Q-735 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to any actual, planned, proposed or exploratory involvement of Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates in projects financed, co-financed, guaranteed, supported or otherwise facilitated by the Canada Infrastructure Bank or the Government of Canada, since 2017: (a) what past, current or pending Canada Infrastructure Bank investments have involved Brookfield or any Brookfield-controlled entity, including, for each investment, (i) the name and location of the project, (ii) the total project cost, (iii) the amount of Canada Infrastructure Bank financing, (iv) the form of financing (for example, loan, equity, guarantee, revenue agreement, or other), (v) the role played by Brookfield or its subsidiaries, (vi) the contractual or ownership structure of the project, (vii) all due-diligence steps undertaken prior to approval, (viii) the date on which the project was approved; (b) has the government or the Canada Infrastructure Bank had any discussions, meetings, correspondence, memoranda or briefings since January 1, 2022, relating to potential collaboration with Brookfield on digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence infrastructure, cloud or compute infrastructure or any other project category added to the Canada Infrastructure Bank mandate in budget 2025, and, if so, what are the details of each communication, including (i) the date, (ii) the participating officials, (iii) the subject matter discussed, (iv) a summary of the briefing materials or decks exchanged, (v) any recorded outcomes or next steps; (c) has the government or the Canada Infrastructure Bank evaluated Brookfield as a potential delivery partner for artificial intelligence compute infrastructure, sovereign cloud capacity, national analytics systems or any other digital infrastructure projects referenced in budget 2025, and, if so, what were the findings; (d) has the government ever considered or evaluated a structure similar to the “Maple Fund” proposal reported publicly in September 2024, and, if so, (i) which departments or Crown corporations were involved, (ii) which pension funds were consulted, (iii) what due diligence or policy analysis was conducted, (iv) were any aspects of that model incorporated into the strategic financing framework announced in budget 2025; and (e) what safeguards, if any, has the government implemented to ensure that the expanded Canada Infrastructure Bank mandate for digital and artificial intelligence infrastructure does not result in undue influence, concentration of control or preferential positioning for any single private entity or asset manager, including Brookfield?