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— No. 421-03899 concerning access to information. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-141-02;

— by Ms. Hardcastle (Windsor—Tecumseh), one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-04216) and one concerning the regulation of food and drugs (No. 421-04217);

— by Mr. Rankin (Victoria), one concerning access to information (No. 421-03899) and one concerning the use of animals in research (No. 421-03900);

Q-2354 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to contract employees, per diem employees or other similar compensation arrangements for all government departments, agencies and Crown corporations, since November 2015: how many people have worked for rates equal to or more than (i) $300/hour, (ii) $400/hour, (iii) $500/hour, (iv) $700/hour, (v) $1,000/hour? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-2354.

Q-2220 — Mr. Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to abbreviations, code names and code words used by departments or agencies: (a) what is the complete list of abbreviations, code names and code words used by departments and agencies in communication between the department or agencies and the minister’s office; and (b) for each abbreviation, code name or code word in (a), whom or to what does it represent or refer? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-2220.

Q-2168 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to the new ministries announced in 2018, including Export Promotion and Organized Crime and Border Security: what is the total of all costs associated with creating each ministry, including the costs for any office renovations resulting from the creation of the ministries, broken down by line item and ministry? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-2168.

Q-2032 — Mr. Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to cyberattacks on government departments and agencies since January 1, 2016, broken down by year: (a) how many attempted cyberattacks on government websites or servers were successfully blocked; (b) how many cyberattacks on government websites or servers were not successfully blocked; and (c) for each cyberattack in (b), what are the details, including (i) date, (ii) departments or agencies targeted, (iii) summary of incident, (iv) whether or not police were informed or charges were laid? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-2032.

Q-2128 — Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly) — With regard to the pensions of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of federal agencies or other federal organizations, since November 2015: (a) how many CEOs are deemed not to be part of the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act; (b) how many times did a minister or any other public office holder order that a CEO be deemed to be part of the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act, broken down by (i) name of CEO, (ii) federal organization, (iii) minister or public office holder responsible for the order, (vi) the rationale behind the order; and (c) what is the estimated total pension income, broken down for each case where a CEO has been deemed part of the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act further to an order? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-2128.

Q-1918 — Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton) — With regard to usage of artificial intelligence (AI) by the government: (a) which departments, agencies, Crown corporations, or other government entities currently use AI; (b) what specific tasks is AI used for; (c) what are the details of all expenditures on commercial AI technology and related products since November 4, 2015, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) description of products or services, including quantity, if applicable, (iv) date of purchase, (v) file number; and (d) what is the government’s policy regarding the use of AI? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1918.

Q-1926 — Mr. Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) — With regard to communications between Google, Netflix or Facebook and the government, since November 4, 2015: what are the details of all emails, letters or other communication, including (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipient, (iv) title or subject matter, (v) summary of contents, (vi) file number, (vii) form (email, letter, telephone call, etc.)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1926.

Q-1392 — Mr. Lukiwski (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan) — With regard to all expenditures on hospitality (Treasury Board Object Code 0822), since January 1, 2017, and broken down by department or agency: what are the details of all expenditures, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) date of expenditure, (iv) start and end date of contract, (v) description of goods or services provided, (vi) file number? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1392-01.

Q-1408 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — With regard to fees collected by government departments and agencies, since December 1, 2016: (a) what is the total amount collected by the government; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected, broken down by department or agency; and (c) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected by specific fee? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1408-01.

Q-1480 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — With regard to expenditures on travel by departments and agencies, since January 1, 2016: what is the total amount of expenditures for each of the following ledger codes (i) 51300, (ii) 51302, (iii) 51304, (iv) 51306, (v) 51308, (vi) 51310, (vii) 51312, (viii) 51314, (ix) 51316, (x) 51318, (xi) 51320, (xii) 51322? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1480.

Q-1465 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — With respect to data, information, or privacy breaches in government departments, institutions, and agencies for 2017 and 2018 to date: (a) how many breaches have occured in total, broken down by (i) department, institution, or agency, (ii) number of individuals affected by the breach; (b) of those breaches identified in (a), how many have been reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, broken down by (i) department, institution, or agency, (ii) number of individuals affected by the breach; and (c) how many breaches are known to have led to criminal activity such as fraud or identity theft, broken down by department, institution, or agency? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1465.

Q-1466 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to the various departments, divisions, or units in the Office of the Prime Minister: (a) what are the various departments, divisions, or units; (b) how many employees are in each referred to in (a); (c) what are the mandates of each department, division, or unit; and (d) what are the budgets of each department, division, or unit? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1466.

Q-1375 — Mr. Arnold (North Okanagan—Shuswap) — With regard to the purchase of promotional products for handouts or giveaways at trade shows, conferences and other events, broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation, since September 19, 2016: (a) what products were purchased; (b) what quantity of each product was purchased; (c) how much was spent on each product; (d) at what events, or type of events, were the products distributed; (e) in which country was each product manufactured; and (f) what is the relevant file number for each purchase? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1375.

Q-1392 — Mr. Lukiwski (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan) — With regard to all expenditures on hospitality (Treasury Board Object Code 0822), since January 1, 2017, and broken down by department or agency: what are the details of all expenditures, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) date of expenditure, (iv) start and end date of contract, (v) description of goods or services provided, (vi) file number? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1392.

Q-1402 — Mr. Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies) — With regard to all government contracts awarded for public relation services, since January 1, 2017, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: what are the details of these contracts, including (i) date of contract, (ii) value of contract, (iii) vendor name, (iv) file number, (v) description of services provided, (vi) start and end dates of services provided, (vii) total value of all contracts? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1402.

Q-1404 — Mr. Liepert (Calgary Signal Hill) — With regard to Access to Information Requests filed between January 1, 2017, and November 1, 2017, broken down by department, agency, Crown Corporation or other government entity: (a) how many requests were received; (b) of those requests in (a), in how many cases were the documents produced within the statutory thirty-day time limit; and (c) in how many cases was there an extension? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1404.

Q-1408 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — With regard to fees collected by government departments and agencies, since December 1, 2016: (a) what is the total amount collected by the government; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected, broken down by department or agency; and (c) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected by specific fee? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1408.

Q-1417 — Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil) — With regard to the use of taxi chits and Uber by the government, broken down by department, agency, and Crown corporation, since December 1, 2016: (a) how much has been spent on taxi chits for government employees; (b) how much has been spent on Uber or other ride sharing companies for government employees; (c) how much has been spent on public transportation for government employees; (d) broken down by ministerial office, including the Office of the Prime Minister, how much has the government spent on taxi chits for ministerial exempt staff; (e) how much has the government spent on Uber or other ride sharing companies for ministerial exempt staff; and (f) how much has the government spent on public transportation for ministerial exempt staff since December 1, 2016? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1417.

Q-1192 — Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) — With regard to government data held on servers physically located outside of Canada as of September 25, 2017, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) which departments, agencies, Crown corporations, or other government entities had data held on servers located outside of Canada; (b) what is the highest security level (secret, top secret, etc.) of documents or data which is located on the servers; (c) where are the servers located; (d) which company owns the servers; (e) which company operates the servers, if different from (d); and (f) how is the Security of Information Act or other relevant laws regarding classified information enforced when classified information is held outside of Canada? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1192.

Q-1200 — Mr. Sopuck (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) — With regard to the decision to split Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada into two separate departments: (a) what is the itemized cost breakdown of all costs associated with the change; (b) who between the Minister of Indigenous Services and the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs is considered the senior Minister for the portfolio; (c) according to the decision-making structure of the organization, which Minister has the ultimate decision-making authority; and (d) if the ultimate decision-making authority is divided amongst the two Ministers, what are the various areas of responsibility of each Minister? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1200.

Q-1184 — Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock) — With regard to the purchase of carbon offset credits by the government, broken down by department, agency, and Crown corporation: (a) what is the total amount purchased in carbon offsets since September 19, 2016; and (b) what are the details of each individual purchase, including, for each, the (i) price of purchase, (ii) date of purchase, (iii) dates of travel, (iv) titles of individuals on trip, (v) origin and destination of trip, (vi) amount of emissions purchase was meant to offset, (vii) name of vendor who received the carbon offset payment? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-1184.

— No. 421-01592 concerning government spending. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-39-05;

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning AIDS (No. 421-01591) and one concerning government spending (No. 421-01592);

Q-904 — Ms. Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) — With regard to the government policy on workplace day care centres: (a) what is the full list of departments or other public service entities in part I, schedule I of the Public Service Labour Relations Act; (b) who is the designated officer within the department or entity who submits questions to the human resources branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada; (c) how many day care centres, broken down by department and city, should be planned so that the actual or proposed number of day care centres does not exceed one centre per 4,000 employees in the municipality or census subdivision as set out in the Geographic Location Master File; (d) what are the results of the surveys of federal public servants, broken down by department; and (e) what cumulative data is required, broken down by department and year, to assess the policy for each department since this policy was implemented? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-904.

Q-914 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — With regard to the procurement of temporary personnel services, broken down by department, agency and crown corporation, by region and by year for every fiscal year from 2011-2012 to 2016-2017: (a) what are the total expenditures for such services, broken down by fiscal year; (b) what amount is spent by each department or government institution, broken down by fiscal year; (c) which companies received contracts to provide temporary personnel services; (d) what is the combined annual total of all contracts awarded to each company in (c); (e) which companies received sole sourced contracts, broken down by dates and amounts; (f) why were the contracts in (e) not competitively sourced; (g) how many people were hired by temporary employment agencies to work for federal department and government institutions across Canada, broken down by fiscal year; (h) how many employees were hired, broken down by fiscal year and by department and government institution; (i) what is the average length of time an employee remains on contract; (j) how many workers, in number and percentage of overall hires, begin on contract and are eventually offered full time positions within the federal civil service; (k) what is the business case for using temporary workers instead of permanent members of the civil service; (l) what savings does the government make in salary, pension and benefits by using temporary workers rather than permanent workers, as a total amount and on an average per worker basis; and (m) what is the average hourly amount a temporary agency receives based on the hourly wage a temporary worker is paid for their labour? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-914.

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 3, 2017, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith), seconded by Ms. Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga), — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11)

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

Ms. Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith), seconded by Ms. Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga), moved, — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11)

Debate arose thereon.

Mrs. McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo), seconded by Ms. Watts (South Surrey—White Rock), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:

Pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), the question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Monday, April 3, 2017, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, May 1, 2017, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

Q-804 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — With regard to departmental entities since October 2015: (a) how many individuals work for each department; (b) what cities do they live in; (c) what cities do they work in; (d) if they no longer work for the department, when they left, how much severance pay were they entitled to; and (e) how much severance pay did they receive (i) on average, (ii) in total? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-804.

— No. 421-01022 concerning government spending. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-39-03;

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning navigable waters (No. 421-01021) and one concerning government spending (No. 421-01022);

— No. 421-00778 concerning government spending. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-39-02;

Q-525 — Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend) — With regard to cyber attacks, broken down by month, and by department, agency, and crown corporation, since January 1, 2016: (a) how many cyber attacks have occurred, either against a department, agency or crown corporation or on one of their servers or networks; (b) how many of the attacks referred to in (a) resulted in government information being stolen; (c) how many of the attacks referred to in (b) resulted in classified government information being stolen; (d) how many of the attacks referred to in (a) resulted in individuals' personal information being stolen; (e) for each of the attacks referred to in (d), how many individuals' personal information were stolen; (f) were the individuals from whom information was stolen informed of the theft, and, if so, how were they informed; and (g) for each case where individuals' information was stolen, was the Privacy Commissioner notified? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-525.

Q-427 — Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) — With regard to privacy breaches since November 4, 2015, broken down by department, agency, crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) how many privacy breaches have occurred; and (b) for each privacy breach, (i) was it reported to the Privacy Commissioner, (ii) how many individuals were affected by each breach, (iii) what were the dates of the privacy breach, (iv) were the individual affected notified that their information may have been compromised, and if so, on what date and by what manner were they notified? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-427-01.

Q-452 — Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) — With regard to fees collected by government departments and agencies, since December 1, 2015: (a) what is the total amount collected by the government; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected, broken down by department or agency; and (c) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected by specific fee? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-452-01.

Q-461 — Mr. Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) tariffs, since January 1, 2016: what are the actual or anticipated costs that each department, agency, and crown corporation has or will pay on an annual basis in SOCAN tariffs for (i) background music, (ii) telephone music on hold, as set out in Tariff Number 15 in Volume 15, Number 26 of the Canada Gazette published on June 25, 2016? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-461-01.

Q-480 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — With regard to harassment incidents since November 4, 2015, broken down by department, agency, and crown corporation: (a) how many harassment incident reports have been received; (b) how many individuals were the subject of complaints; (c) how many individuals were the subject of multiple complaints; (d) how many incidents resulted in formal disciplinary measures; (e) how many individuals faced disciplinary measures related to (d); (f) how many cases were subject to a formal investigation; (g) how many cases were investigated internally; (h) how many cases were investigated by external investigators hired by the government; and (i) how many cases were referred to the police? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-480-01.

Q-482 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — With regard to the purchase of carbon offset credits by the federal government, broken down by department, agency, and crown corporation: (a) what is the total amount purchased in carbon offsets since November 4, 2015; and (b) what are the details of each individual purchase including (i) price of each purchase, (ii) date of purchase, (iii) dates of travel, (iv) titles of individuals on trip, (v) origin and destination of each trip, (vi) amount of emissions purchase was meant to offset, (vii) name of vendor who received the carbon offset payment? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-482-01.

Q-427 — Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) — With regard to privacy breaches since November 4, 2015, broken down by department, agency, crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) how many privacy breaches have occurred; and (b) for each privacy breach, (i) was it reported to the Privacy Commissioner, (ii) how many individuals were affected by each breach, (iii) what were the dates of the privacy breach, (iv) were the individual affected notified that their information may have been compromised, and if so, on what date and by what manner were they notified? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-427.

Q-452 — Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) — With regard to fees collected by government departments and agencies, since December 1, 2015: (a) what is the total amount collected by the government; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected, broken down by department or agency; and (c) what is the monthly breakdown of fees collected by specific fee? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-452.

Q-455 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to projected spending for each department, agency, and crown corporation, what is the projected spending for fiscal year 2016-17, broken down by line object? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-455.

Q-461 — Mr. Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) tariffs, since January 1, 2016: what are the actual or anticipated costs that each department, agency, and crown corporation has or will pay on an annual basis in SOCAN tariffs for (i) background music, (ii) telephone music on hold, as set out in Tariff Number 15 in Volume 15, Number 26 of the Canada Gazette published on June 25, 2016? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-461.

Q-480 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — With regard to harassment incidents since November 4, 2015, broken down by department, agency, and crown corporation: (a) how many harassment incident reports have been received; (b) how many individuals were the subject of complaints; (c) how many individuals were the subject of multiple complaints; (d) how many incidents resulted in formal disciplinary measures; (e) how many individuals faced disciplinary measures related to (d); (f) how many cases were subject to a formal investigation; (g) how many cases were investigated internally; (h) how many cases were investigated by external investigators hired by the government; and (i) how many cases were referred to the police? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-480.

Q-482 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — With regard to the purchase of carbon offset credits by the federal government, broken down by department, agency, and crown corporation: (a) what is the total amount purchased in carbon offsets since November 4, 2015; and (b) what are the details of each individual purchase including (i) price of each purchase, (ii) date of purchase, (iii) dates of travel, (iv) titles of individuals on trip, (v) origin and destination of each trip, (vi) amount of emissions purchase was meant to offset, (vii) name of vendor who received the carbon offset payment? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-482.

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning government spending (No. 421-00778) and one concerning Honduras (No. 421-00779);

Q-209 — Mr. Trost (Saskatoon—University) — With regard to a carbon tax, a mileage tax, or a tax on greenhouse gas emissions: (a) what are the details of all correspondence and briefing materials between all government departments, Crown Corporations and agencies, that were sent or received since October 19, 2015, including but not limited to, (i) the sender, (ii) the recipient, (iii) the dates that correspondence was sent or received; and (b) what are the details of any briefings to ministers or staff which contain mention of a carbon tax, a mileage tax, or a tax on greenhouse gas emissions, that were sent or received since October 19, 2015? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-209.

Q-228 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — With regard to the 2016 Census: (a) which departments and agencies have access to individual responses; (b) how many people have access to individual census responses, broken down by (i) department, (ii) agency; and (c) what are the positions and levels of staff that have access to individual census responses, broken down by (i) department, (ii) agency? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-228.

— by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (20th Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented to the House during the Second Session of the 41st Parliament) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-41), presented to the House on Thursday, May 12, 2016. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-41.

Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton), from the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee, "Implementing Gender-Based Analysis Plus in the Government of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-76.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 4 and 11 to 18) was tabled.

Q-155 — Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — With regard to the licensing or sale of trademarks, official marks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, integrated circuit topographies, or plant breeders’ rights: (a) how much revenue has each department, agency, or Crown Corporation received for each fiscal year since 2006-2007 inclusively; (b) how much has each department, agency, or Crown Corporation spent on enforcement; (c) how many notices has each department, agency, or Crown Corporation issued or transmitted to third parties in respect of alleged infringements; (d) how many actions has each department, agency, or crown corporation commenced against third parties in respect of alleged infringements; and (e) what is the current status of each action identified in (d)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-155.

Q-162 — Mr. Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) — With regard to any government body obligated to respond to requests under the Access to Information Act, from November 4, 2015, to April 22, 2016: (a) how many Access to Information requests have been received; and (b) of those requests in (a), how many (i) were completed within 40 days, (ii) were extended for 40 days, (iii) were extended for 60 days, (iv) were extended for 90 days, (v) were extended for more than 90 days, (vi) missed the deadline to provide the requested information? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-162.

Q-166 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to promotional items, for each department, agency and Crown Corporation : (a) from November 4, 2015, to April 22, 2016, (i) what is the total amount spent on promotional items, (ii) what types of promotional items were purchased, (iii) what is the total amount spent on each type of promotional item, (iv) what is the total volume purchased of each type of promotional item; and (b) what is the current inventory level of each type of promotional item? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-166.

Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee (20th Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented to the House during the Second Session of the 41st Parliament). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-41.

— Nos. 421-00132 and 421-00180 concerning government spending. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-39-01;

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning the electoral system (No. 421-00179) and one concerning government spending (No. 421-00180).