Q-961 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the acquisition of body armour by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police since January 1, 2023: (a) how many sets of body armour have been purchased, broken down by year; (b) what was the cost of each set purchased and the total annual cost of all such purchases; (c) what is the total amount spent by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on body armour during this period; (d) where have the purchased sets of body armour been distributed across the country, including a breakdown by division, detachment or region; (e) has the Royal Canadian Mounted Police implemented the recommendation at paragraph 5.36 from Report 5: Equipping Officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in the Reports of the Auditor General of Canada from 2019, which states that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police should ensure it has the necessary information at the national level to determine whether detachments across the country have enough hard body armour for it to meet its obligations under the Canada Labour Code, and, if so, what measures or systems have been implemented to meet this recommendation; and (f) does the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have the necessary information at the national level to determine whether they have the hard body armour to meet their obligations under the Canada Labour Code?