Q-445 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the statement made at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, on October 2, 2025, by Uyen Hoang, Director General, Citizenship Branch, at the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, that “we do have a program called entry and exit, [...] there are mechanisms in place in order to know when an individual is leaving a country” and the fact that both the Department of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship and the Canada Border Services Agency have stated multiple times in answer to Order Paper Questions (such as Q-2214 and Q-2532 from the 44th Parliament) that the government does not track when people exit the country: (a) does such a program exist; (b) if yes in (a), what is the government’s explanation as to why the department and the agency provided false information to Parliament; (c) if yes in (a), when did the Clerk of the Privy Council become aware that false information was provided to Parliament; (d) if yes in (a), what disciplinary action will be taken by the Privy Council Office against the officials responsible for preparing this false information to Parliament; (e) if yes in (a), has the Privy Council Office done a complete review of all Order Paper Questions from the 44th Parliament to ensure that they are aware of all instances where this false information was provided to Parliament; (f) will the government be correcting the record by providing revised responses to Order Paper questions Q-2214 and Q-2532 from the 44th Parliament; and (g) is the government planning on issuing any type of apology to Canadians for the tabling of this false information, and, if so, how and when will the apology be delivered?