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

With regard to the Defence Investment Agency under Public Services and Procurement Canada: what projects are currently being managed by the Defence Investment Agency, broken down by (i) air, (ii) land, (iii) sea, (iv) space, (v) cyber, (vi) emerging technologies, (vii) training and simulation, (viii) surveillance and reconnaissance, (ix) command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C41), (x) joint support and sustainment, (xi) missiles, rockets, ammunition and other munitions, (xii) personal equipment and protection systems, (xiii) real property?

With regard to national defence for the fiscal year 2025-26 and the Prime Minister's announcement on June 9, 2025, that stated that "This plan includes a cash increase of over $9 billion ($8.3 billion on an accrual basis) in defence investment this fiscal year (2025-26), bringing Canada's defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product": (a) how much total government spending is required to be defined as defence spending in order to reach 2% of gross domestic product; (b) what is the total planned budget for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces; (c) what are the expenditures from other eligible government departments included in Canada's defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) type or category of expenditure, (iii) dollar value; (d) for the "new aircraft, armed vehicles, and ammunition" referenced in the Prime Minister's statement, what are the details, including the (i) type of new aircraft that will be acquired, (ii) budget for these aircrafts, (iii) type of new armed vehicles that will be acquired, (iv) budget for these armed vehicles; (e) is the budget for the new aircrafts and armed vehicles listed in (d) accounted for in the "cash increase of $9 billion", as referenced in the Department of National Defence backgrounder; (f) how much of the "cash increase of $9 billion" is accounted for in the Supplementary Estimates (A) tabled on June 9, 2025; and (g) what is the gross domestic product number used to calculate the Prime Minister's announcement regarding 2% defence spending?

With regard to the government's military spending since 2015: what are the annual amounts of investments and purchases of goods and services, broken down by province and territory?

With regard to the Department of National Defence and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization definition of defence expenditures as "payments made by a national government specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces or those of its allies": for each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years, what are the expenditures from eligible Other Government Departments included in Canada's defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) type or category of expenditure, (iii) dollar value?

With regard to government participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: what are the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's specific requirements for membership (required stockpiles of ammunition, readiness, capability, etc.) and what is Canada's status with regards to each requirement?

With regard to the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) which projects are being considered to fulfill the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 2025 Hague summit agreement to spend 1.5% of gross domestic product annually on defence to protect; and (b) of the projects in (a), which ones are (i) for critical infrastructure, (ii) for defence networks, (iii) to ensure civil preparedness and resilience, (iv) to innovate and strengthen the defence industrial base?

With regard to the Prime Minister's announcement on June 9, 2025, that the government intends to expand "the reach, security mandate, and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard" and the statement appearing in the National Post from the Prime Minister's Office spokesperson Emily Williams which stated that "the Prime Minister will soon initiate the process of moving the Canadian Coast Guard to the leadership of the Minister of National Defence": (a) when was the decision made to move the Canadian Coast Guard under the auspices of the Minister of National Defence; (b) was the Chief of the Defence Staff consulted on this decision, and, if so, when; (c) what is the total planned budget for the Canadian Coast Guard in the fiscal year 2025-26; (d) how much of the Canadian Coast Guard's total budget in the fiscal year 2025-26 will be considered as defence spending for the purposes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 2% of gross domestic product spending target; (e) is the government planning to arm current Canadian Coast Guard vessels; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, what (i) armaments will be installed, (ii) additional training, if any, will be provided to Coast Guard personnel, (iii) is the planned budget for each; (g) aside from current projects to build new Coast Guard vessels as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, does the government intend to procure new vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard; and (h) if the answer to (g) is affirmative, what are the details, including the (i) type of vessel, (ii) planned budget, (iii) date of delivery, (iv) shipyard where they will be built?

With regard to the government's Build-Partner-Buy strategy and the use of external consultants: (a) how does the government reconcile the Buy Canadian Policy with the continued use of National Master Standing Offers for multinational consulting firms, and how does this impact Canadian firms with affiliates, subsidiaries and networked firms; and (b) how much of the $186 million allocated in budget 2025 for policy implementation is being paid to external consultants to help the government modernize its own procurement rules, and which firms have been awarded contracts related to this work?