Debates of Jan. 29th, 2024

Question No.1987—

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

With regard to direction or advice provided by the government to pathologists or provincial coroners’ offices, since January 1, 2020: (a) has any direction or advice been given regarding the need to perform autopsies related to (i) post-vaccination deaths, (ii) vaccinated persons or children of a vaccinated mother who die of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, respectively, (iii) those vaccinated persons whose cause of death is considered “uncertain”, “unknown” or “undetermined”, (iv) those vaccinated healthy individuals who died suddenly and unexpectedly; (b) for each positive response in (a), what was the date and direction or advice provided; (c) for each negative response in (a), why was no direction or advice provided; (d) has the government provided specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) recommendations or other guidance to provincial coroners’ offices to enable identification (via immunostaining) of the spike protein or the SARSCoV-2 nucleocapsid protein in organ tissues, and, if so, (i) how was this protocol developed, and by whom, (ii) what was the recommendation or guidance; (e) if the answer to (d) is negative, has Health Canada or any federal health agency or organization offered funding to develop said assays; (f) how has the government been differentiating between vaccine-related and vaccine-unrelated deaths; (g) has the government tracked autopsies of persons whose deaths have subsequently been considered as correlated with, or caused by the mRNA vaccines, and, if so, what does the data from the autopsies show; (h) if the answer to (g) is negative, why has this data not been collected; (i) has the government recommended, advised, directed or guided pathologists with respect to staining for spike protein when performing histopathologic examinations of surgical and biopsy specimens from individuals who are alive, and, if so, what advice, direction or guidance was provided; and (j) if the answer to (i) is negative, why was this not done?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1990—

[Dan Muys, Conservative, Flamborough—Glanbrook, ON]

With regard to government contracts signed with DALIAN Enterprises since November 4, 2015, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what are the details of all such contracts, including, for each, the (i) date signed, (ii) value, (iii) start and end date of the work, (iv) detailed description of the goods or services, (v) details on how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced, competitive bid), (vi) titles of officials who approved or signed off on the contract; and (b) for each contract in (a), what is the current status, including if any aspects of the contract remain open, or if the contract has been completed and settled?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1991—

[Terry Dowdall, Conservative, Simcoe—Grey, ON]

With regard to the $150,000,000 write-off by the Public Health Agency of Canada listed in Volume Ill of the 2023 Public Accounts of Canada for an "unfulfilled contract by a vendor": (a) who was the vendor; (b) what part of the contract was unfulfilled; (c) what is the reason the vendor gave for not fulfilling the contract; (d) was the contract awarded through a sole-source or competitive bid process; and (e) does the vendor have any connections, or have its executives made any donations, known by the government, to the Liberal Party of Canada, or to any Liberal members of Parliament, and, if so, what are the details?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1996—

[Blake Desjarlais, NDP, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

With regard to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program, broken down by month since November 2015: (a) how many borrowers have defaulted on their student loans; (b) of the borrowers in (a), what was the number of borrowers holding debt (i) under $10,000, (ii) between $10,000 and $20,000, (iii) between $20,000 and $30,000, (iv) between $30,000 and $40,000, (v) between $40,000 and $50,000, (vi) between $50,000 and $75,000, (vii) between $75,000 and $100,000, (viii) more than $100,000; and (c) of the borrowers in (a), how many identified as (i) a person living with a disability, (ii) First Nations, Inuit, or Métis, (iii) living with dependents, (iv) women?

(Return tabled)

Question No.1997—

[Blake Desjarlais, NDP, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

With regard to the repayment of Canada Student loans, broken down by month since November 2015: (a) how many borrowers applied for financial hardship provisions; (b) of the applications in (a), how many were (i) approved, (ii) not approved; (c) how many defaulted loans were transferred to the Canada Revenue Agency for the purpose recovery actions; and (d) of the recovery actions in (c), how many borrowers saw reductions to their (i) GST rebate, (ii) Canada Child Benefit, (iii) Canada Disability Benefit, (iv) climate action incentive payment, (v) COVID-19 benefits, or (vi) individual tax returns?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2000—

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

With regard to the government's projections related to hydrogen production in Canada: (a) what are the government's current projections for production for the year (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2035, (iv) 2050; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) grey, (ii) blue, (iii) green, hydrogen?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2002—

[Michael Barrett, Conservative, Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON]

With regard to government contracts signed with GCstrategies since November 4, 2015, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what are the details of all such contracts, including, for each, the (i) date signed, (ii) value, (iii) start and end date of the work, (iv) detailed description of the goods or services, (v) details on how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced, competitive bid), (vi) titles of officials who approved or signed off on the contract; and (b) for each contract in (a), what is the current status, including if any aspects of the contract remain open, or if the contract has been completed and settled?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2003—

[Eric Melillo, Conservative, Kenora, ON]

With regard to bonuses paid out to government officials in the 2022-23 fiscal year, broken down by department or agency: (a) what was the total amount paid out in bonuses; and (b) how many and what percentage of officials (i) at or above, (ii) below, the executive (EX) level (or equivalent), received bonuses?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2006—

[Gerald Soroka, Conservative, Yellowhead, AB]

With regard to the events attended in Toronto on September 22, 2023, by the Prime Minister with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, broken down by event: (a) how were the attendees chosen; (b) who vetted the attendees; (c) what process was used to vet the attendees; (d) how many people were in attendance; and (e) what were the costs associated for each event, broken down by item?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2009—

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

With regard to Indigenous Services Canada's monitoring of access to clean drinking water on reserve, broken down by province: (a) how many First Nations reserves do not have a community-based drinking water quality monitor; and (b) what percentage do not have a back-up or alternate?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2010—

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

With regard to the utilization of the Canadian small business tax rate by oil and gas companies: (a) how many oil and gas companies, broken down by their primary line of business, such as upstream exploration and production, midstream transportation and storage, downstream refining and distribution, and others, have claimed the small business tax rate, in each of the last five fiscal years; (b) what percentage does this represent of all oil and gas companies operating within the country; (c) what is the total amount of tax revenue received from oil and gas companies that claimed the small business tax rate, in each of the last five fiscal years; (d) how does the amount of oil and gas companies claiming the small business tax rate compare to agriculture and forestry, both in number and as a percentage of total companies in the respective sector; (e) are there any mechanisms or audits in place to ensure that larger oil and gas entities are not creating smaller subsidiaries primarily to benefit from the small business tax rate, and, if so, how many audits or investigations related to this issue in the oil and gas sector have been initiated in the past five fiscal years; and (f) broken down by province, where are the oil and gas companies claiming the small business tax rate primarily operating?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2012—

[Jeremy Patzer, Conservative, Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK]

With regard to the ArriveCAN application: (a) how many employees were assigned to work on ArriveCAN, broken down by year and by executive level versus non-executive level; (b) broken down by each component in (a), how many and what percentage of those employees received bonuses; (c) what was the total amount paid in bonuses each year to employees that worked on ArriveCAN; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by executive level versus non-executive level?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2013—

[Ziad Aboultaif, Conservative, Edmonton Manning, AB]

With regard to government information about housing: (a) how many non-primary residences are located within the greater area of (i) Edmonton, (ii) Vancouver, (iii) Calgary, (iv) Toronto, (v) Montréal; (b) of the residences in (a), how many are owned by (i) Canadian residents, (ii) non-residents; (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by vacant units versus occupied units; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of owner (foreign individual, domestic corporation, etc.)?