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

With regard to government information on convictions and sentencing, since 2016 and broken down by year: (a) how many individuals have been convicted of (i) extortion, (ii) robbery, (iii) theft of a motor vehicle; (b) of the convictions in (a)(iii), how many were obtained (i) on summary conviction, (ii) by indictment; (c) what percentage of convictions, for each offence in (a), resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial sentence; (d) for the sentences in (c)(i), what was the average length of the sentence for each offence type; and (e) for offenders who received a sentence in (c)(i), what was the average length of time spent in full-time custody for each offence type?

With regard to government information about service disruptions to telecommunications networks in Canada that were caused in whole or in part by theft, attempted theft or vandalism of copper or other metal components of network infrastructure, for the period from January 1, 2020, to the most recent date for which data is available: (a) how many such service disruptions have been reported by telecommunications service providers to the government, broken down by year and by municipality; (b) for each disruption in (a), what was the estimated number of affected customers and the duration of the disruption; (c) how many of the disruptions in (a) affected (i) wireline telephone service, (ii) mobile phone service, (iii) internet service, (iv) access to 911 emergency services; (d) for each year in the period, what proportion of the total number of reported service disruptions to telecommunications networks was attributable, in whole, or in part to theft, attempted theft or vandalism of copper or other metal components; and (e) what guidance, directives or requirements, if any, has the government issued to telecommunications service providers regarding the reporting, prevention and mitigation of service disruptions linked to theft, attempted theft or vandalism of copper or other metal components of network infrastructure?