Q-1030 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

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Michael D. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills North)
Date asked
April 9, 2026
Answered
May 27, 2026
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Privy Council Office
With regard to the portion of the initial response by the Prime Minister and the Privy Council Office to Order Paper Question Q-788 stating that "Topics of human rights and foreign interference were not brought up proactively by the Canadian Prime Minister" and the portion of the revised response to Order Paper Question Q-788 stating that "While in Beijing, Canada's position on areas of concern, including human rights, were raised proactively at multiple levels, including by the Prime Minister with his counterparts": (a) who signed the required Statement of Completeness to the initial response to Order Paper Question Q-788, and on what date was it signed; (b) when was the Office for the Coordination of Parliamentary Returns in the Privy Council Office first notified that the initial response was false, and who notified the office; (c) what are the details of all communication within the Privy Council Office, between the Privy Council Office and the Office of the Prime Minister, and between the Privy Council Office and third parties, including journalists, about the response, between the time when the initial response was tabled on March 13, 2026, and the time when the revised response was tabled on March 23, 2026, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipients, (iv) type of communication (memo, email, text message, etc.), (v) title, (vi) summary of the contents; and (d) at which specific meetings did the Prime Minister discuss human rights while in Beijing, and who was in attendance at each meeting who witnessed and can verify the revised claim?
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