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Q-780
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Monday, January 26, 2026 |
With regard to the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile : (a) for each fiscal year from 2022-23 to 2025-26, what costs has the government incurred to store personal protective equipment that was expired or could no longer be deployed, and how much of those costs were paid to third-party logistics providers; (b) what is the government's explanation as to why it continues to incur millions of dollars annually in warehousing costs for expired personal protective equipment; (c) what are the government's plans for the approximately 64 million pieces of expired personal protective equipment that it disclosed to the Standing Committee on Health, including why it hasn't disposed of the units to date; (d) has the government been made aware of falsified lab reports for gowns and other personal protective equipment that were submitted in conjunction with the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2023, and, if so, what is its response; (e) what comparison has the Public Health Agency of Canada conducted between the operational readiness of the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile immediately prior to COVID-19 (January 2020) and its readiness as of January 2026, including deployable personal protective equipment volume and time-to-surge during an emergency; (f) what risk assessment has the government conducted to ensure that the same foreign supply-chain failures will not reoccur in a future emergency; and (g) how is the government respecting its ethical procurement obligations under Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, in relation to procurement for the stockpile, including, (i) how many personal protective equipment suppliers to the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile have been flagged through open-source human rights reporting as having potential links to forced labour, (ii) what due-diligence steps were taken prior to renewing or issuing call-ups to those suppliers, (iii) how it reconciles those procurement decisions with its stated commitments to responsible and ethical supply chains? |
Answered |
Friday, March 13, 2026 |
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Q-779
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Monday, January 26, 2026 |
With regard to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Treasury Board appropriations, and the government's response to parliamentary committee recommendations: (a) what is the current process by which Treasury Board approved appropriations for Canada's obligations to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission flow through Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and on what legal, policy, and administrative basis does this arrangement continue; (b) why has the government not corrected the conflict of interest noted in the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, which was adopted during the 1st session of the 44th Parliament, that found that, Fisheries and Oceans Canada's dual role as both the funder and the delivery agent of the Sea Lamprey Control Program represents a conflict of interest; (c) what accountability mechanisms are currently in place to ensure that funds flowing through Fisheries and Oceans Canada are not influenced by the department's operational role in delivering the Sea Lamprey Control Program; (d) why has the government not yet implemented recommendation number eight of the standing committee's report, which calls for transferring responsibility for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, including the flow of Treasury Board appropriations, from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to Global Affairs Canada; (e) what is the timeline for implementing the transfer in (d); and (f) what assessment has the government made of the risks posed by not yet implementing recommendation number eight, including risks to (i) Canada's compliance with its international treaty obligations, (ii) the credibility of Canada's governance of shared Great Lakes resources, (iii) the effective and timely delivery of sea lamprey control activities? |
Answered |
Friday, March 13, 2026 |
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Q-604
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Monday, November 24, 2025 |
With regard to the government's management of the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile and the procurement of personal protective equipment from 2019 to the present: (a) which companies were awarded contracts under the 2019-20 Standing Offer for the supply of personal protective equipment to the stockpile, and what was the total dollar value of the contracts awarded to each company; (b) how many units of personal protective equipment were purchased by the government for the stockpile under the 2019-20 Standing Offer between March 2020 and November 2025, separately identified by year and supplier; (c) how much money was spent by the government between March 2020 and December 2022 to re-shore or support domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment; (d) of the amount in (c), how much was domestically sourced versus from foreign sources; (e) what are the current estimated volume and value of expired personal protective equipment being warehoused by the government as of November 2025, broken down by item type (for example, gowns, masks, gloves) and where are the locations of storage; (f) what are the total costs incurred by the government since 2022 to store expired personal protective equipment, broken down by year and provider; (g) which companies that received contract renewals for personal protective equipment supply to the stockpile in 2023, 2024, or 2025 were also awarded contracts under the failed 2019-20 Standing Offer; (h) what performance review process with respect to the initial contracts was done by the government before renewing these contracts with suppliers, particularly with regard to compliance with Bill S-211, Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, from the first session of the 44th Parliament; (i) has the government conducted any investigations or audits into whether any current stockpile suppliers are using materials or products linked to companies identified by credible third-party organizations, such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, as being involved in forced labour, including Zhende Medical, and, if so, which companies were investigated and what were the outcomes of each investigation; (j) how does the government ensure that attestations of compliance with Bill S-211 submitted by suppliers such as Medline Canada are independently verified, and what enforcement mechanisms are in place when a supplier is found to have falsely attested; and (k) what is the government's rationale for continuing to contract with multinational corporations that failed to deliver during a national crisis, while allowing domestic personal protective equipment manufacturers, who responded during the emergency, to lose federal support? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-408
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Friday, October 3, 2025 |
With regard to the responsibilities of Health Canada under the Vaccine Injury Support Program: (a)
what evaluation of the Vaccine Injury Support Program has Health Canada conducted in order to
assess its performance in comparison to similar programs, both domestically and internationally;
(b) if an evaluation was conducted on the program, what prompted this evaluation and what were
the key findings regarding the program's effectiveness and efficiency and what specific criteria were
used to carry out this evaluation; (c) what changes or initiatives are planned by Health Canada to
improve the services and financial assistance provided through the Vaccine Injury Support
Program; (d) what proposed structural changes to the program or new support mechanisms for
injured individuals are being introduced and how are they being communicated to the public; (e)
how has Health Canada addressed concerns about the program, including, but not limited to,
issues related to processing claims and providing adequate support; (f) what proportion of
individuals who have filed claims through the program receive timely and adequate support in
accordance with the program's guidelines and objectives, and what data was used to determine the
proportion; (g) what were the results of evaluations or assessments conducted in response to these
concerns, and who conducted each evaluation or assessment; (h) how does Health Canada assess
the cost-effectiveness of the program in delivering support to individuals, and how does this align
with the outcomes achieved for injured individuals; (i) what methods of communication has Health
Canada employed to engage with claimants and beneficiaries of the program; (j) what is considered
the service standard for communications with claimants and beneficiaries and did these
communication methods meet the service standard; (k) how many and what percentage of files
have (i) met, (ii) not met, the service standard; and (I) what metrics were used to determine if the
communication in (i) was effective in ensuring that individuals had the necessary information and
support throughout their claims process, and how effective was the communication? |
Answered |
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
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Q-407
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Friday, October 3, 2025 |
With regard to the government's consideration of the land claim filed by the Caldwell First Nation in
relation to lands on Pelee Island, Ontario: (a) what is the current status of the land claim related to
Pelee Island, including whether it is considered closed, under active assessment, or accepted for
negotiation; (b) if the claim is currently considered under assessment, when was this status
assigned and by whom; (c) if the claim is not under assessment, why did an official from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada inform a municipal mayor that it was; (d) what
are the details of all communications between Crown-lndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Canada officials and any representatives of the municipal government of Pelee Island regarding this
land claim, including the (i) dates, (ii) senders, (iii) recipients, (iv) types of communication, (v)
summaries of the content of each of these communications; and (e) what is the government's policy
on disclosing the status of land claims to local governments potentially affected by such claims
and on why confidentiality would apply in this specific instance when the only publicly available
information suggests the claim was closed? |
Answered |
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
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Q-364
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
With regard to federal expenditures under Agriculture Business Risk Management programs: (a) what is the detailed breakdown of federal expenditures on each such program, including AgriStability, Agrilnvest, Agrilnsurance, and AgriRecovery, in total and broken down by province or territory, for each of the last five fiscal years; (b) are detailed reports specifying the amount of federal funding provided to each province separately, distinct from provincial contributions, publicly available, and, if so, where are the reports available; (c) if such detailed provincial-level federal expenditure data is not publicly available, why is this information not disclosed; and (d) does the government have any plans to increase transparency by publishing detailed provincial breakdowns of federal business risk management program spending, and, if so, when will this occur? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-363
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's application and enforcement of the goods and services tax at fuel stations operated on reserve lands in Ontario and broken down by each of the last five years: (a) how many fuel stations in Ontario were operating on reserve lands and were registered with the Canada Revenue Agency to collect and remit the goods and services tax; (b) what is the value of goods sold through the stations that is (i) subject to, (ii) exempt from, the goods and services tax; (c) what was the total amount of goods and services tax collected from the stations; (d) what guidelines does the Canada Revenue Agency have in place to ensure that goods and services tax exemptions are not provided to those who do not qualify for the exemption; and (e) how many audits has the Canada Revenue Agency conducted on stations in Ontario related to goods and services tax remittance and what were the results of the audits? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
