Debates of Sept. 15th, 2025

(Return tabled)

Question No.124—

[Kyle Seeback, Conservative, Dufferin—Caledon, ON]

With regard to expenditures related to the Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation’s trip to Europe in May 2025: (a) what are the total costs incurred by the government to date, broken down by type of expense (accommodation, per diems, hospitality, etc.); (b) what are the details of all accommodation expenses incurred by the government, including, for each, the (i) name of the hotel, (ii) room rate, (iii) number of rooms booked at each rate, (iv) dates of the booking, (v) number of nights for which each room was booked, (vi) total accommodation expenses incurred at each property; (c) were there any hospitality expenditures incurred, and, if so, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) event description, (iii) location, (iv) cost, in total and broken down by item, (v) event description, (vi) number of attendees; (d) are there any costs incurred or expected to be incurred by the government that are not included in the response to (a), and, if so, what are those costs or expected costs, broken down by item and type of expense; (e) excluding security, what were the names, titles and organizations represented by the delegation members; and (f) what was the detailed itinerary of (i) the Prime Minister, (ii) other Ministers who were on the trip?

(Return tabled)

Question No.125—

[Kyle Seeback, Conservative, Dufferin—Caledon, ON]

With regard to expenditures related to the Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation’s trip to Washington in May 2025: (a) what are the total costs incurred by the government to date, broken down by type of expense (accommodation, per diems, hospitality, etc.); (b) what are the details of all accommodation expenses incurred by the government, including, for each, the (i) name of the hotel, (ii) room rate, (iii) number of rooms booked at each rate, (iv) dates of the booking, (v) number of nights for which each room was booked, (vi) total accommodation expenses incurred at each property; (c) were there any hospitality expenditures incurred, and, if so, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) event description, (iii) location, (iv) cost, in total and broken down by item, (v) event description, (vi) number of attendees; (d) are there any costs incurred or expected to be incurred by the government that are not included in the response to (a), and if so, what are those costs or expected costs, broken down by item and type of expense; (e) excluding security, what were the names, titles and organizations represented by the delegation members; and (f) what was the detailed itinerary of (i) the Prime Minister, (ii) other Ministers who were on the trip?

(Return tabled)

Question No.127—

[Andrew Lawton, Conservative, Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, ON]

With regard to the Public Order Emergency Commission: (a) what are the commission’s total expenditures to date; (b) what is the breakdown of the expenditures incurred by the commission, by type of expense (lawyers, witness travel, staff salaries, etc.); and (c) what are the total expenditures to date of each government department or agency related to the commission, including but not limited to those who participate in or monitor the commission’s proceedings, in total and broken down by type of expenditure?

(Return tabled)

Question No.128—

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

With regard to promotional items, for each department, agency and Crown Corporation, since January 1, 2022: (a) what is the total amount spent on promotional items; (b) what types and brands of promotional items were purchased, including, for each, a description; (c) what is the total amount spent on each type or brand of promotional item; (d) what is the total volume purchased of each type of promotional item, broken down by date of purchase; (e) what is the current inventory level of each type of promotional item; and (f) at which events or situations were the items given out?

(Return tabled)

Question No.131—

[Ellis Ross, Conservative, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

With regard to the Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat’s request to the Canada Border Services Agency to be designated as an Airport of Entry: (a) what is the current status of this request; (b) when will the Canada Border Services Agency make a decision regarding the request; (c) has the Canada Border Services Agency, Pacific Economic Development Canada, or Destination Canada conducted any studies related to the benefits of designating the airport an Airport of Entry, and, if so, what were the results; and (d) what is the Canada Border Services Agency’s rationale for not yet designating the airport as an Airport of Entry?

(Return tabled)

Question No.134—

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

With regard to government contracts with vendors providing IT services to departments operating under the Treasury Board of Canada, broken down by fiscal year, since 2022-23, and by department: (a) what is the total number of contracts signed; (b) what are the details of all contracts signed, including the (i) vendor contracted, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) number of IT workers provided, (iv) duration of the contract; and (c) what is the total amount of extra costs incurred as a result of relying on IT vendors instead of employing IT workers directly?

(Return tabled)

Question No.135—

[Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative, Calgary East, AB]

With regard to the Statement of Transactions of the Government of Canada, for fiscal years 2025-26 to 2029-30, broken down by year: what are the most up to date projections for (i) budgetary revenues, (ii) program expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (iii) public debt charges, (iv) total expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (v) budgetary balance before net actuarial losses, (vi) net actuarial losses, (vii) budgetary balance, (viii) total liabilities, (ix) financial assets, (x) net debt, (xi) non-financial assets, (xii) federal debt, (xiii) budgetary revenues as per cent of gross domestic product, (xiv) program expenses, excluding net actuarial losses as per cent of gross domestic product, (xv) public debt charges as per cent of gross domestic product, (xvi) budgetary balance as per cent of gross domestic product, (xvii) federal debt as per cent of gross domestic product, (xviii) personal income tax revenue, (xix) corporate income tax revenue, (xx) non-resident income tax, (xxi) goods and services tax revenue, (xxii) customs import duties revenues, (xxiii) other excise taxes/duties revenue, (xxiv) employment income premium revenues, (xxv) other and enterprise Crown corporations revenue, broken down by program or Crown corporation, (xxvi) the cost of indemnifying Bank of Canada loses?

(Return tabled)

Question No.136—

[Connie Cody, Conservative, Cambridge, ON]

With regard to government advertising since March 14, 2025: how much has been spent on advertising relating to the carbon tax, the price on carbon, or the Canada carbon rebate, in total and broken down by subject of advertisement, by type of advertising (broadcast, internet, etc.) and by platform, if applicable?

(Return tabled)

Question No.137—

[Helena Konanz, Conservative, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC]

With regard to equipment to fight forest fires and wildfires purchased by the government since January 1, 2024: (a) what are the details of all purchases, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount or value, (iv) quantity, (v) description of the equipment; and (b) for each item of the equipment purchased in (a), against which fires have they been used to date?

(Return tabled)

Question No.139—

[Jim Belanger, Conservative, Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt, ON]

With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario's 2024-25 planned spending for internal services, totalling $4,512,390: (a) what was the total amount spent on internal services in 2024-25; (b) what is the breakdown of internal services spending by category; and (c) what are the details of any contracts over $1,000 related to internal services, 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), (vi) location of the vendor?

(Return tabled)

Question No.140—

[Ted Falk, Conservative, Provencher, MB]

With regard to expenditures on consulting services by the government in the 2024 calendar year, broken down by department, agency or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on (i) training consultants (code 0446), (ii) information technology and telecommunications consultants (code 0473), (iii) management consulting (code 0491), (iv) other types of consultants or consulting, broken down by type and object code; and (b) for each response in (a), what is the total value of the expenditures that were (i) awarded competitively, (ii) sole-sourced?

(Return tabled)

Question No.141—

[Ted Falk, Conservative, Provencher, MB]

With regard to the Vaccine Injury Support Program: (a) what are the total expenditures to date related to the program, broken down by year since the program was formed; (b) what is the yearly breakdown of expenditures by type of expense, including (i) compensation payments, (ii) overhead, excluding salaries, (iii) lawyers, (iv) salaries, (v) other types of expenditures, broken down by type; and (c) what are the details of all contracts over $5,000 signed in relation to the program, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) value or amount, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) type of contract (consulting, payments for goods, etc.), (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)?

(Return tabled)