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Q-995
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Monday, March 23, 2026 |
With regard to Department of Justice Canada's consultations conducted, prior to, and during the drafting of Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places), introduced September 19, 2025: (a) what consultations were conducted by the government in advance of the introduction of the bill; (b) for each consultation in (a), what were the details, including the (i) date, (ii) format, (iii) names and organizational affiliations of all participating individuals or groups; (c) what written submissions, if any, were received by the department during pre-legislative consultations, and from whom; (d) what concerns, recommendations or policy proposals were raised by stakeholders during the consultations in (a); (e) which of the concerns, recommendations or policy proposals in (d) were incorporated into the development or drafting of the bill, and for those which weren't incorporated, what was the rationale for their exclusion; (f) what are the details regarding the government's decision to agree to an amendment to repeal Paragraph 319(3)(b) of the Criminal Code, commonly known as the "good faith" religious defence, including, (i) what consultations were conducted by the government prior to agreeing to the amendment, (ii) who was consulted prior to agreeing to the amendment, broken down by organization or individual, (iii) what concerns, recommendations or representations were raised during those consultations; (g) what consultations were conducted by the government after agreeing to the amendment in (f), including, for each consultation, the (i) date, (ii) format, (iii) participating organizations or individuals; (h) what concerns or feedback were received by the government following its agreement to the amendment in (f); and (i) what are the details of all briefing notes, memoranda or internal analyses prepared by the department or minister's office, regarding the consultations referenced above, including the title and date of each document? |
Answered |
Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Q-994
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Monday, March 23, 2026 |
With regard to Department of Justice Canada's use of external legal agents and private sector counsel, for each fiscal year from 2015-16 to the present: (a) what was the annual expenditure on external legal agents and private sector law practitioners, appointed under the Agent Affairs Program, in total and broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) area of law or practice group, (iii) individual firm or practitioner; (b) what was the total number of active legal agent (private sector counsel) appointments in each fiscal year; (c) what was the total number of full-time equivalent in-house counsel employed by the Department in each fiscal year; (d) what criteria does the department use to determine whether a matter is assigned to in-house counsel or referred to an external legal agent; (e) do any internal targets or thresholds exist for the proportion of legal work to be handled in-house versus by external agents, and, if so, what are those targets; (f) what was the total expenditure on in-house counsel salaries and benefits in each fiscal year; and (g) what was the total number of in-house counsel positions that were vacant in each fiscal year, and what was the average duration of those vacancies? |
Answered |
Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Q-993
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Monday, March 23, 2026 |
With regard to the pool of qualified candidates assessed by the Judicial Advisory Committees, for each reporting period since the reforms of October 2016: (a) how many applications were received; (b) how many candidates were assessed; (c) how many candidates were eligible for appointment after being rated "recommended" or "highly recommended"; and (d) how many of the recommended or highly recommended candidates in (c) remained unappointed at the end of the reporting period? |
Answered |
Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Q-992
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Monday, March 23, 2026 |
With regard to federal judicial appointments and vacancies in Canada, broken down by court and province or territory, for each calendar year since 2016: (a) what was the highest number of judicial vacancies recorded and on what date did that peak occur; (b) what was the lowest number of judicial vacancies recorded and on what date did that low point occur; (c) how many judicial appointments were made; (d) how many new judicial retirements or departures were recorded; (e) what was the average number of days for which a judicial vacancy remained unfilled before an appointment was made; (f) what internal targets, if any, does the Department of Justice have for filling judicial vacancies within a defined timeframe, and what are those targets; and (g) what is the current total number of judicial vacancies as of the date of the government's response to this question? |
Answered |
Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Q-505
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
With regard to the Prime Minister taking a charter flight to and from Egypt in October 2025 and the government’s approach to unforeseen travel requirements: (a) what were the expenditures related to the flight, in total and broken down by type of expenditure (rental fee, fuel, catering, airport landing fees, etc.); (b) what was the menu, including the beverages, on the flight; (c) how long was the flight each way in terms of (i) distance, (ii) time, (iii) amount of fuel used; (d) why was there no government aircraft available for this flight; (e) what is the government's policy related to ensuring that there are available pilots and crews for government aircraft on call for unforeseen travel requirements; (f) who is responsible for the pilot and crew situation that led to the need to charter the aircraft; (g) what is the government's estimate of the projected costs associated with flying its own Challenger aircraft to Egypt for the same trip; (h) from which company was the flight chartered; (i) what type of aircraft was chartered; (j) excluding security, who were the passengers on the flight; (k) at what time and on what date did the Prime Minister decide that he was going to fly to Egypt; and (l) at what time and on what date did the flight (i) take off from Ottawa, (ii) land in Egypt, (iii) take off from Egypt, (iv) land in Ottawa? |
Answered |
Monday, December 8, 2025 |
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Q-478
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Monday, October 20, 2025 |
With regard to the government's chartering and deployment of Black Hawk helicopters for Canada-U.S. border surveillance: (a) what are the details of each contract or agreement related to Black Hawk helicopter leases signed since January 1, 2024, including the (i) date it was signed, (ii) vendor, (iii) contract value, (iv) start and end dates of the lease, (v) number of Black Hawk helicopters leased, (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid); (b) for each contract in (a), (i) what is the per-hour flight rate, or per-day flight rate, (ii) what are the terms of renewal, termination, and extension (notice periods, cancellation rights), (iii) was any of the procurement or bidding process expedited in any way, and, if so, how; (c) what are the details, including the amounts, of any additional costs incurred by the government to date related to the Black Hawk usage (maintenance, fuel, insurance, etc.), and, for each amount, is it included in the contract value or is it an additional cost; (d) what is the total amount paid to pilots, crew and other aviation personnel to operate these helicopters (i) in total to date, (ii) per hour, and is the amount included in the contract value; (e) what are the nationalities of the pilots and crew; (f) what is the breakdown of the operational budget (fuel, maintenance, spare parts, insurance, ground support, hangar or storage, training); (g) has any additional staffing (support, command, surveillance analysts) been hired as part of this program, and, if so, what are their roles and costs; (h) what geographic sectors and border segments have been monitored by these helicopters, broken down by province or territory; (i) what number of flight hours have been flown to date, broken down by helicopter, if possible; (j) how many times has suspicious or illegal activity been monitored by the Black Hawk helicopters, in total and broken down by month, and what is the breakdown by type of intervention (arrest, search, etc.) that followed and by outcome; and (k) what is the breakdown of illegal contraband seized as a result of the Black Hawk surveillance, in total and by month? |
Answered |
Friday, December 5, 2025 |
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Q-419
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Monday, October 6, 2025 |
With regard to the 654 federal inmates transferred from maximum-security institutions to medium-security
institutions as referenced in the Access to Information and Privacy file A-2025-50022
released by the Correctional Service of Canada: (a) what is the breakdown of the inmates' original
crime of conviction and the length of the sentence imposed; (b) for each of the 654 inmates, what
was the total duration that the inmate spent at a maximum-security level institution prior to their
transfer to medium-security; and (c) how many of the 654 inmates were transferred from a facility for
male inmates to a facility for female inmates? |
Answered |
Friday, November 21, 2025 |
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Q-418
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Monday, October 6, 2025 |
With regard to the schedule of the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and
the current Minister of Public Safety, as of October 6, 2025: (a) when was the last time each minister
went on a ride-along with a local police force, and which police force was it; and (b) when and
where was the last time each minister viewed a criminal court proceeding in person, and which
court or cases were viewed? |
Answered |
Friday, November 21, 2025 |
