Q-429 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the War Crimes Program and the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, since the creation of the program: (a) how many cases of alleged perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have been processed, analyzed, and investigated by the program, including by the Canada Border Services Agency, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section, and the Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, in total, and broken down by year; (b) of the cases in (a), how many were deemed to have been founded; (c) since the beginning of the program, and broken down by year, how many people have been (i) refused entry to Canada, (ii) deported from Canada, on the grounds that they had committed or were suspected of having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide, or had been complicit in such crimes; (d) of the cases in (c) where deportation occurred, what is the breakdown by country they were extradited to; (e) what is the current number of individuals suspected of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide who are subject to removal proceedings from Canada, including those subject to extradition or surrender to an international tribunal; (f) for each of the last 10 years, what has been the annual budget for the War Crimes Program and how many people work within the program or within the units responsible for processing, investigating or analyzing cases involving alleged perpetrators or accomplices of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, at (i) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (ii) the Canada Border Services Agency, (iii) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (iv) Department of Justice Canada; (g) in the latest federal budget, how much funding is allocated to criminal investigations and prosecutions, removals and visa denials; and (h) what specific efforts, if any, has the program made over the past five years to raise awareness of the program among the Canadian population?