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Q-771
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Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
With regard to important and commemorative days, weeks, months and seasons, including those proclaimed by Parliament or the government which do or do not yet appear on the government's website: (a) which ones are recognized by the government, broken down by date; (b) for each date, how is each one recognized; and (c) for each date, is there an annual budget associated with the date, or are there government expenditures related to the recognition or celebration of the date, and, if so, how much was spent or is budgeted to be spent? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Q-770
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Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
With regard to all temporary suspensions of operations to the electronic systems controlling the import and export of goods across the Canadian border, whether operated by the Canada Border Services Agency or any other government department or agency (hereafter referred to as an "outage"), since September 21, 2021: (a) what is the total number of outages, broken down by month; (b) with regard to each outage in (a), (i) what was the cause, (ii) when was it first detected, (iii) when was it communicated to clients or users (importers, exporters, customs brokers, etc.), (iv) how was it communicated to clients (email, customs notice, etc.), (v) when was it fully resolved, (vi) how many hours did it last, (vii) what electronic systems were impacted (eManifest Portal, Canadian Export Reporting System Portal, Canada Border Services Agency Assessment and Revenue Management Client Portal, Commercial Accounting Declaration, Application Program Interface, Single Window Initiative, Electronic Data Interchange, etc.); (c) for each outage in (a), did the Canada Border Services Agency undertake an analysis of the estimated economic cost of the outage, and, if so, what was the result of each analysis; (d) with regard to each outage in (a), were any private consultants or contractors hired to assist in resolving the outage, and, if so, (i) what was the name of the consultant or business hired, (ii) what was the value of the contract awarded, (iii) what was the description of the services rendered, (iv) what were the contract start and end dates, (v) was each deliverable satisfied; and (e) with regard to each outage in (a), have any internal investigations, reviews or audits been launched regarding the outage, and, if so, (i) what types of action were launched, (ii) what are the findings, (iii) what remedial measures have been recommended or taken as a result? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Q-769
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Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
With regard to the Canada Development Investment Corporation, its subsidiary the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation and the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan program (collectively, the "Entities"), and any financial contribution or agreement for financial contribution, including any loan agreement, amendment, grant, contribution or other financial agreement, offered to or entered into with Algoma Steel Group Inc., or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "Algoma"), since March 1, 2025: (a) what is the total financial contribution offered or provided to Algoma under the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan program or any other program administered by the Entities; (b) what is the total financial contribution offered or provided to Algoma, through grants, forgivable loan components, non-repayable contributions or by any other means; (c) what specific job-creation and job-retention commitments are required of Algoma under any such agreements; (d) what baseline headcount or employment figures were used to determine Algoma job-related obligations; (e) what employment-related reporting requirements were imposed on Algoma; (f) what specific terms, if any, obliged Algoma to maintain or increase employment levels as a condition of receiving or retaining any financial contribution; (g) did any agreement include layoffs, employment reductions, employee relocations or permanent or temporary facility closures as events of default; (h) did any agreement include layoffs, employment reductions, employee relocations or permanent or temporary facility closures as grounds permitting suspension, termination, repayment or claw-back of any financial contribution provided or offered; (i) has Algoma reported any layoffs, employment reductions or failures to meet job-maintenance or job-creation commitments since receiving any funds, including the recently announced layoffs of approximately 1,000 workers; (j) for each instance in (i), on what date did the layoffs or covenant breaches occur, how many workers were affected, did Algoma notify the Government of Canada as required, and did the government impose any penalties, repayment obligations, interest adjustments or claw-backs; (k) has the government determined that Algoma is in non-compliance with any of its obligations under the terms of any agreement, including job-related, operational, reporting or financial obligations; (l) what minimum employment footprints, job targets, headcount-maintenance requirements or equivalent job-related obligations were included in Algoma agreements; (m) what are the details of any relationship between job-creation, job-retention, employment-footprint maintenance or other employment metrics and any performance requirement or financial consequence under any agreement; and (n) what formula, methodology, calculation model or metric system did the government or the Entities use to determine Algoma employment obligations, including how baseline headcount, job-creation or job-retention requirements, employment-footprint calculations and any performance-linked financial adjustments were calculated? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Q-585
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency Assessment and Revenue Management system: (a) from October 21, 2024 to October 21, 2025, what is the total number of customs accounting declarations filed, and how many of those were filed under a customs broker's business number; (b) as of October 21, 2025, what is the value of unpaid balances over 180 days, broken down by those associated with (i) importer business numbers, (ii) customs brokers' business numbers; (c) what is the number of registered importers in the Canada Border Services Agency Assessment and Revenue Management system as of October 21, 2025; (d) what is the number of registered importers without posted security; (e) as of October 21, 2025, what is the number of businesses secured by Release Prior to Payment bonds, and, of those, according to the Canada Border Services Agency's October 2025 recalculation, how many are (i) over-secured, (ii) under-secured; and (f) as of October 21, 2025, how many businesses are secured by cash deposits, and, of those, according to the Canada Border Services Agency's October 2025 recalculation, how many are (i) over-secured, (ii) under-secured? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-431
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 |
With regard to all temporary suspensions of operations to the electronic systems controlling the import and export of goods across the Canadian border, whether operated by the Canada Border Services Agency or any other government department or agency (hereafter referred to as an “outage”), since November 4, 2015: (a) what is the total number of outages, broken down by month; (b) with regard to each outage in (a), (i) what was the cause, (ii) when was it first detected, (iii) when was it communicated to clients or users (importers, exporters, customs brokers, etc.), (iv) how was it communicated to clients (email, customs notice, etc.), (v) when was it fully resolved, (vi) how many hours did it last, (vii) what electronic systems were impacted (eManifest Portal, Canadian Export Reporting System Portal, Canada Assessment and Revenue Management Client Portal, Commercial Accounting Declaration, Application Program Interface, Single Window Initiative, Electronic Data Interchange, etc.); (c) for each outage in (a) what was the estimated economic cost; (d) what was the estimated economic cost of outages, broken down by month and by year; (e) with regard to each outage in (a) were any private consultants or contractors hired to assist in resolving the outage, and, if so, (i) what was the name of the consultant or business hired, (ii) what was the value of the contract awarded, (iii) what was the description of the services rendered, (iv) what were the contract start and end dates, (v) was each deliverable satisfied; and (f) with regard to each outage in (a) have any internal investigations, reviews or audits been launched regarding the outage, and, if so, (i) what types of action were launched, (ii) what are the findings, (iii) what remedial measures have been recommended or taken as a result? |
Answered |
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
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Q-381
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Friday, September 26, 2025 |
With regard to the Sanctions Bureau within Global Affairs Canada: (a) how many employees or fulltime
equivalent positions has the Sanctions Bureau employed, broken down by month since
December 2021; (b) how many permit applications has the bureau received for each month since
December 2021, and of those, how many (i) have been approved, (ii) have been rejected, (iii) are waiting for a decision;
(c) how many delisting applications has the bureau received for each month since December 2021,
and of those, how many (i) have been approved, (ii) have been rejected, (iii) are waiting for a decision; and (d) how many
complaints has the bureau received for each month since December 2021? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-380
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Friday, September 26, 2025 |
With regard to government funding, broken down by year since 2006: (a) what was the total amount
of federal funding that was allocated to (i) Lake Simcoe, (ii) Lake Scugog, broken down by
funding type, program, and purpose of funding? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-379
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Friday, September 26, 2025 |
With regard to government meetings and spending related to trade and trade-exposed sectors of the
economy: (a) since May 13, 2025, what are the details of all meetings involving ministers,
secretaries of State, parliamentary secretaries, or deputy ministers and representatives of the
following sectors, (i) auto manufacturing, (ii) auto parts manufacturing, (iii) steel, (iv) aluminum, (v)
canola and other rapeseeds, (vi) pulses, (vii) beef, (viii) pork, (ix) aquaculture, (x) plastics, (xi)
pharmaceuticals, (xii) apparel, (xiii) energy, including oil and natural gas; (b) since May 13,
2025, what are the details of all meetings or communication between ministers, secretaries of
State, parliamentary secretaries, or deputy ministers and United States government officials,
members of the United States' House of Representatives, members of the United States' Senate or
members of any United States' state government including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) type of
communication, (iii) participants, including the sender and recipient, if applicable, (iv) subject matter
or agenda items and with regard to the Canada-US relationship; and (c) what are the details of all
government spending for the purpose of mitigating the effects of US and Chinese tariffs, broken
down by each department and agency, since January 1, 2025, including the (i) total amount spent to
date, (ii) total amount committed but not spent, (iii) amount spent delineated by sector identified in
(a), (iv) amount committed but not spent delineated by sector identified in (a), (v) total
amount that is planned to be spent on mitigating the effect of US tariffs over the next 18 months, (vi)
amount that is planned to be spent on mitigating the effect of US tariffs over the next 18 months
delineated by sector identified in (a), (vii) total amount that is planned to be spent on
mitigating the effects of Chinese tariffs over the next 18 months, (viii) amount that is planned to
be spent on mitigating the effect of Chinese tariffs over the next 18 months delineated by sector
identified in (a)? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
