Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care system, for the last fiscal year for which the information is available: (a) what was the total amount of federal funding provided; (b) how much of the federal funding was used for (i) payments directly to child care providers, (ii) overhead and administration; (c) excluding the amounts provided through child care funding agreements, what was the total amount spent operating the Federal Secretariat on Early Learning and Child Care, in total and broken down by line item; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by each province, territory, First Nation, or other entity with which the government has signed a Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care funding agreement?

With regard to Canada Student Loan Forgiveness and the decision to change the definition of an eligible community, which came into effect on November 6, 2024: (a) what was the reason for the change; (b) which minister approved this change and on what date; (c) what are the names of all the communities which were included under the definition prior to November 6, 2024, but are no longer included; and (d) what are the names of all the communities which were not included under the previous definition, but did become eligible as of November 6, 2024; (e) for each community in (c), what criteria do they no longer meet to be included as an eligible community; and (f) for each community in (d), what criteria did they meet to be newly included as an eligible community?

With regard to wait times at Service Canada Centres: what was the average wait time, broken down by each Service Canada Centre location for each of the last 24 months?

With regard to Transport Canada and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority: (a) at which airports are Canadian Air Transport Security Authority employees responsible for conducting all screening and at which airports do contracted third-parties, such as Paladin Airport Security Services, conduct screening; (b) for each airport where a third-party has been contracted to conduct screening, which third-parties have been contracted; (c) what are the details of all contracts or funding agreements with third-parties currently in place related to screening, including, for each, the (i) date signed, (ii) vendor, (iii) annual contract value, (iv) services provided, overall and broken down by each airport, (v) number of screeners working at each airport under the contract; (d) how are the third-party screeners hired to work at Canadian airports trained by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority; (e) what is the rationale for why Canadian Air Transport Security Authority employees do not provide all screening services at all Canadian airports; and (f) has the government or the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority analyzed whether secondary screening rates of passengers is higher at airports where third-parties provide the screening services, and, if so, what were the results of the analysis?

With regard to the Public Service Pension Plan for the current fiscal year: (a) what is the current surplus or deficit of the Public Service Pension Fund, expressed both in dollar value and as a percentage; (b) on what date did the plan first enter into a surplus position; (c) on what date did the surplus reach the level considered to be a “non-permitted surplus” under the Funding Policy for the Public Sector Pension Plans and the applicable superannuation legislation; (d) pursuant to section 7.4 of the Funding Policy, on what date did government employer contributions cease as a result of the surplus exceeding the non-permitted surplus limit; (e) on what date did government employer contributions resume, and, if applicable, what was the dollar value and percentage surplus or deficit of the plan at that time; (f) pursuant to section 7.3 of the Funding Policy, what is the current dollar value and percentage of the surplus being retained in the plan as a prudent margin, and has the President of the Treasury Board recommended overriding this normal operating practice at any time during the current fiscal year, and, if so, when; and (g) pursuant to section 7.3 of the Funding Policy, what dollar value and percentage are considered to constitute a “prudent margin”?

With regard to the usage of the government's fleet of aircraft, broken down by type of aircraft (Challenger, Polaris, Airbus, etc.) since October 1, 2025: (a) what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel; and (b) excluding flights used to transport Canadian Armed Forces members, what are the details of all requests for aircraft usage, including (i) the date of the request, (ii) who made the request, (iii) whether the request was approved, (iv) who approved or denied the request, (v) the requested origin and destination, (vi) the requested dates of travel, (vii) the stated purpose of the trip?

With regard to the Temporary Foreign Worker tip line: (a) how many leads that were received and reviewed, and that were deemed to require follow-up action, are still awaiting action; (b) what are the average time and service standard between when a call is deemed to require follow-up action and when the action is taken; and (c) how many employees or full-time equivalents are currently working to clear the backlog in (a)?

With regard to government information on the imports and exports of infant formula, broken down by year for each of the last three years: (a) how much formula has been (i) imported, (ii) exported; and (b) how much revenue has been received by the government from (i) import fees or tariffs, (ii) export fees or tariffs?

With regard to expenditures by the Canadian Forces Housing Agency, since January 1, 2023: (a) what was the total amount spent on military housing (i) repairs, (ii) maintenance, (iii) new builds, (iv) capital investments, broken down by year and military base; (b) what are the details of each repair, renovation or new construction project costing over $50,000, including the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) cost, (iv) project description; (c) what are the details of all contracts signed with consultants, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) contract value, (iv) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid), (v) description of the goods or services provided, including the scope of the work, if known; and (d) which items in (b) had a cost overrun, and, for each such project, (i) how much was the cost overrun, (ii) what was the reason for the cost overrun?

With regard to visas revoked by the government, broken down by year since 2018, including 2025 to date: (a) what was the total number of visas revoked (not expired), broken down by type of visa; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by reason for the revocation?

With regard to temporary resident visas, since 2022 and broken down by year: (a) how many individuals in Canada on temporary resident visas fled Canada after allegedly committing a crime; (b) of those who fled, how many fled (i) while a charge was pending, (ii) after being charged, but prior to a verdict, (iii) after being convicted, but before completing their sentence; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by type of visa and by type of criminal offense; (c) how many visas has the government revoked after the visa holder fled the country; and (d) how many visas has the government revoked following a criminal charge or conviction, broken down by type of visa and type of criminal (i) charge, (ii) conviction?

With regard to Labour Market Impact Assessment exemption streams: (a) broken down by year since January 1, 2020, how many different (i) employers, (ii) employees, have received exemptions; (b) what is the breakdown of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) by exemption code, an what does each code represent; (c) what are the names of the employers that have received exemptions; and (d) for each employer in (c), how many employees were allowed to work in Canada as a result of exemptions, broken down by exemption code?

With regard to incidents involving Microsoft's cloud services referenced in the "National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026" and, specifically, the compromise of Microsoft Exchange Online during the summer of 2023, the breach of Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise service by Russian state-sponsored actors in January 2024, and the Azure disruption in July 2024: (a) which government departments or agencies were impacted by the compromise of Microsoft Exchange Online in the summer of 2023; (b) which government departments or agencies were impacted by Russian state-sponsored actors accessing Microsoft's corporate email accounts in January 2024; (c) which government departments or agencies were impacted by the Microsoft Azure cloud service disruption in July 2024; and (d) for the incidents in (a), (b), and (c), what was the (i) nature, (ii) date, (iii) duration, of the impact on government operations?

With regard to the finding of the "National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026" that vendor concentration in technology services increases cyber vulnerability: (a) what is the government's current assessment of its own level of dependence on dominant technology service providers, across all departments and agencies; (b) has the government conducted any specific studies or analyses, since January 1, 2023, to quantify its dependency on individual dominant technology service providers, and, if so, what are the details and findings of each such study or analysis; and (c) has the government formally identified specific dominant technology service providers whose compromise could lead to cascading disruptions of essential government services or endanger national security, and, if so, what are the names of these identified dominant service providers?

With regard to contracts provided by the government to McKinsey & Company since January 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) the amount, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the topics related to the goods or services, (vi) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vii) whether or not the goals or objectives were met, (viii) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process?