Q-3346 , 44th Parliament, 1st session November 22, 2021, to January 6, 2025

With regard to Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) and Small Business British Columbia (SBBC): (a) is PacifiCan aware of the appointment of any of its employees to the employee SBBC board of directors (board); (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) what was the name of the employee, (ii) what was their position at both PacifiCan and SBBC, (iii) what was the purpose of their appointment to the SBBC board, (iv) what was the length of their appointment to the board, (v) what financial information did the employee relay to PacifiCan regarding the financial health and strategies of SBBC; (c) since January 1, 2016, how much money, broken down by (i) full date, (ii) contract number, (iii) amount per contract, has PacifiCan awarded SBBC; (d) what were the results, broken down by contract, of PacifiCan's financial performance review in considering SBBC applications for funding; (e) what questions must applicants to PacifiCan funding programs answer in their applications; (f) broken down by question in (e), what metrics does PacifCan use in considering the merit of each question; (g) what were the reasons for the suspension of payments of the latest $2.7 million in funding awarded to SBBC by PacifiCan; (h) in considering the application for funding from SBBC in (g), what were the findings of PacifiCan regarding SBBC's financial health and strategies; and (i) was PacifiCan aware of SBBC's financial circumstances that led them to declare bankruptcy shortly after being approved for the latest $2.7 million in funding?