Q-519 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Canada Infrastructure Bank: (a) since its establishment in 2017, what proportion of the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s total lending portfolio has gone to projects that involve foreign contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers or shipyards; (b) what are the projects in (a) and with which foreign entities did each project engage; (c) what criteria are used by the Canada Infrastructure Bank to determine the “Value to Canada” score for project eligibility; (d) for how many and which projects in (a) did the Canada Infrastructure Bank know, prior to signing the loan agreement, that foreign contractors were involved; (e) since 2020, (i) how many Canada Infrastructure Bank-funded or financed projects have undergone review for national security or supply-chain vulnerabilities at any stage of the project, including pre-financial close or post-financial close, (ii) what are those projects, (iii) what were the outcomes of those reviews; and (f) what due-diligence processes does the government use to verify that foreign-built infrastructure financed by the Canada Infrastructure Bank complies with Canadian labour, environmental and human rights standards?