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Q-756
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
With regard to external professional services and consulting contracts awarded by the Government of Canada since 2024: (a) as of December 10, 2025, what is the total number of active consulting contracts, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) type of service, (iii) contract value category (under $100,000, $100,000 to $1 million, over $1 million); (b) of the contracts in (a), how many were awarded through non-competitive processes, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) rationale provided for the non-competitive award, (iii) total value of such contracts; (c) of the contracts in (a), how many have been amended to increase their scope or dollar value since being awarded, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) number of amendments per contract, (iii) average percentage increase in contract value, (iv) total additional cost resulting from the amendments; (d) of the contracts in (a), how many have been identified as redundant or overlapping with internal government expertise, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) consulting firm involved, (iii) estimated cost of the duplication; (e) what was the total amount spent on external consulting contracts during the (i) 2024 calendar year, (ii) 2024–25 fiscal year, (iii) 2025 calendar year to date, broken down by department or agency, vendor name, type of service and whether the contract was awarded competitively or non-competitively; (f) what specific measures has the government taken to reduce spending and strengthen oversight, including (i) the number of contracts terminated, cancelled or not renewed, (ii) the estimated savings achieved, (iii) details of any new guidelines implemented, (iv) the timelines for achieving announced reductions in consulting spending; and (g) what internal capacity-building initiatives have been funded to reduce reliance on external consultants, including the (i) total investment in such initiatives, (ii) projected long-term savings compared to continuing to outsource similar work? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Q-755
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada small craft harbours and federal funding directed to harbours since 2015: (a) which small craft harbours have submitted applications or formal requests for federal funding for harbour-related projects, including applications to (i) the Small Craft Harbours program, (ii) other federal departments, (iii) programs related to disaster relief, climate adaptation or other special federal initiatives; (b) for each application in (a), what are the details, including the (i) harbour name, (ii) geographic location, (iii) department or program to which the request was submitted, (iv) proponent (harbour authority, municipality, Indigenous community, or an internal Fisheries and Oceans Canada submission), (v) scope of the proposed work, (vi) proposed budget; (c) for each harbour in (a), regardless of whether the application was approved, what is the landed value of catch associated with that harbour, broken down by fiscal year since 2015; (d) for each application in (a) that was not approved, what are the details, including (i) the reasons for non-approval, (ii) whether the proposal remains under consideration or has been resubmitted; (e) which small craft harbours are recognized or eligible under the Small Craft Harbours program, and, of these, which have not received any federal funding since 2015; (f) which harbours currently have requested a tender for harbour improvement projects, and, for each, what is the (i) scope of the work, (ii) estimated cost, (iii) landed value of catch, broken down by fiscal year; (g) for each fiscal year since 2015, what amount of funding originally allocated to the Small Craft Harbours program was reallocated to emergency harbour rebuilds, storm-related repairs or jointly funded projects with other federal departments, broken down by province or territory; and (h) for each fiscal year since 2015, what were the complete financial details of the Small Craft Harbours program, including (i) total program authorities, (ii) total program spending, (iii) capital project spending, (iv) operational and personnel spending, (v) all harbour projects funded in that year, including the amount allocated and the federal departments providing the funding? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Q-171
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's temporary public policy, first introduced in May 2020, and renewed in March 2025, which allows foreign nationals in Canada on closed work permits to change employers or occupations prior to receiving a new work permit: (a) how many foreign nationals have received temporary authorization under this public policy to change employers, or occupations, each year since its inception, broken down by (i) province or territory of employment or residence, (ii) National Occupation Classification code of the original job, (iii) National Occupation Classification code of the new job; (b) what is the average and median processing time for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to issue an interim authorization email or authorization letter or approval to applicants under this policy in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022, (iv) 2023, (v) 2024, (vi) to date in 2025; (c) what is the average time elapsed between receiving interim authorization and the final decision on the underlying work permit application for each month since 2020; (d) how many applications under this policy have been refused or denied since 2020, and for what reasons, broken down by year and month; (e) how many foreign nationals working under this interim policy were later found to have violated the terms of their work authorization or status, and what enforcement actions, if any, were taken by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or the Canada Border Services Agency; (f) has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or Employment and Social Development Canada conducted any economic, labour market, or program integrity analysis of the temporary public policy that allows foreign nationals on closed work permits to change employers or occupations prior to receiving a new permit, including, but not limited to, assessments of (i) its impact on job availability or displacement for Canadian citizens and permanent residents,
(ii) its effect on wage levels and working conditions in affected sectors, (iii) any evidence of program
misuse, fraud, or employer non-compliance, (iv) any implications for the integrity of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program or International Mobility Program, and, if so, what were the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of these assessments, and will the government table the reports or summaries of findings in the House; (g) what consultations, if any, were conducted prior to the extension of the policy in March 2025, and with which stakeholder groups; (h) on what dates were consultations in (g) held, through what formats, and what feedback was provided, broken down by each group; (i) how many foreign nationals who applied under this temporary public policy subsequently submitted asylum claims in Canada, broken down by (i) those whose applications under the policy were refused, (ii) those whose applications under the policy were approved and who were later issued a new work permit, (iii) calendar year and month from 2020 to 2025 to date, (iv) country of citizenship, (v) province or territory where the asylum claim was made,
(vi) the status or outcome of each claim, categorized as pending, accepted, or rejected? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
