Debates of Sept. 18th, 2023

(Return tabled)

Question No.1654—

[Niki Ashton, NDP, Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, MB]

With regard to the government’s commitment to close the infrastructure gap on First Nations reserves by 2030: (a) what metrics does the government use to measure the existing gap; (b) what is the government’s current estimate of the infrastructure gap; and (c) does the government believe it is on track to meet the mandate assigned to the minister?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1655—

[Niki Ashton, NDP, Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, MB]

With regard to forms required by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) for on-reserve housing funding, broken down by funding stream: (a) what is the total number of forms required to complete each stage of the application and funding process; (b) what are the details of each form in (a), including the (i) title of the form, (ii) purpose, (iii) number of pages; and (c) what resources has ISC provided to First Nations to assist with completing these forms, broken down by First Nation?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1656—

[Niki Ashton, NDP, Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, MB]

With regard to the Circuit Rider Training Program operated by Indigenous Services Canada, broken down by province or territory and fiscal year since 2015-16: (a) what is the total number of trained experts available to assist First Nations communities; (b) how many site visits did the experts in (a) make, broken down by First Nation visited; (c) what is the total number of individuals who received training and certification funding through this program; (d) how many requests for assistance through this program have been denied or not yet responded to; and (e) for what reason was each visit in (d) denied?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1657—

[Niki Ashton, NDP, Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, MB]

With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) processing times for interactions with taxpayers: (a) what service standards does the CRA apply in issuing notices of assessment for (i) digital individual income tax returns, (ii) paper individual tax returns; (b) reflected as a number and a percentage, what is the amount of notices of assessment that failed to meet the service standards expected in (a) and what is the (i) average time, (ii) median, time to deliver notices of assessment; (c) what is the total number of employees assigned to take telephone inquiries from taxpayers; (d) on average, how many telephone requests from taxpayers does the CRA receive each business day; and (e) what is the average time taxpayers spend on hold when calling the CRA?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1658—

[Daniel Blaikie, NDP, Elmwood—Transcona, MB]

With regard to the $1.2 billion in budget 2022 allocated to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): (a) which tools and resources have been added to expand audits of larger entities and non-residents engaged in aggressive tax planning; (b) what is the total number of new staff added to help with the audits in (a); (c) what is the year-over-year increase in investigations and prosecutions as a result of this investment; (d) what efforts have been made to expand the CRA’s educational outreach; and (e) what is the total amount invested for the purposes of (d)?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1662—

[Laila Goodridge, Conservative, Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, AB]

With regard to funding provided through the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program by Health Canada or Indigenous Services Canada: what are the details of all First Nations treatment centres which are currently receiving funding through the program, including for each, the (i) First Nation, (ii) location, or address, (iii) name of the facility, (iv) programs funded, (v) amount of annual funding provided by Health Canada, (vi) amount of annual funding provided by Indigenous Services Canada?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1663—

[Lisa Marie Barron, NDP, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC]

With regard to the government’s efforts to improve emergency towing capacity along all coasts, broken down by fiscal year: (a) what are the details of all consultations to develop the National Strategy on Emergency Towing, including the (i) date of the consultation, (ii) government representatives and organizations involved, (iii) recommendations provided to the government; (b) what is the total number of emergency towing vessels currently available to respond to incidents on the (i) Western Coast, (ii) Northern waters, (iii) Atlantic Coast; (c) broken down by coast, what were the total number of incidents that the vessels in (b) responded to; and (d) broken down by coast, what was the total number of incidents that the vessels in (b) did not respond to?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1665—

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) insured mortgages, broken down by individual and corporate borrowers for each year since 2017, and by province: (a) how many mortgages have defaulted; (b) what was the value of the mortgages in (a); (c) how many times has CMHC had to repay a bank on behalf of the insured due to mortgage defaults; (d) how much have those defaults cost CMHC; and (e) how has the frequency of defaults increased or decreased, relative to the Bank of Canada interest rate adjustments?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1666—

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's insured mortgages for multi-unit residential properties, broken down by year and by province since 2017: (a) how many mortgages have been insured for real estate investment trusts; and (b) how many mortgages have been insured for other corporate borrowers?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1667—

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

With regard to operating or subsidy agreements related to co-operative, social and community housing, broken down by year and province since 1993: (a) how many agreements have expired; and (b) how many units of co-operative, social and community housing have been lost as a result of the agreements expiring, broken down by type of unit, province and municipality?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1668—

[Tako Van Popta, Conservative, Langley—Aldergrove, BC]

With regard to government funding for the management of aquatic invasive species: (a) what is the total amount of funding provided, broken down by year and by department or agency, between 2016 and 2022; (b) what is the total amount of funding budgeted for 2023, broken down by department or agency; (c) what is the breakdown of (a) by province or territory; (d) what are the details of all such funding provided to provincial or territorial governments since 2016, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) recipient, (iii) amount, (iv) project description and purpose of funding; and (e) what are the details of all such funding provided to organizations since 2016, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) recipient, (iii) amount, (iv) project description and purpose of funding, (v) locations where funding will target invasive species, if applicable?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1672—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

With regard to the government’s flagging of social media accounts or pages: (a) since 2016, have any specific social media accounts or pages been flagged by either Canadian Heritage or the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as examples of potential “harmful content” or “misinformation”; (b) how many accounts or pages in (a) were hosted on (i) YouTube, (ii) Facebook, (iii) Twitter, (iv) Instagram, (v) Reddit, (vi) Google search, (vii) other platforms, broken down by platform; (c) of accounts or pages in (b), what are the usernames of the flagged accounts and what is the specific reason why each account was flagged; (d) of the accounts in (a), what is the breakdown of the reasons for having flagged these accounts or pages by the number of times each reason was used; and (e) has the government taken any action in relation to the accounts or pages flagged in (a), and, if so, what specific actions were taken?

(Return tabled)