost of the project; (c) what was the original completion date; (d) what is the current expected completion date; (e) what are the primary reasons for the delay and any cost overruns; and (f) have any independent third-party review or audits of the project been conducted, and if so, what are details of each, including their findings? |
| Q-1152 — June 4, 2025 — Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency and the tax gap: (a) why has the Agency not released any tax gap data more recently than 2018; (b) what is the Agency’s current estimate of the federal tax gap, for each of the last five years; (c) what are the top three contributing categories to that gap in each of those years; (d) what is the government’s position on requiring the Agency to report the federal tax gap on a regular and ongoing basis; (e) what specific performance metrics does the Agency currently use to evaluate the effectiveness of its modernization initiatives and fraud detection strategies; (f) how are these metrics in (e) reported to Parliament and made accessible to the public; (g) what percentage of the total fraud cases detected in each of the last five years were identified through manual review versus digital tools; and (h) does the Agency have any plans to reduce the number of manual reviews and increase the number of files reviewed by automated or artificial intelligence based screenings, and, if so, what are the details of such plans? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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