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

With regard to the National Research Council of Canada: what is the number of 'Large Value Contribution' non-dilutive grants, from $1 million up to $10 million, the National Research Council of Canada has awarded, broken down by province, specific locations within each province, and the firms who received these grants, over the last 10 years?

With regard to the National Research Council of Canada: what is the number of non-dilutive grants, up to $1 million, the National Research Council of Canada has awarded, broken down by province, specific locations within each province, and the firms who received these grants, over the last 10 years?

With regard to the National Research Council's industrial technology advisors: where are the industrial technology advisors located and how many advisors are at each location?

With regard to Elections Canada, for each of the 2019, 2021 and 2025 general elections, in total and broken down by electoral district, for each part of the question: (a) how many applications for vote-by-mail ballots were (i) requested, (ii) denied; (b) how many vote-by-mail ballots were (i) sent out, (ii) received, (iii) counted, (iv) rejected; (c) what is the breakdown of each part of (b) by ballots sent to voters within Canada versus those outside of Canada; and (d) for Canadian citizens residing outside of Canada, what is the process for determining what riding they vote in, and how does Election Canada verify the accuracy of the information used to determine the riding?

With regard to Elections Canada and special ballot data, for each of the 2019, 2021 and 2025 general elections, in total and broken down by electoral district, for each part of the question: (a) how many special ballots were issued to electors living (i) in their riding and voting by mail from inside their riding, (ii) in their riding and voting at an Elections Canada office inside their riding, (iii) in their riding and voting by mail from outside their riding, (iv) in their riding and voting at an Elections Canada office outside their riding, (v) outside of Canada and voting by mail from outside their riding; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a)(i) to (a)(v) by each of the five types of special voting rules for electors?

With regard to Elections Canada and the 2025 general election: (a) what is the full breakdown of the processing of special ballots, including how and when they are counted; (b) does Elections Canada record a distinction between special ballots in person and special ballots used to vote by mail; (c) what is the full breakdown of the processing of advance polling and the counting of those ballots, including the transportation of ballot boxes used in advance polling locations to their storage and counting locations; (d) who processes vote-by-mail ballot requests and what are the criteria to accept or reject requests to vote by mail; (e) where are vote-by-mail ballots counted; (f) is Elections Canada aware of any instances of voters being told at the poll that they had already voted by mail-in ballot when they had not, and, if so, how many instances are they aware of, broken down by riding; (g) what is the process for poll workers to notify Elections Canada when the situation outlined in (f) occurs; (h) how does Elections Canada define (i) voting kit, (ii) special ballot, (iii) vote-by-mail, and have any of these definitions changed in the past 10 years, and, if so, what are the details, including the date of the change and the previous definition; and (i) on what date will the "raw data" of the 2025 Canadian federal election be made available online?