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

With regard to section 243 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which requires foreign nationals removed from Canada to repay the removal costs under subsections (a) and (b) if seeking re-entry: (a) what is the total amount recovered by the government for removal costs, broken down by the amounts set out under sections 243(a) and 243(b) and by calendar year since 2016; and (b) how many foreign nationals who were removed at government expense have been denied re-entry for failing to repay removal costs, broken down by sections 243(a) and 243(b) and by calendar year?

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?