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

With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada story from November 14, 2024, titled "CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds": (a) why did the Canada Revenue Agency launch a witch hunt or similar type of investigation against whistleblowers; (b) who ordered the investigation; (c) what resources is the Canada Revenue Agency using to conduct the investigation, including the number of employees or full-time equivalents who are involved in the investigation; (d) has the Canada Revenue Agency taken any action against those employees who authorized the issuing of the bogus refunds, and, if so, what are the details, including the number of employees who were reprimanded or fired; (e) if the Canada Revenue Agency has not taken action against those employees in (d), why not; (f) has the Canada Revenue Agency contacted the Ontario Provincial Police's Anti-Rackets Branch or requested they conduct an investigation, and, if so, when were they contacted; (g) is the Canada Revenue Agency aware of any instances where Canada Revenue Agency employees have altered taxpayers' banking information, and, if so, how many taxpayers' banking information was altered; (h) did the Canada Revenue Agency contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police regarding any of the instances in (g), and, if so, on what date; (i) since the story broke, has the Canada Revenue Agency implemented any additional security precautions to protect the banking information of taxpayers, and, if so, what measures have been taken and on which dates; (j) what specific security measures related to protecting banking information did the Canada Revenue Agency have in place prior to the story; (k) was the system used to monitor those who prepare tax returns' (e.g. H&R Block) access to bank account information also in place to monitor Canada Revenue Agency employees, and, if not, why not; (l) following the incidents which led to the story, has the Canada Revenue Agency conducted a complete audit of all logins which included Canada Revenue Agency employees changing taxpayers banking information; (m) has the Canada Revenue Agency checked reports of fraud against the records of Canada Revenue Agency employee logins, and, if so, what were the results; and (n) if the answer to (m) is no, why has the Canada Revenue Agency not checked this?

With regard to governance and human resources oversight at Farm Credit Canada since January 1, 2023: (a) what is the current organizational structure for human resources oversight, including whether the Chief Executive Officer has held concurrent responsibility for human resources functions; (b) what policies are in place to manage conflicts of interest when complaints concern senior executives; (c) how are complaints regarding the Chief Executive Officer or other senior executives received, assessed and investigated; (d) how many complaints, grievances, ethics reports or disclosures have been submitted since January 1, 2023, broken down by (i) type of complaint, (ii) whether the subject was a senior executive, (iii) whether an investigation was initiated, (iv) the outcome of the investigation, if any; (e) how many disclosures have been made under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, since January 1, 2023, and how many involved senior leadership; (f) how many employees, past or present, have been asked to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements since 2018, broken down by year and by reason for the need of a Non-Disclosure Agreement; (g) do any of the Non-Disclosure Agreements prevent past or present employees from filing complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission; (h) what measures are in place to ensure employees are protected from reprisal when submitting anonymous surveys, ethics complaints or disclosures; (i) what policies govern the protection of employee medical information and client information during internal meetings; and (j) has any external review, audit or independent assessment been conducted regarding workplace culture, ethics compliance or executive conduct, and, if so, what were the findings?