Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to Environment and Climate Change Canada's Meteorological Research and Development Division: (a) how many staff in the division received workforce adjustment letters, in total and broken down by position and location; (b) how many positions will be eliminated as part of the workforce adjustment, in total and broken down by position and location; (c) following the positions being eliminated, who in Environment and Climate Change Canada will be responsible for (i) conducting meteorological studies, (ii) overseeing mid-life upgrade or replacement for the next weather radar renewal program; (d) how many scientists are currently able to conduct meteorological studies; (e) following the positions being eliminated, how many scientists will be able to conduct meteorological studies; and (f) following the positions being eliminated, will Environment and Climate Change Canada continue to be in compliance with guidelines set out by the World Meteorological Organization on how to run a weather radar network and sustain it, and, if not, which guidelines will not be adhered to and why?

With regard to the goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax, in total and broken down by province or territory, for each of the last five years: (a) how much goods and services tax or harmonized sales tax revenue did the government collect from grocery stores; (b) how much goods and services tax or harmonized sales tax revenue did the government collect on food categorized by the government as "consumable products not considered basic groceries"; and (c) what is the breakdown of (b) by type of "foodstuffs excluded from zero-rating"?

With regard to national parks and the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture: (a) which national parks has the minister visited in the past two years; (b) for each national park in (a), on what dates did the minister visit it; (c) for each visit, (i) what was the purpose, (ii) who accompanied the minister, (iii) what scheduled events were attended, if any; (d) is the government planning or considering the expansion of any national parks, and, if so, which park; (e) what are the timelines for each expansion the government is planning or considering; and (f) is the government planning or considering the creation of any new national parks, and, if so, what are the geographic coordinates of these locations and the related timelines?

With regard to access to information and privacy coordinators and the concerns raised by the Information Commissioner that government departments are wrongly withholding records, including statistics, on the grounds that they are exempt from disclosure because they count as advice to ministers: (a) what is each government institution doing, if anything, to ensure that they are not abusing this exemption when processing requests; (b) since 2016, has the government disciplined any institution's access to information and privacy coordinators or employees for abusing this exemption or otherwise wrongfully withholding information, and, if so, what are the details, including the dates and incident summaries, of each instance; and (c) broken down by each institution governed by the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, will the institutions abide by the Information Commissioner's recommendations and not abuse the advice to ministers exemption, beginning immediately, and, if not, why not?

With regard to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's analysis of the impact of China's tariffs on the canola industry: what are the government's estimates or projections on the economic impact that the 76% tariff on canola seed and the 100% tariff on canola oil, meal, and peas will have (i) overall, (ii) on canola farmers, (iii) on the Prairie provinces, broken down by tariff?

With regard to vehicle charging stations built or funded by, or for, the government, since January 1, 2016: what are the details of all contracts awarded for foreign firms related to the building or operation of any such stations, in any way, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) country of origin of the vendor, (iv) location of the charging station or stations, (v) value of the contract, (vi) description of the goods or services provided?

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?