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Q-1021
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Thursday, April 9, 2026 |
With regard to court cases involving the government and Indigenous organizations in the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada over the past 10 years: (a) what is the total amount spent by the government on legal costs, including internal and external counsel, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) type of claim; (b) what is the breakdown of the amount spent on legal costs by case name; (c) what is the total amount paid by the government in settlements, court awards and negotiated agreements, broken down by category of claim and by case; and (d) what is the total value of outstanding liabilities, including amounts committed but not yet paid, resulting from court decisions and settlement agreements with Indigenous organizations? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 |
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Q-1020
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Thursday, April 9, 2026 |
With regard to the 2% budget reduction to Indigenous Services Canada announced in budget 2025: (a) how many employees have been affected by budget cuts, including layoffs, terminations and positions eliminated; (b) how many of the affected employees who were laid off, terminated or have eliminated positions self-identify as Indigenous; and (c) what is the breakdown of these reductions by (i) region, (ii) branch or sector, (iii) occupational group and classification level? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 |
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Q-1019
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Thursday, April 9, 2026 |
With regard to bonuses or performance pay paid out at Indigenous Services Canada, broken down by year since 2021: (a) what was the total amount paid out in bonuses and performance pay; (b) how many and what percentage of officials (i) at or above the executive level or equivalent, (ii) below the executive level or equivalent, received bonuses or performance pay; (c) of the amount paid out in bonuses and performance pay, how much went to officials (i) at or above the executive level or equivalent, (ii) below the executive level or equivalent; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) through (c) by region? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 |
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Q-574
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Monday, November 17, 2025 |
With regard to Jordan's Principle funding: (a) what was the total amount (i) budgeted, (ii) lapsed, (iii) reprofiled, each year since 2016; (b) how many requests for funding were received each year since 2016; (c) of the requests in (b), how many were (i) granted, (ii) denied; (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by year the decision was made; (e) what are the internal service standards for receiving, processing, and fulfilling (i) individual, (ii) group, requests; (f) what are the government's estimates on how many children died or experienced serious adverse health outcomes while waiting for an approved Jordan's Principle service between 2016 and 2025; (g) what measures has Indigenous Services Canada implemented to ensure equitable access for children living off-reserve or attending public (non-First-Nation-operated) schools; (h) what percentage of funding for school services currently is going to subsidize non-Indigenous students; (i) what mechanisms does Indigenous Services Canada use to ensure that Jordan's Principle funding directed to off-reserve schools is proportionate to the number of eligible First Nations children, and not a general subsidy to provincial education systems; (j) what audits, if any, has the government undertaken to assess whether Jordan's Principle-funded positions in off-reserve or mixed-enrolment schools also provide services to non-eligible students, and what were the findings of each; (k) how does the government screen applications for fraud; (l) what is the rate, or suspected rate, of attempted fraud on application; (m) what are the details of all consultations undertaken with the Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, or other Indigenous organizations before and after implementing the 2025 operational changes; (n) what evaluation has been conducted to determine whether the February 2025 policy changes are consistent with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders on Jordan's Principle; (o) what agreements has the government entered into with provinces and territories since 2022 to clarify cost-sharing or reimbursement for Jordan's Principle services delivered off-reserve; (p) what performance metrics does the government use to evaluate Jordan's Principle service delivery (timeliness, satisfaction, equality outcomes), and what were the most recent results for each; (q) has the government completed any child rights impact assessment on Jordan's Principle, and, if so, what were the findings, conclusions and recommendations; and (r) what data-sharing agreements exist among federal departments and with provinces to track outcomes of Jordan's Principle recipients, and how does the government ensure compliance with privacy and data-sovereignty principles? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-573
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Monday, November 17, 2025 |
With regard to the government's response to "2021 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal 41: Order": (a) what are the details of all CHRT 41 projects developed or submitted since 2021, including their status (in development with Indigenous Services Canada, submitted, triaged, assessed, approved for feasibility, under revision, approved for construction, under construction, substantially complete, fully complete), broken down by fiscal year and region; (b) what are the service standards for CHRT 41 capital decisions at each stage; (c) how often were the service standards met; (d) what prioritization model is used to rank CHRT 41 projects; (e) what were the administrative costs to run CHRT 41 (broken down by headquarters and regions) and the capital outlay, broken down by fiscal year; (f) of approved projects, how many serve people (i) on-reserve, (ii) off-reserve, (iii) both on- and off-reserve; (g) of the approved projects, how many are single‑purpose First Nations child and family services, or for the delivery of services under Jordan's Principle projects, and how many are for multi-use facilities that include other services; (h) how many approved CHRT 41 requests included vehicles or mobile units (for example, outreach vans), and what were the average approved cost per unit and delivery times; (i) what is the government's current definition of (i) ready to proceed, (ii) feasibility study, (iii) substantial completion, used for CHRT 41; (j) what are the details of all changes that have been made to guidance used for CHRT 41 since 2021-22, including the dates and affected sections of each; and (k) what regional directives, decision trees, or interpretation bulletins have been issued to program staff regarding CHRT 41 since 2021-22? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-566
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
With regard to the Indigenous Business Directory and the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business: (a) how many businesses were removed from the directory, broken down by year of removal since January 1, 2020; (b) what were the names of the businesses removed in (a); (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by reason the company was removed; (d) of the businesses removed, how many and which ones (i) were asked to pay back money due to misrepresentation or now being ineligible to be awarded the contract, (ii) have been barred or restricted from bidding on future government contracts, (iii) faced other punitive measures from the government, broken down by type; (e) has the government referred anything related to the directory or anything related to companies misrepresenting their qualification as an Indigenous business to law enforcement since January 1, 2020, and, if so, how many businesses were referred, on what dates, which businesses (broken down by date of the referral); (f) since January 1, 2020, what is the value of the contracts awarded to companies which have since been removed from the Indigenous Business Directory, in total and broken down by company; (g) of the amounts in (f), how much has been repaid to date; and (h) is the National Capital Commission bound by the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business, and, if not, why not? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-214
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 |
With regard to Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey statement that "[e]xcluded from the survey's coverage are persons living on reserves and other Indigenous settlements in the provinces": (a)
why does the Labour Force Survey exclude such persons; (b) does Statistics Canada track or study the employment statistics on reserves and settlements by another method and, if so, what is the alternative method; and (c) what is Statistics Canada's projection or estimate of what the most recent national labour force data is, including the employment and unemployment rates, without this exclusion? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-213
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 |
With regard to the government's proposed capital gains tax increase which was cancelled in March 2025: (a) prior to the cancellation, how much was spent by the Canada Revenue Agency on implementing the increase, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; (b) prior to the cancellation, how many tax filers paid extra tax as a result of the proposed increase and what was the amount of extra tax paid; (c) of the extra tax paid in (b), how much has been refunded to date and to how many tax filers; (d) why did the Canada Revenue Agency continue to collect this tax after it became clear in 2024 that it would not receive parliamentary approval; (e) is it the position of the Canada Revenue Agency that it can take action, with the full knowledge that Parliament does not approve and, if so, who at the Agency is responsible for this position; and (f) if the position in (e) is not the Agency's position, why did it act that way in this instance? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
