Debates of Sept. 16th, 2024

(Return tabled)

Question No.2816—

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

With regard to the government's commitment to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035: (a) who has the government consulted to date on how to reach net-zero, including (i) who was consulted, (ii) how they were consulted, (iii) when they were consulted, (iv) the feedback that each consulted party provided; and (b) has the government conducted any analysis related to how much wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and other types of electricity capacity is needed to reach net-zero, and, if so, (i) how much of each type of electricity capacity is required, (ii) how does the government plan on increasing the capacity of each type of electricity to reach the required capacity?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2818—

[Eric Duncan, Conservative, Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON]

With regard to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) building at 202 Pitt Street in Cornwall, Ontario: (a) what is the number of SLSMC employees currently working in the building; (b) what amount of space, in square footage, is being leased out to third parties and to whom is it being leased; (c) how much square footage is each lessee leasing; (d) how much space in the building is currently vacant; (e) what were the yearly costs associated with operating the building, in total, and broken down by type of cost, since 2016; (f) what are the details, including the project descriptions, timelines and costs associated with all completed capital projects related to the building since 2016; and (g) what are the details, including the project descriptions, timelines and costs associated with all capital projects related to the building which are planned or ongoing?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2822—

[Alexandre Boulerice, NDP, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC]

With regard to federal housing investments for Montréal, since January 1, 2014: (a) how much federal funding was provided to the electoral district of (i) Outremont, (ii) Laurier—Sainte-Marie, (iii) Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, (iv) LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, (v) Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est, (vi) Papineau, to support the construction of cooperative housing, and how many units were developed in each electoral district; and (b) how much federal funding was provided to the electoral district of (i) Outremont, (ii) Laurier—Sainte-Marie, (iii) Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, (iv) LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, (v) Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est, (vi) Papineau, to support the construction of purpose-built rental housing, and how many units were developed in each electoral district?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2823—

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

With regard to information shared between Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) and the House of Commons Administration regarding threats to parliamentarians who are members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China: (a) what information was provided or presented to the House Administration about the (i) threats, (ii) targets of the threats, (iii) source of the threats (i.e., APT31); (b) regarding the information described in (a), broken down by (a)(i) to (a)(iii), (i) on what dates was the information provided or presented, (ii) in what format was the information provided or presented (e.g., memorandum, oral briefing, e-mail, slideshow or other visual display), (iii) who provided or presented the information, (iv) who received the information, (v) what was the classification level of the information provided or presented (e.g., Unclassified, Protected, Confidential, Secret, Top Secret), (vi) was the information provided or presented with caveats or other handling restrictions (e.g., “Canadian Eyes Only”, “for official use only”, “originator controlled”, not for distribution without CSE’s express authorization); (c) were House Administration officials explicitly advised by CSE on whether the information described in (a) could or could not, or should or should not, be shared with (i) the parliamentarians targeted by the threats, (ii) any other parliamentarian, (iii) any other person; (d) if the answer to (b)(vi) is affirmative, would House Administration officials have been possibly liable to prosecution for an offence under the Security of Information Act for sharing the information with anyone referred to in (c); and (e) was the Prime Minister, or any other minister of the Crown, briefed by CSE or any other government department or agency on the information in (a), and, if so, what are the details of those briefings, including the (i) dates, (ii) names of the ministers and ministerial exempt staff that were briefed?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2824—

[Marc Dalton, Conservative, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC]

With regard to costs incurred in combating wildfires across Canada, from 2010 to present: what is the detailed breakdown of the total accumulated costs incurred in combating each wildfire season, including (i) personnel and equipment expenditures, (ii) property damage assessments, (iii) healthcare costs for affected individuals, (iv) expenses related to environmental remediation and reconstruction efforts, (v) funds dedicated to temporary relocation initiatives?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2825—

[Marc Dalton, Conservative, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC]

With regard to statistics concerning arson sentences: what are the statistics related to the completion of sentencing for people convicted of committing arson that resulted in (i) wildfires and destruction of green spaces, (ii) damage to places of worship, (iii) property damage exceeding $10,000, including the total amount of incidents and convictions for people responsible for causing wildfires or burning places of worship, the average length of sentencing, and the time served, broken down by year since 2010?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2826—

[Marc Dalton, Conservative, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC]

With regard to statistics concerning attacks on places of worship: what is the total number of hate crimes in the form of arson, or attempted arson, suffered by (i) churches, (ii) mosques, (iii) synagogues, (iv) temples, broken down by year since 2010 and by province or territory?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2829—

[Taylor Bachrach, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

With regard to the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) resolution process for air travel complaints since the inception of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations in 2019, broken down by year: (a) what is the average time from complaint submission to resolution; (b) how much compensation has been paid to passengers; (c) how many complaints filed with the CTA have been dropped voluntarily by the complainant before resolution, broken down by what stage in the process they were dropped; (d) how many complaints have been refused by a CTA complaint resolution officer; (e) how many complaints have been resolved through each of the resolution methods (i) mediation, (ii) settlement, (iii) adjudication without mediation; (f) what is the backlog of unresolved complaints; and (g) what is the current number of unresolved complaints before the CTA?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2831—

[Eric Duncan, Conservative, Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON]

With regard to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation property at the Iroquois Locks, known as 6020 Carman Road or the lands on Iroquois Island: (a) what were the yearly costs associated with operating the property, in total, and broken down by type, since 2016; (b) what are the details, including the project descriptions, timelines and costs associated with all completed capital projects related to the property or adjacent land since 2016; and (c) what are the details, including the project descriptions, timelines and costs associated with all capital projects related to the property or adjacent land which are planned or ongoing?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2834—

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

With regard to the Auditor General of Canada's Report 5 entitled "Professional Services Contracts", paragraph 5.55 which states "In 30 (91%) of the 33 contracts in our sample, we found that the federal organizations did not perform sufficiently detailed cost estimate calculations before receiving proposals,": (a) what are the details of the 30 contracts, including (i) the value of the contract, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the date and duration, (iv) the description of the goods or services provided, (v) the specific goals or objectives related to the contract, (vi) whether the goals or objectives were met, (vii) the contract number, (viii) the Request for Proposal number; and (b) for each contract in (a), what is the government's reason for not performing a detailed cost estimate before receiving proposals?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2835—

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

With regard to the Auditor General of Canada's Report 5 entitled "Professional Services Contracts", in relation to the finding in paragraph 5.31 which states "We found that in 4 out of the 28 contracts awarded through a competitive process, procurement strategies were structured to make it easier for McKinsey & Company to be awarded the contracts": what are the details of each of the four contracts, including, for each, the (i) department or agency which awarded the contract, (ii) contract value, (iii) description of the goods or services provided, (iv) date, (v) deliverable, (vi) date that the deliverable was completed, (vii) summary of the recommendations provided to the government, if applicable, (viii) website location where any reports or recommendations resulting from the contract can be found, (ix) rationale for selecting McKinsey & Company, (x) file number, (xi) Request for Proposal number?

(Return tabled)

Question No.2837—

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

With regard to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), since January 1, 2016: (a) what is the average time it takes for the CIPO to process an application for a trademark or copyright for (i) international applicants, (ii) domestic applicants, broken down by the year the application was received; (b) how many and what percentage of total applications have not yet been processed, broken down by the year the application was received; (c) does the CIPO have a timeframe on when (i) all, (ii) most, application processing times will be less than 18 months, and, if so, what is the timeframe; and (d) if the answer to (c) is negative, why does a timeframe not exist?

(Return tabled)