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Q-516
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's virtual assistant technology chatbot "Charlie": (a) what are the expenditures to date associated with the development, operation and maintenance of Charlie, in total and broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) type of expense (software, training, licensing, etc.); (b) how many taxpayer interactions have been handled by Charlie since 2021, broken down by (i) month, (ii) topic area (individual taxes, business taxes, benefits, etc.); (c) what are the details of any contracts or agreements with third-party artificial intelligence providers or consultants for developing and maintaining Charlie, including, for each, (i) the vendor, (ii) the value, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the work performed, (v) whether the contract was sole-sourced or competitively awarded; and (d) what metrics, data or performance measures does the Canada Revenue Agency use to evaluate Charlie's effectiveness, including (i) how many times the chatbot has been used, (ii) how many questions it has answered correctly, (iii) how accuracy is measured, (iv) what improvements have been made as a result of those evaluations? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, December 8, 2025 |
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Q-102
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
With regard to Community Futures Program funding awarded to Community Futures Ontario: (a) what percentages and amounts of funds in the contribution agreements were allocated to Community Futures Development Corporations in Northern Ontario, for each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years; (b) what are the projections for the percentages and amounts of funds in the 2025-26 contribution agreement that will be allocated to Community Futures Development Corporations in Northern Ontario; and (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by federal riding? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-76
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Monday, 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? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-75
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Monday, 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? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-74
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Monday, 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? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
