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

With regard to government spending related to the Lac-Mégantic Rail Bypass project: (a) how much has been spent to date by the government on the project, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how much is expected to be spent in the future, from the present until the completion of the project, in total and broken down by type of expense; (c) what are the complete expected expenditures of the government, from the beginning of the project through to its completion, in total and broken down by type of expense; and (d) what are the details of all contracts over $1,000 signed by the government related to the project, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency, broken down by year since January 1, 2018, including the current year to date: (a) how many commercial (i) trains, (ii) train cars, crossed into Canada, in total, and broken down by point of entry for each year; (b) how many of the (i) trains, (ii) train cars, in (a) were physically inspected by the Canada Border Services Agency; (c) how many of the inspected (i) trains, (ii) train cars, contained illegal items; and (d) what is the breakdown of illegal items seized from train cars, including the description and the volume of each item seized?