Brad Redekopp on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns

With regard to a Statistics Canada report titled “Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022”, The Daily — Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022, and the report that there has been a 43% increase in the rates of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults between 2015 and 2022: (a) does Public Safety Canada acknowledge that level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults have increased 43% in that time period, and, if not, why not; (b) when did Public Safety Canada learn of the 43% increase in the rates of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults; (c) how long was the delay between Public Safety Canada learning of the 43% increase and the establishment of mitigation measures to reduce the number of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults, broken down by the dates the measures were undertaken by Public Safety Canada and its public safety partner agencies; (d) has Public Safety Canada and its public safety partner agencies taken measures to mitigate this increase of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults broken down by specific measures, including the funds allocated and spent by each specific mitigation measures?