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Q-742
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
With regard to Canada Child Benefit payments dispersed since January 1, 2016: (a) what is the total value of retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments issued each year, from 2016 to November 2025, in total and broken down by province or territory; (b) how many requests for retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments have been made in each of those years, broken down by (i) Canadian citizens, (ii) permanent residents, (iii) temporary residents, (iv) protected persons or refugee claimants, (v) other non-citizen categories; (c) how many recipients received retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments in each of those years, broken down by (i) Canadian citizens, (ii) permanent residents, (iii) temporary residents, (iv) protected persons or refugee claimants, (v) other non-citizen categories; (d) what is the total dollar amount of retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments paid to non-Canadian citizens, for each year since 2016; (e) what eligibility criteria are used to determine whether a non-citizen may receive retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments, and what verification processes are in place to confirm ongoing eligibility; (f) how many cases of retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments involving non-citizen recipients have been recorded each year; (g) what is the total value of the retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments in (f); (h) what is the average number of months of retroactive Canada Child Benefit payments received, broken down by year and by province or territory; and (i) what is the most retroactively, in terms of time, that a payment was issued? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-741
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
With regard to government funding to Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip, since 2015: (a) what is the total amount of funding allocated to each jurisdiction, broken down by (i) year, (ii) amount, (iii) recipient, (iv) description of the type of federal aid or grant provided, (v) purpose of the federal aid or grant provided, (vi) department or agency responsible for providing the federal aid or grant; (b) for each amount in (a), what specific safeguards or audits are in place to ensure the funding is spent for the intended purpose; and (c) for funding given to third-party organizations, (i) what are the names of each organization, (ii) what is the rationale for selecting each organization, (iii) what reporting obligations were required from each organization on the use of the aid, if any, (iv) on what date were they last audited to ensure that their funding was being spent appropriately, (v) what were the findings of each audit? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-608
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025 |
With regard to funding for the management of the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber file under the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, as referenced in the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2025-26, and all funding provided for this file since its creation: (a) what is the purpose, mandate, and operational function of the funding for the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber file; (b) how much funding has been allocated, committed, and spent on managing this file each year since its creation; (c) what are the details of all expenditures made, including the (i) amount, (ii) date of the expenditure, (iii) recipient organization or company, (iv) purpose or activity funded; (d) were any third-party contractors and service providers engaged for this file, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) the name of the provider, (ii) the amount of the contract, (iii) the date and duration (iv) whether the contract was awarded competitively or sole-sourced; and (e) which government official or position at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development is responsible for oversight and decision-making regarding this funding? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-472
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Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
With regard to government statistics on the Medical Assistance in Dying Program and human organ donation, since June 2016: (a) how many individuals that applied for medical assistance in dying included a referral for organ donation, broken down by (i) year, (ii) province or territory, (iii) age, (iv) gender; (b) of the referrals for organ donation in (a), how many were excluded for the following reasons (i) being medically unsuitable, (ii) consent for donation not being obtained after medical assistance in dying, (iii) patient withdrawing from the medical assistance in dying process, (iv) the patient dying before medical assistance in dying, (v) other reasons; (c) of the referrals for organ donation retained in (a), how many individuals become actual organ donors, broken down by (i) year, (ii) province or territory, (iii) type of organ, (iv) age, (v) gender; (d) how many organs from Canadian medical assistance in dying donors are sent abroad, broken down by (i) year, (ii) province or territory of the donor, (iii) age of the donor, (iv) gender of the donor, (v) country of the recipient, (vi) type of organ; (e) what is the percentage of all deceased organ donors that involved medical assistance in dying, broken down by year and province or territory; (f) does the government require export permits for human organs being transported out of the country, and, if so, how many have been issued each year since 2016; and (g) is the government aware of any cases of organ donation involving medical assistance in dying that contravened section 240.1 of the Criminal Code, and, if so, what are the details of each, including whether or not charges were laid? |
Answered |
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 |
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Q-430
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 |
With regard to the housing announcement in Nepean, on September 14, 2025, attended by the Prime Minister: (a) who made the decision to temporarily erect unfinished prop houses for the announcement; (b) were the houses used during the announcement built up to code and suitable for inhabitants, and, if so, when was the inspection done, and who conducted the inspection; (c) were any safety inspections done on the houses prior to the announcement, and, if so, what was inspected and who conducted the inspection; (d) why were the houses torn down following the announcement rather than completed and inhabited; (e) was the location of the announcement properly zoned for housing, and are there any plans to build homes on that specific location in the future; (f) which departments and agencies were responsible for organizing the announcement; and (g) what were all the costs incurred by the government related to the announcement, in total, and broken down by type of expense? |
Answered |
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
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Q-373
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Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
With regard to the government’s relationship to Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, and the company’s owner, Ethical Capital Partners, since November 4, 2015: (a) has the Canadian government given assistance to Aylo, MindGeek, or Ethical Capital Partners in relation to national or international cases, through (i) legal aid and advice, (ii) consular aid, and, if so, when was it and what type of advice was provided; (b) has the Canadian government ever given funds (i) as a direct transfer, (ii) as a grant, (iii) in the form of tax cuts, to Aylo, MindGeek, or any subsidiaries, and, if so, what are the details, including when and how much; (c) has Aylo or MindGeek ever requested consular or economic aid from the Canadian government, including from any department, agency, or other government entity, and, if so, what are the details, including the dates and summaries of the requests; (d) has the government received any advice or direction from anyone outside of the government related to Aylo, MindGeek, or any subsidiaries, and, if so, what are the details, including the dates and summaries of the advice or direction; (e) what are the details of any emails, texts, briefing notes, memos or correspondence related to (a), (b), (c) and (d), including the (i) title, (ii) date, (iii) sender, (iv) recipient, (v) subject matter, (vi) file number; (f) what documents have been prepared by the government departments or agencies about Aylo, MindGeek or Ethical Capital Partners, including the (i) date, (ii) title or subject matter, (iii) type of document (routine correspondence, directive, options to consider, etc.), (iv) department’s internal tracking number, (v) sender and recipient, if applicable, (vi) summary of the contents; and (g) how many reports has the Royal Canadian Mounted Police received concerning Aylo, MindGeek or any subsidiaries, including a breakdown by (i) report type, (ii) date, (iii) outcome of the report? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-372
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Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
With regard to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Labour Market Impact Assessments, human trafficking, and forced labour, since 2020, broken down by year, National Occupational Classification and province: (a) how many Labour Market Impact Assessment applications were (i) submitted, (ii) approved, (iii) rejected, (iv) withdrawn; (b) how many Labour Market Impact Assessment applications were refused or revoked on public policy grounds under sections 30(1.2) or 30(1.4) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and what is the breakdown; (c) for open work permit applications submitted by temporary foreign workers holding Labour Market Impact Assessment-based employer-specific permits who have been identified as being abused or at risk of abuse in relation to their employment in Canada, how many applications were (i) received, (ii) approved, (iii) rejected, (iv) withdrawn; (d) of the Labour Market Impact Assessment-based employer-specific work permits that later transitioned to an open work permit for vulnerable workers, what percentage of those were flagged as high-risk, broken down by sector; and (e) with regard to policies to protect vulnerable populations from forced labour and exploitation, has the government consulted with law enforcement and stakeholders regarding at-risk or vulnerable occupations or undertaken an assessment in the past five years, and, if not, why not? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-31
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
With regard to the government’s provision of goods and services to irregular border crossers seeking asylum, since 2015: how many claimants have been provided accommodations in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada operated hotels or similar types of accommodations, broken down by month and province? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
