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Q-1401
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to Build Canada Homes: (a) has the government established internal key performance indicators to assess the success of Build Canada Homes, and, if so, what are they, including (i) housing units delivered (total and by category, including affordable, supportive, and transitional), (ii) affordability outcomes (including rent or cost relative to income thresholds), (iii) project timelines (approval-to-construction and construction-to-completion), (iv) cost efficiency (cost per unit or per square foot), (v) level of private or non-governmental capital leveraged, (vi) adoption of modern construction methods (modular or prefabricated); (b) has the government established annual or multi-year targets for Build Canada Homes, and, if so, what are those targets, including (i) the number of units to be delivered annually, (ii) the number of affordable and non-market units to be delivered annually, (iii) the number or value of projects to be financed, (iv) any other relevant performance targets; (c) what outcome benchmarks has the government defined to evaluate Build Canada Homes' success over time, including benchmarks related to (i) improvements in housing affordability, (ii) reductions in core housing need or homelessness, (iii) increased housing supply relative to population growth, (iv) productivity improvements in the residential construction sector, (v) the extent to which Build Canada Homes contributes to closing the non-market housing gap in Canada, including any quantified estimates of that gap and timelines for addressing it; (d) has the government conducted any internal analyses, modelling, or performance frameworks (including those comparable to Departmental Plans, Results Frameworks, or National Housing Strategy targets) to define what constitutes success for Build Canada Homes, and, if so, what are the details of each, including the titles, dates, and key conclusions of each; (e) what departmental or interdepartmental bodies are responsible for monitoring Build Canada Homes' performance, and what reporting mechanisms are in place (annual reports, dashboards, or Treasury Board submissions), including any specific reporting requirements or frequencies; and (f) how does the government intend to publicly report on Build Canada Homes' performance, including the frequency, format, and level of detail of such reporting? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1400
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to the prohibition under the Customs Tariff on the importation of goods mined, manufactured, or produced in whole or in part by forced labour or child labour, and the reporting requirements under the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Supply Chains Act): (a) since the coming into force of the Supply Chains Act on January 1, 2024, how many entities (including government institutions) have submitted annual reports; (b) what steps has the government taken to verify the accuracy and completeness of reports submitted under the Supply Chains Act; (c) since January 1, 2024, how many investigations have been initiated into potential violations or non-compliance with the Supply Chains Act; (d) how many penalties, fines, or other enforcement actions have been issued under the Supply Chains Act to date; (e) what resources have been allocated to enforcement of the import prohibition and the Supply Chains Act, including staffing levels (full-time equivalents), and budgets within Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, and other relevant departments for each fiscal year since 2020-21; (f) since January 1, 2020, how many shipments of goods have been detained, examined, seized, or refused entry by the Canada Border Services Agency on the basis of suspected forced labour or child labour, broken down by year and harmonized system subheading level (six digits); (g) of the shipments in (f), how many were (i) ultimately released into the Canadian market, (ii) permanently prohibited or destroyed, (iii) re-exported or otherwise disposed of, broken down by year and by country or region of origin; (h) what criteria and evidentiary thresholds does the Canada Border Services Agency use to determine whether goods are produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour; (i) to what extent is the government aware of specific companies, importers, or supply chains whose goods are currently entering Canada despite credible public or internal allegations of forced or child labour, and what actions, if any, have been taken in response; (j) what mechanisms exist within the government to track and monitor goods linked to forced or child labour once they have entered the Canadian market; (k) what assessment or analysis has the government conducted on the effectiveness of the Supply Chains Act and the import prohibition in reducing forced labour or child labour in goods sold in Canada, and what were the finding of each including on compliance rates, enforcement gaps, or economic impacts; (l) since January 1, 2020, what is the total estimated value of goods in (f), broken down by year and harmonized system subheading level (six digits); and (m) what mechanisms or tools does the Canada Border Services Agency currently use to identify or assess the risk of forced or child labour in imported goods, including any use of forced labour lists, importer data, third-party information, interdepartmental referrals, or international referrals? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1399
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
With regard to the Canada-Taiwan Trade Co-operation Framework Arrangement (also referred to as the Canadian Taiwan Economic Cooperation Agreement Framework): (a) on what date was the text of the agreement agreed to by the parties; (b) on what date was the text of the agreement initialed by Canada's negotiators; (c) which ministers or departments have been responsible for advancing the agreement since its conclusion; (d) what specific steps, approvals, or reviews remain before the agreement can be formally signed; (e) what is the current status of the agreement within Global Affairs Canada and the Privy Council Office, including any ongoing reviews or legal examinations; (f) has the agreement been submitted to Cabinet for consideration, and, if so, on what dates; (g) has Cabinet issued any direction or decision regarding the timing or postponement of the agreement's signature, and, if so, on what dates; (h) what are the details of all internal documents, memoranda, or correspondence that have been generated regarding the agreement, since January 1, 2025, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipient, (iv) title, (v) type of document, (vi) summary of its contents; (i) has the government conducted any assessment or analysis of the potential diplomatic or economic repercussions of signing or not signing the agreement, and, if so, (i) on what dates were such assessments prepared, (ii) which departments were involved, (iii) what are the titles or reference numbers of any resulting reports or briefing materials; (j) what communications, briefings, or memoranda have been prepared since January 1, 2025, that reference Canada's relationship with the People's Republic of China in the context of this agreement; (k) what consultations have taken place with stakeholders, including industry associations, businesses, and provincial governments, regarding the agreement, broken down by (i) date, (ii) organization consulted, (iii) main topics discussed; (l) what estimates or projections has the government prepared regarding the anticipated economic and trade benefits of the agreement for Canada, including any figures related to job creation, export growth, supply chain resilience, or specific sectors such as semiconductors, digital trade, or energy; and (m) what is the government's current projected timeline for signing and implementing the agreement, including any target dates identified in internal planning documents? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1175
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Thursday, April 30, 2026 |
With regard to recruitment by the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) for each year from 2020 to present, what was the total number of persons who accepted offers of enrolment in the Canadian Armed Forces who were (i) only Canadian citizens at the time of offer, (ii) dual citizens at the time of offer, (iii) permanent residents at the time of offer, (iv) temporary residents at the time of offer, (v) refugee claimants at the time of offer, (vi) protected persons at the time of offer, (vii) held other immigration status; (b) for each category of persons identified in (a) that were not Canadian citizens at the time of offer, what citizenship or citizenships did those persons hold, broken down by country of citizenship; (c) for each category of persons listed in (a), what percentage completed Basic Military Qualification or Basic Military Qualification for Officers, as the case may be; and (d) for each citizenship, other than Canadian citizenship, identified in (b), what percentage, broken down by country of citizenship, completed Basic Military Qualification or Basic Military Qualification for Officers, as the case may be? |
Answered |
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
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Q-1154
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026 |
With regard to the Government of Canada’s analysis of Canada–United States and Canada–Mexico economic relations, including any modelling conducted in preparation for, or in respect of, the 2026 review of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement under Article 34.7: (a) what economic scenarios, broken down by time horizon (short, medium, long term), have been modelled (renewal of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement for a further 16-year term, renewal with amendments, entry into annual review cycles without a 16-year extension, termination pursuant to Article 34.7, or withdrawal of a Party pursuant to Article 34.6), and, for each scenario, what were the projected economic impacts on Canada, including output and growth (including real gross domestic product, gross domestic product per capita, gross domestic product growth rate, and potential gross domestic product), productivity, prices and inflation (including the Consumer Price Index, Core Consumer Price Index, and inflation rate), external balances (including the balance of trade with the United States and with Mexico, current account balance, and exchange rates), government finances (including budget deficit/surplus, public debt levels, debt-to-gross domestic product ratio), monetary and financial conditions (including interest rates, money supply, and credit growth), and any other relevant economic indicators considered in the analysis; (b) for each scenario modelled in (a), what were the projected impacts on the average tariff rate (or trade-weighted average tariff rate) applied to merchandise trade between Canada and the United States, and between Canada and Mexico; and (c) for each scenario modelled in (a), which sectors or industries were identified as particularly vulnerable to changes in Canada’s economic relationship with the United States and Mexico, and what specific impacts were projected for those sectors? |
Answered |
Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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Q-1009
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026 |
With regard to Canadian citizenship applications under the Citizenship Act: (a) how many citizenship applications have been approved or have been received but are awaiting a decision for each year since 2023, for applicants who made applications on the basis of citizenship by descent, reported by month; (b) of those applications approved or that have been received but are awaiting a decision reported in (a), how many were or are based on (i) a Canadian parent (applicant first generation born abroad), as defined by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (ii) a Canadian grandparent (applicant second generation born abroad), (iii) a Canadian great-grandparent (applicant third generation born abroad), (iv) a Canadian ancestor (applicant fourth generation born abroad), (v) a Canadian ancestor (applicant fifth generation born abroad), (vi) a Canadian ancestor (applicant greater than fifth generation born abroad); (c) of the applications approved or awaiting a decision reported in (a), how many are from persons with existing citizenships, and, for those persons with existing citizenships, from which countries do they have existing citizenship; (d) for the applications reported in (a), what criteria, including evidentiary standards, does the government use to verify each generational link, including cases where civil birth records are missing and alternative evidence is accepted (for example, baptismal records, census records, naturalization documents) as permitted under Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada guidance; (e) of the applications approved or which are awaiting a decision in (a), how many citizenships were granted or were accepted for consideration as a result of the removal of the former first generation cut-off rule, which was removed when Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), received Royal Assent on November 20, 2025; (f) what assessments or internal analyses did the government conduct regarding granting citizenship to applicants whose connection to Canada is considered attenuated or distant, and does the government track such cases by degree or number of generations; and (g) what steps has the government taken to ensure that applicants relying on multigenerational chains of descent satisfy the new statutory requirement for a meaningful connection to Canada? |
Answered |
Monday, May 25, 2026 |
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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? |
Answered |
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? |
Answered |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
