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Q-762
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
With regard to the Government of Canada’s investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure projects, including budget 2025’s allocation of $925.6 million over five years, starting in 2025-26, to support a large-scale sovereign public artificial intelligence infrastructure: (a) what formal commitments has the Government of Canada made in its memoranda of understanding for artificial intelligence infrastructure projects with private sector firms or governments to (i) protect workers from layoffs and unemployment associated with artificial intelligence, (ii) limit environmental impacts of artificial intelligence data centres, (iii) prevent the spread of harmful misinformation, particularly among children and youth, (iv) uphold academic integrity in school and postsecondary institutions, (v) eliminate or prevent sexually explicit deepfakes and other forms of sexual harassment or violence perpetuated via artificial intelligence technology; (b) how many meetings has the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation taken to discuss artificial intelligence infrastructure development with representatives of (i) labour unions, (ii) environmental organizations, (iii) educational institutions, (iv) women and gender equality organizations; (c) what private technology firms has the Government of Canada thus far invested in or entered into partnership with to develop Canada’s artificial intelligence infrastructure; and (d) with reference to the firms in (c), what measures has the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation taken to ascertain that firms receiving public resources are not implicated in human rights violations or violations of international law by supplying weapons technologies to militaries of governments guilty or plausibly guilty of committing these offenses? |
Awaiting response |
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Q-758
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
With regard to the actions of the Minister of Jobs and Families regarding the labour dispute between Air Canada and flight attendants with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, beginning with the expiration of the previous collective agreement in March 2025 and ending with the minister’s invocation of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code on August 16, 2025: (a) what was the total number of meetings taken by the minister with (i) representatives of Air Canada, (ii) representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees flight attendants; (b) what was the total number of emails sent by the minister to (i) representatives of Air Canada, (ii) representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees flight attendants; (c) in the period between the commencement of the Canadian Union of Public Employees flight attendants’ strike at 00:58 Eastern Daylight Time, on Saturday, August 16, 2025, and the minister’s invocation of Section 107, what was the number of times the minister communicated with representatives of Air Canada, broken down by (i) meetings, (ii) emails, (iii) calls, (iv) texts, (v) encrypted messages; (d) in the correspondence in (a), (b) and (c), did the minister communicate with representatives of Air Canada her intent or openness to invoking Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, in the event of a work stoppage; (e) what steps did the minister take to ensure that the invocation of Section 107 against the Canadian Union of Public Employees flight attendants was constitutional and aligned with previous Supreme Court rulings on back-to-work legislation, including that it did not substantially interfere with collective bargaining and that it did not disrupt the balance of power between employer and employees; (f) by what criteria did the minister determine that the consequences of a work stoppage at Air Canada outweighed flight attendants’ right to strike while in a legal strike position; and (g) what measures did the minister take to work with Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees to mitigate the consequences in (f), so that the invocation of Section 107 would be unnecessary? |
Awaiting response |
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Q-571
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
With regard to the Canada Pension Plan and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: (a) for each year since 2000, broken down by province or territory, what is the current total value of the (i) Canada Pension Plan contributions collected, (ii) benefits paid; (b) for each of the past five fiscal years, what were the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s gross and net exposures, broken down by (i) asset class, (ii) region, (iii) currency; (c) what was the total amount of (i) securities lending transactions, (ii) assets provided or received as collateral, (iii) revenues earned from lending, (iv) counterparties involved, including the top 10 by volume or value; (d) what are the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s current policies and practices regarding (i) the reuse or rehypothecation of collateral, (ii) participation in repo and reverse repo transactions, (iii) associated risk controls or limits; (e) what percentage of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board assets are held in custody or collateralized outside Canada, specifying the jurisdiction and custodian where applicable; (f) what are the main stress test scenarios conducted since 2020, and, for each, what were the assumed (i) equity drawdowns, (ii) interest-rate shocks, (iii) credit-spread movements, (iv) liquidity freeze durations, together with the resulting estimated impacts on portfolio value and funded status; and (g) what independent audit, verification, or oversight processes have been used since 2019 to confirm the accuracy of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s reported leverage, counterparty exposure, and liquidity metrics? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-294
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
With regard to requests made by First Nations in Manitoba to the government over the past five calendar years: (a) which First Nations have made requests to Indigenous Services Canada for fire prevention and fire fighting resources, including, funding for (i) personnel, (ii) training, (iii) direct training, (iv) protective gear, (v) water pumps, (vi) hoses, (vii) vehicles, (viii) hand tools and portable fire suppression or controlled-burn equipment; (b) which of the requests in (a)(i) to (a)(viii) were fulfilled; (c) for the requests fulfilled, how long did Indigenous Services Canada take to (i) answer the request, (ii) deliver the resources; and (d) how much funding has been allocated by Indigenous Services Canada for the provision of these resources? |
Answered |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Q-293
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
With regard to the consultative process for Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures: (a) what meetings or correspondence did the ministers and staff responsible for the preparation of Bill C-2 undertake with (i) women and gender equality organizations, (ii) migrant and refugee rights organizations; (b) did the government seek a legal opinion from the Privacy Commissioner concerning the legal validity of Bill C-2, prior to introducing it in the House of Commons; and (c) what steps did the government take to ensure that Bill C-2 was compliant with the 1951 Refugee Convention, prior to introducing it in the House of Commons? |
Answered |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Q-292
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
With regard to the government’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund, broken down by fiscal year since the program was initiated: (a) how much of the total funding allocated to this fund has been committed to date; (b) which organizations have applied for this funding and were refused; (c) which funding recipients received a reduction in funding year-over-year; and (d) what were the evaluation criteria used by the government to determine which (i) organizations received funding, (ii) previous funding recipients lost funding? |
Answered |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Q-291
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
With regard to the consultation process in the government's preparation of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act: (a) which Indigenous rights holders were consulted about Bill C-5 prior to it being introduced in the House of Commons; (b) how much time were these rights holders provided to share their concerns about Bill C-5 with the government; (c) did the ministers and staff responsible for the preparation of this bill address any concerns raised by Indigenous rights holders in correspondence or meetings held with them prior to Bill C-5 being introduced in the House of Commons; and (d) what steps did the government take to ensure Bill C-5 obtained the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous rights holders to ensure it was compliant with (i) An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, (ii) Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, including subsection 35(3)? |
Answered |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
