Brookfield's Global Transition Fund, in US dollars (US$15 billion), through which the Globe reported the Prime Minister is eligible for bonuses
Estimate
15,000,000,000
- Period
- 2025-07
- Unit
- US dollars, shown with a US$ prefix in copy
- Stored value
- 15000000000
US dollars, unit USD; copy shows it with a "US$" prefix and the compact style. As the Globe reported it; the draft's fact-check corrected '$15 billion' to 'US$15 billion'.
Cases flagged as potential conflicts of interest for the Prime Minister, to 19 November 2025, as the Clerk testified
Actual
13
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2025-11-19
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 13
The Clerk's testimony to the Commons ethics committee. The Globe and Mail reported the same testimony the same day.
Cases in which the Prime Minister's conflict screen was enacted, to 19 November 2025 ("screens were ultimately enacted in six of them")
Actual
6
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2025-11-19
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 6
The Clerk's testimony, as the Globe reported it. Four were continuing and two were tax changes. The Globe and Mail reported the same testimony the same day.
Screen cases still continuing on 19 November 2025, which the Clerk would not describe
Actual
4
- Period
- 2025-11-19
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 4
The Clerk said describing them would make the Prime Minister aware and defeat their purpose. The Globe and Mail reported the same testimony the same day.
Flagged cases in which the screen was not applicable ("In seven cases, the screen was not applicable")
Actual
7
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2025-11-19
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 7
Five had no direct interaction with businesses, the Clerk said. The Globe and Mail reported the same testimony the same day.
Entities covered by the Prime Minister's Brookfield and Stripe screen: "more than 100", by the Globe's count
Actual
100
- Period
- 2025-07
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 100
A floor: the Globe says more than 100. Copy reads "more than".
Numbered entries in Annex A of the Prime Minister's Brookfield screen
Actual
103
- Period
- 2025-07
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 103
Parts A (1 to 25, his management or oversight roles), B (26 to 29, Brookfield companies on the lobbying registry) and C (30 to 103, Brookfield-related by the Commissioner's search). Some names are numbered twice; see “Distinct entities named in Annex A of the Prime Minister's Brookfield screen, each counted once”.
Distinct entities named in Annex A of the Prime Minister's Brookfield screen, each counted once
Actual
89
- Period
- 2025-07
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 89
Derived: 103 numbered entries less 14 repeats. Thirteen names are numbered twice (35 and 45, 36 and 72, 39 and 84, 40 and 83, 53 and 79, 60 and 95, 61 and 96, 62 and 97, 63 and 99, 64 and 100, 65 and 101, 67 and 102, 78 and 98, the last spelled Edlico once), and 37, Brookfield BRP Canada Corp, repeats 27, Brookfield BRP Canada Corp. (Evolugen).
Gifts declared on the Prime Minister's public registry entry, read 15 October 2026
Actual
153
- Period
- 2026-10-15
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 153
A count of declarations, not of gifts kept; forfeited gifts are listed separately.
Monthly communication reports from firms the Prime Minister's Brookfield and Stripe screen covers, his swearing-in to 6 April 2026, by Stephen Taylor's count
Estimate
23
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2026-04-06
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 23
A commentator's count from the Lobbying registry, attributed to him. His list: Westinghouse (owned 51% by Brookfield, 49% by Cameco) 16, Evolugen (Brookfield Renewable) 6, Stripe 1. Recounted in the registry 2026-10-16: “Monthly communication reports from Westinghouse, Evolugen and Stripe, the three firms in Stephen Taylor's count, his swearing-in to 6 April 2026, by the registry's own search” and “Monthly communication reports filed by firms the Prime Minister's screen covers (Annex A's firms and Stripe), his swearing-in to 6 April 2026, by the registry's own search”.
Monthly communication reports filed by firms the Prime Minister's screen covers (Annex A's firms and Stripe), his swearing-in to 6 April 2026, by the registry's own search
Actual
45
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2026-04-06
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 45
Counts by firm: Inter Pipeline Ltd. 20, Westinghouse Electric Canada LLC 16 (2 with the Prime Minister's Office, both 31 July 2025), Brookfield BRP Canada Corp. DBA Evolugen 7, Stripe 2. NorthRiver Midstream (newest report August 2024) and Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls: none in the period. Every report found was filed by the firm searched for; all were posted before 28 April 2026.
Monthly communication reports from Westinghouse, Evolugen and Stripe, the three firms in Stephen Taylor's count, his swearing-in to 6 April 2026, by the registry's own search
Actual
25
- Period
- 2025-03-14 to 2026-04-06
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 25
Westinghouse 16, Evolugen 7, Stripe 2, against Taylor's 16, 6 and 1. All 25 were posted before his article of 28 April 2026, so the gap is not late filing.
Catering bill, Air Force CC-330 flight to London, 17 to 18 March 2025
Actual
$52,610
- Period
- 2025-03
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 52610
$52,610.23 in the answer, shown to the dollar. Catering includes food, non-alcoholic drinks and related fees (handling, delivery, waste disposal, airport and security charges, taxes), per the answer's note 2; some invoices were still to be reconciled (note 3). The Canadian Taxpayers Federation reported the same figure.
Catering bill, Air Force CC-330 flight to Brussels, 22 to 25 June 2025
Actual
$49,043
- Period
- 2025-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 49043
$49,043.76 in the answer, shown to the dollar. Catering includes food, non-alcoholic drinks and related fees (handling, delivery, waste disposal, airport and security charges, taxes), per the answer's note 2; some invoices were still to be reconciled (note 3). The Canadian Taxpayers Federation reported the same figure.
LifeLabs' border-testing contract: approved value as of 6 December 2021 (up to)
Estimate
$111,000,000 ($111.0M)
- Period
- 2021-12-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 111000000
Read in the Canadian Press article: the approved value as of 6 December 2021, "up to", which "may not be fully spent as companies are paid for services delivered." The figure comes from that article, not from a government disclosure of the contract.
Border-testing contracts to three firms: approved value as of 6 December 2021 (up to)
Estimate
$631,000,000 ($631.0M)
- Period
- 2021-12-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 631000000
As reported by The Canadian Press; 'up to'. The figure comes from that report, not from a government source.
Days from the LifeLabs border-testing award (23 June 2021) to Anand's first recusal from border testing (29 June 2021)
Actual
6
- Period
- 2021-06
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 6
Derived: the days between the two dates.
Portfolios where Anand needed a conflict screen against her spouse's employer, OMERS (Public Services and Procurement, National Defence, Treasury Board, Transport)
Actual
4
- Period
- 2020-2025
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 4
The draft notes that the registry dates are disclosure dates; the date a screen was agreed can be earlier.
Cabinet posts Anand held after Public Services and Procurement (Defence, Treasury Board, Transport, Innovation, Foreign Affairs)
Actual
5
- Period
- 2021-2025
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 5
Read 2026-10-15 at her roles page: National Defence from 26 October 2021, Treasury Board from 26 July 2023, Transport from 19 September 2024 (Transport and Internal Trade from 20 December 2024, counted as one post), Innovation, Science and Industry from 14 March 2025, Foreign Affairs from 13 May 2025.
LifeLabs' ownership by OMERS Infrastructure, in LifeLabs' words ('100% Canadian owned by OMERS Infrastructure')
Actual
100.0%
- Period
- 2021-03-16
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 1
Cormorant helicopter mid-life upgrade and simulator contracts to Leonardo U.K. and CAE, announced 22 December 2022 (up to, taxes included)
Estimate
$1,240,000,000 ($1.2B)
- Period
- 2022-12-22
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1240000000
Read 2026-10-15 at the release: two contracts, the fleet upgrade under Leonardo U.K. Ltd. and the simulator with CAE, together "valued at up to" this sum with taxes. An announced ceiling, not money paid.
The 88 F-35 fighter jets: the government's project estimate, announced 9 January 2023
Actual
$19,000,000,000 ($19.0B)
- Period
- 2023-01-09
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 19000000000
The government's project estimate: it 'includes associated equipment, sustainment set-up and services, as well as the construction of Fighter Squadron Facilities in Bagotville and Cold Lake'. The cost of flying the jets for decades is not in it (rule 9: a presentation; the life-cycle measure is an open question on the page).
National Defence's contracts with McKinsey since 2011 (about 15 contracts), by Anand's own count as The Canadian Press reported it
Estimate
$30,000,000 ($30.0M)
- Period
- 2023-03
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 30000000
'About' $30 million, as reported; the draft marks the McKinsey passage as partly checked.
Global Affairs Canada planned spending, 2026-27
Estimate
$7,224,120,822 ($7.2B)
- Period
- 2026-27
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 7224120822
Planned, not actual, spending. Read 2026-10-15 at the plan: "In 2026-27, total planned spending (including internal services) for GAC is $7,224,120,822".
Global Affairs Canada planned full-time equivalents, 2026-27
Estimate
12,647
- Period
- 2026-27
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 12647
Planned, not actual, staffing. Read 2026-10-15 at the plan: "total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 12,647".
The FTI ventilator contract's value, as Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus described it to a committee ('a $237-million contract')
Estimate
$237,000,000 ($237.0M)
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 237000000
An MP's description in committee, not a contract document. The contract's value is an open question on the page (PSPC proactive disclosure for FTI, April 2020).
LifeLabs' border testing (up to 111 million dollars), per person in Canada
Estimate
$2.66
- Period
- 2021-12-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2.66
Derived: “LifeLabs' border-testing contract: approved value as of 6 December 2021 (up to)” divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407). An upper bound.
The three border-testing firms' contracts (up to 631 million dollars), per person in Canada
Estimate
$15.10
- Period
- 2021-12-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 15.1
Derived: “Border-testing contracts to three firms: approved value as of 6 December 2021 (up to)” divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407). An upper bound.
The F-35 project estimate (19 billion dollars), per person in Canada
Actual
$455
- Period
- 2023-01-09
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 454.56
Derived: “The 88 F-35 fighter jets: the government's project estimate, announced 9 January 2023” divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407). The project estimate, not the life-cycle bill.
Global Affairs Canada's planned spending, 2026-27, per person in Canada
Estimate
$173
- Period
- 2026-27
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 172.83
Derived: “Global Affairs Canada planned spending, 2026-27” divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407).
Arctic surf clam licence LeBlanc moved on: the Ethics Commissioner's value, first-year sales (about)
Actual
$24,000,000 ($24.0M)
- Period
- 2018
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 24000000
About $24 million in sales in the licence's first year, not profit or a payment to anyone. The licence was never issued: Fisheries and Oceans cancelled the process.
Findings that LeBlanc broke the Conflict of Interest Act in the Commissioner's published investigation reports
Actual
1
- Period
- 2018
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 1
The Commissioner's published list of investigation reports holds 29 reports, 2018 to 2026, and one finding against him. The draft's note says to confirm the report's date and last section before publishing.
Donation by each of three New Brunswick judges (LeBlond, Doyle, Dysart) in 2009 toward the debt from LeBlanc's leadership campaign
Estimate
$400
- Period
- 2009
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 400
Reported by the Globe (Sean Fine, 2 July 2019); the draft lists the $400 donations among the quotes still to verify at the source.
Public declarations of recusal LeBlanc has filed, 2016 to 2026, counted card by card
Actual
11
- Period
- 2016 to 2026
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 11
Counted card by card on 15 October 2026: Richard (27 and 28 March 2023), Genest, Boudreau, the Davie icebreaker communication, Dysart, MacInnes, Ouellette, Kukucha, potential judicial appointments (6 November 2018) and the CAST letter (2016). Screen cards are not recusals and are not counted.
Days Martine Richard served as interim Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, 27 March to 19 April 2023
Actual
23
- Period
- 2023-03-27 to 2023-04-19
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 23
Counted from the Order in Council's date of 27 March to the office's announcement on 19 April 2023.
Conflict screens filed for the family firm Bionest Technologies, one per portfolio
Actual
5
- Period
- 2016 to 2026
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 5
Counts Guillaume Champagne faced after the police search of 26 November 2008, as the Journal de Montréal reports them
Actual
11
- Period
- 2008-2013
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 11
Reported, not read in the court file. The Crown said on 3 December 2013 that it had no more evidence to offer, and he was acquitted.
Champagne's two Bank of China (London) mortgages, total as the Globe put it
Estimate
$1,700,000 ($1.7M)
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1700000
The Globe's figure for the two mortgages; the draft's fact-check notes it was converted from the filings' pound amounts (GBP 400,000 and GBP 650,000) and that $1.2 million was still owing in June 2020.
Balance still owing on Champagne's Bank of China mortgages in June 2020, as the Globe put it
Estimate
$1,200,000 ($1.2M)
- Period
- 2020-06
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1200000
The Globe's balance "as of early June" 2020. He said on 23 June 2020 both had been repaid.
Alto high-speed rail project value, as The Canadian Press describes it
Estimate
$90,000,000,000 ($90.0B)
- Period
- 2026
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 90000000000
A reported project value, not a Treasury Board or Alto budget. Government-presented project figure; the Parliamentary Budget Officer's range is higher, and the page says "if it costs that".
Federal commitment over six years to Alto's co-development phase, announced 19 February 2025
Actual
$3,900,000,000 ($3.9B)
- Period
- 2025-2031
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 3900000000
Alto at the reported $90 billion, per person in Canada
Estimate
$2,153
- Period
- 2026
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2153
The reported $90 billion divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407). A reported figure, so the page says "if it costs that".
Days from the Ocean Envoy's title (16 September 2026) to the Prime Minister's $1.2 billion ocean release that names her (29 September 2026)
Actual
13
- Period
- 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 13
Lines published on how the Ocean Envoy was chosen, her budget or her travel
Actual
0
- Period
- 2026-10-07
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 0
An absence read on 7 October 2026 in the release; an access request may show a record.
The Prime Minister's ocean announcement of 29 September 2026: "an historic investment of $1.2 billion" (the government's headline)
Actual
$1,200,000,000 ($1.2B)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1200000000
A government presentation (rule 9): the release renews several existing Oceans Protection Plan measures, and the draft notes the question of what is new money against renewal. Fisheries and Oceans told the Globe all of it is new funding. Its full measure is the split the release itself gives: the three itemized measures, shown beside the headline with the part not broken out. The split between renewal and new money waits on the backgrounder and the Supplementary Estimates lines.
Ocean observation funding announced at the United Nations, 23 September 2026
Actual
$82,000,000 ($82.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-23
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 82000000
High-seas treaty funding announced at the United Nations, 23 September 2026 ("more than")
Actual
$24,000,000 ($24.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-23
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 24000000
The release says "more than" this amount.
First itemized measure in the 29 September 2026 ocean release ("more than")
Actual
$740,000,000 ($740.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 740000000
The release says "more than" this amount.
Second itemized measure in the 29 September 2026 ocean release ("a further")
Actual
$136,000,000 ($136.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 136000000
Third itemized measure in the 29 September 2026 ocean release
Actual
$186,000,000 ($186.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 186000000
Ocean announcement of 29 September 2026: the sum of the three measures the release itemizes
Actual
$1,062,000,000 ($1.1B)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1062000000
Drained's sum of the release's own itemized figures ($740 million, $136 million and $186 million); the release says "more than" for the first.
Ocean announcement of 29 September 2026: the part of the headline the release does not break out
Actual
$138,000,000 ($138.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 138000000
The headline of $1.2 billion less the itemized $1.062 billion, Drained's arithmetic on the release's figures.
Catering bill, Air Force CC-330 flight to Rome, 16 to 19 May 2025 (the Pope's inaugural mass)
Actual
$93,780
- Period
- 2025-05
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 93780
$93,780.18 in the answer, shown to the dollar. Catering includes food, non-alcoholic drinks and related fees (handling, delivery, waste disposal, airport and security charges, taxes), per the answer's note 2; some invoices were still to be reconciled (note 3). The Canadian Taxpayers Federation reported the same figure.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation's rounded figure for jet catering, "$524,000 on airplane food"
Estimate
$524,000
- Period
- 2025-03 to 2026-02
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 524000
The CTF's own rounding of the total in the answers to Q-552 (26 January 2026) and Q-829 (23 March 2026).
The $1.2 billion ocean announcement, per person in Canada
Estimate
$28.71
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 28.71
$1.2 billion divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407).
The ocean announcement's un-itemized $138 million, per person in Canada
Estimate
$3.30
- Period
- 2026-09-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 3.3
$138 million divided by “Population of Canada, July 1, 2026” (41,798,407).
SDTC COVID relief payment to NRStor, the chair's company, on 23 March 2020
Actual
$106,176
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 106176
SDTC COVID relief payment to NRStor, the chair's company, on 9 March 2021
Actual
$111,485
- Period
- 2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 111485
SDTC COVID relief paid to NRStor, the chair's company, across the two votes of 2020 and 2021
Actual
$217,661
- Period
- 2020-2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 217661
SDTC portfolio-wide COVID relief voted on 23 March 2020
Actual
$17,900,000 ($17.9M)
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 17900000
SDTC portfolio-wide COVID relief voted on 9 March 2021
Actual
$20,500,000 ($20.5M)
- Period
- 2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 20500000
Companies that received SDTC's COVID relief on 23 March 2020
Actual
118
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 118
Companies that received SDTC's COVID relief on 9 March 2021
Actual
102
- Period
- 2021
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 102
Cases in SDTC's two COVID votes where directors voted while holding declared conflicts of interest
Actual
63
- Period
- 2020-2021
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 63
The Auditor General did not say which directors cast the 63 conflicted votes.
Funding carried by the 63 conflicted cases in SDTC's two COVID votes
Actual
$11,900,000 ($11.9M)
- Period
- 2020-2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 11900000
Cases outside the COVID votes where SDTC directors voted to approve funding despite declared conflicts
Actual
25
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 25
Cases when SDTC directors declared conflicts of interest that Industry's department knew of
Actual
96
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 96
Days from Champagne taking the Industry portfolio (12 January 2021) to Stephen Kukucha's appointment to SDTC's board (5 February 2021)
Actual
24
- Period
- 2021
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 24
Derived: the number of days between the two dates.
Days from the Privy Council Office sending the whistleblower file to Industry (16 February 2023) to new SDTC funding being paused (1 October 2023)
Actual
227
- Period
- 2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 227
Derived: the number of days between the two dates in Industry's timeline.
SDTC funding to five ineligible projects that the fund's board decided not to recover, an approach Industry accepted (approximately)
Estimate
$34,000,000 ($34.0M)
- Period
- 2026-09
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 34000000
It is the fund's own re-review of 173 projects (five ineligible, plus a sixth funded for ineligible costs), set beside the Auditor General's 59 million dollars on 10 of 58 projects examined. The answer names no project, so the fuller measure waits on the projects and the further project's ineligible costs being named.
Funds made available to SDTC over its life (Industry says 'over $2.1 billion')
Actual
$2,100,000,000 ($2.1B)
- Period
- lifetime
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2100000000
Industry's wording is 'over $2.1 billion'; the value is the floor. The draft does not give the paragraph.
Further ineligible projects the Auditor General estimated among the 168 SDTC projects she did not examine
Estimate
16
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 16
The Auditor General's estimate for the projects she did not examine, not a count.
Andrée-Lise Méthot's maximum personal gain from the COVID measures, GreenMantra (her words)
Actual
$155
- Period
- 2020-2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 154.73
Her sworn account to the committee, not a figure from an audit.
Andrée-Lise Méthot's maximum personal gain from the COVID measures, MineSense (her words)
Actual
$90.63
- Period
- 2020-2021
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 90.63
Her sworn account to the committee, not a figure from an audit.
Cycle Capital's average shareholding in its portfolio companies, in Méthot's words ('We're 10% shareholders, on average')
Actual
10.0%
- Period
- 2024-10-28
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 0.1
Her description of her firm's stakes, given to the committee.
SDTC's 836 million dollars of approved funding, per Canadian who owed income tax
Actual
$37.04
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 37.04
Derived: “Funding approved for those 226 SDTC projects” divided by “Taxable individual income tax returns (returns with tax payable), Canada, 2024 tax year” (22,569,834).
The 2.1 billion dollars made available to SDTC over its life, per Canadian who owed income tax
Actual
$93.04
- Period
- lifetime
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 93.04
Derived: “Funds made available to SDTC over its life (Industry says 'over $2.1 billion')” divided by “Taxable individual income tax returns (returns with tax payable), Canada, 2024 tax year” (22,569,834). A floor, because the source says 'over'.
The 34 million dollars Ottawa will not try to recover, per Canadian who owed income tax
Estimate
$1.51
- Period
- 2026-09
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1.51
Derived: “SDTC funding to five ineligible projects that the fund's board decided not to recover, an approach Industry accepted (approximately)” divided by “Taxable individual income tax returns (returns with tax payable), Canada, 2024 tax year” (22,569,834). Carries that figure's caveat: approximately, by the fund's own re-review.
The 59 million dollars the Auditor General counted on ineligible projects, per Canadian who owed income tax
Actual
$2.61
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2.61
Derived: “Funding SDTC awarded to 10 ineligible projects” divided by “Taxable individual income tax returns (returns with tax payable), Canada, 2024 tax year” (22,569,834). May overlap with the 76 million dollars; never added to it.
WE Charity Foundation's CSSG contribution agreement: the ceiling, $500 million for students plus $43.5 million for WE
Actual
$543,500,000 ($543.5M)
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 543500000
A ceiling, not money paid. The registry's floor entry (“WE Charity Foundation's sole-source CSSG contribution agreement: value (lower bound, 'over $500 million')”) is the Commons ethics committee's 'over $500 million'; this is the founders' own confirmation of the ceiling.
Money sent to WE under the CSSG agreement before the deal collapsed
Actual
$30,000,000 ($30.0M)
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 30000000
Marc Kielburger told MPs all of it would go back. CTV News's page (4 September 2020) was read in full on 2026-10-15: it is a video report whose summary reads "The WE Charity has returned all the funds it has received from the government for the student program." The Public Accounts line that would confirm the return is still to be read.
Morneau's 21 April 2020 recommendation to set aside funding for the CSSG
Actual
$900,000,000 ($900.0M)
- Period
- 2020-04-21
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 900000000
Different from the registry's $912 million program envelope (“Canada Student Service Grant: federal funding earmarked for the whole program”); Finance told the ethics committee the $912 million 'was a mistake in the communications background'.
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, The Morneau II Report (opens in a new tab)Findings: his recommendation to set aside $900 million in funding for the CSSG on April 21Published May 13, 2021. Accessed October 7, 2026.
Recusals when cabinet ratified the CSSG agreement on 22 May 2020, from the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister
Actual
0
- Period
- 2020-05-22
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 0
Days from Morneau's resignation (17 August 2020) to the prorogation of Parliament (18 August 2020)
Actual
1
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 1
The ETHI report dates the prorogation 'August 14, 2020'; the Gazette proclamation is dated 18 August, which the page uses.
Each of two donations to WE, April 2018 and June 2020, made by Morneau's wife on behalf of their family foundation
Actual
$50,000
- Period
- 2018-2020
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 50000
The Commissioner accepted, on documents, that Morneau was not involved in deciding either donation.
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, The Morneau II Report (opens in a new tab)The donations: 'two donations of $50,000 each, in April 2018 and June 2020, to WE'Published May 13, 2021. Accessed October 7, 2026.
Amount for WE Charity's social entrepreneurship proposal that Morneau's adviser had written into a decision document without ministerial approval, 21 April 2020
Actual
$12,000,000 ($12.0M)
- Period
- 2020-04-21
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 12000000
The 'up to' figure Marc Kielburger gave MPs for the WE contract, in his own words
Actual
$543,000,000 ($543.0M)
- Period
- 2020-07-28
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 543000000
The witness's rounded wording; the ceiling the page shows is “WE Charity Foundation's CSSG contribution agreement: the ceiling, $500 million for students plus $43.5 million for WE”.
The WE agreement's ceiling per person in Canada
Actual
$13.00
- Period
- 2026-07-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 13
Divides a 2020 ceiling by the 2026 population, as the envoy page does; a 2020 population would give a slightly higher figure. $543,500,000 / 41,798,407 = $13.00.
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA), Evidence, meeting 45, 43rd Parliament, 1st Session (Craig and Marc Kielburger) (opens in a new tab)The $543.5 million ceiling divided by Canada's population on 1 July 2026 (“Population of Canada, July 1, 2026”, 41,798,407)Published July 28, 2020. Accessed October 7, 2026.
Four National Research Council contributions to Bionest, 18 August 2022 to 16 October 2023
Actual
$327,796
- Period
- 2022-2023
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 327796
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
Federal grants and contributions to Bionest since Champagne joined cabinet on 10 January 2017
Actual
$606,796
- Period
- 2017-01-10 to 2026-06-15
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 606796
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
Public recusals declared for Bionest or his father in his Ethics Commissioner registry
Estimate
0
- Period
- 2016-2026
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 0
A screen can keep a file from a minister without a declared recusal, which is his best case and is on the page.
NRC research program contributions to Bionest, 2018 (two of $10,000 on 2018-04-30 and $229,000 on 2018-12-03)
Actual
$249,000
- Period
- 2018
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 249000
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
NRC contributions to Bionest, 2022 ($45,700 on 2022-08-18 and $45,850 on 2022-10-07)
Actual
$91,550
- Period
- 2022
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 91550
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
NRC contributions to Bionest, 2023 ($4,646 on 2023-09-10 and $231,600 on 2023-10-16)
Actual
$236,246
- Period
- 2023
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 236246
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
NRC contribution to Bionest, 16 October 2023: 'Development of a treatment technology for a 100 to 250 m3/day plant'
Actual
$231,600
- Period
- 2023-10-16
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 231600
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
NRC youth employment contribution to Bionest, 15 June 2026, while he ran Finance
Actual
$30,000
- Period
- 2026-06-15
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 30000
Agreement values as the Open Government grants search lists them, read in the browser on 2026-10-15; three of the agreements show amendments, and the values are those listed.
Federal money to Bionest since Champagne joined cabinet, per person in Canada
Estimate
$0.01
- Period
- 2026-07-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 0.0145
The page says 'under 2 cents'. The draft's grant rows were not reached by the fact-check.
Years of food for an average family of four that $606,796 would buy, at $17,571.79 a year
Estimate
34.5
- Period
- 2026
- Unit
- Years
- Stored value
- 34.5
Inherits the food forecast (“Food spending for an average family of four, 2026 (Canada's Food Price Report forecast)”) and the unreached grant rows.
Treasury Board Secretariat contracts with GCStrategies, 2015 to 2024
Estimate
11
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 11
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024. The audit does not date the contracts, so not all may be his.
Treasury Board Secretariat contracts with GCStrategies with no competition, 2015 to 2024
Estimate
5
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 5
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024.
Value of the Treasury Board Secretariat's 11 contracts with GCStrategies, 2015 to 2024
Estimate
$10,034,407 ($10.0M)
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 10034407
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024.
Paid by the Treasury Board Secretariat to GCStrategies on those 11 contracts
Estimate
$8,808,375 ($8.8M)
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 8808375
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024. Only the Canada Border Services Agency's row ($30,851,291 spent) is higher.
Federal contracts with GCStrategies, 2015 to 2024, from 31 organizations (41 with no competition)
Estimate
106
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 106
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024. The exhibit's total row: 106 contracts, 31 organizations.
Value of federal contracts with GCStrategies, 2015 to 2024
Estimate
$92,700,000 ($92.7M)
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 92700000
Read 2026-10-15 in the Auditor General's report 4 of June 2025 (professional services contracts with GCStrategies), Exhibit 4.1, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024. The exhibit's total row: $92,683,894 before taxes.
ArriveCAN at the Auditor General's estimate, per person in Canada
Estimate
$1.42
- Period
- 2026-07-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1.42
Derived from two registry figures, as the locator shows.
- Auditor General of Canada, 2024 Report 1, ArriveCAN (opens in a new tab)$59.5 million (“Auditor General's estimate of ArriveCAN's total cost”) divided by Canada's population on 1 July 2026 (“Population of Canada, July 1, 2026”, 41,798,407) = $1.42Published February 12, 2024. Accessed October 7, 2026.
Every GCStrategies contract across government, per person in Canada
Estimate
$2.22
- Period
- 2026-07-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2.22
Derived from two registry figures, as the locator shows; the total was read in Exhibit 4.1 on 2026-10-15.
Ventilators FTI Professional Grade contracted to deliver to PSPC
Actual
10,000
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 10000
FTI's president: "FTI signed a contract with Public Works to deliver 10,000 ventilators". Read 2026-10-15.
Ventilators FTI Professional Grade had delivered by 4 December 2020
Actual
7,788
- Period
- 2020-12-04
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 7788
"To date, FTI has delivered 7,788, and we expect to complete our contract before the end of December." Read 2026-10-15.
PSPC's ventilator contracts, 2020
Actual
15
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 15
"15 contracts with 13 manufacturers to deliver 40,547 ventilators." Read 2026-10-15.
Manufacturers under PSPC's ventilator contracts, 2020
Actual
13
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 13
"15 contracts with 13 manufacturers to deliver 40,547 ventilators." Read 2026-10-15.
Ventilators ordered under PSPC's contracts, 2020 (ordered, not delivered)
Actual
40,547
- Period
- 2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 40547
"15 contracts with 13 manufacturers to deliver 40,547 ventilators." Read 2026-10-15.
Margaret Trudeau's engagements by WE through a speakers' bureau, October 2016 to March 2020
Actual
28
- Period
- 2016-2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 28
"was engaged by WE through a speakers' bureau 28 times between October 2016 and March 2020". Read 2026-10-15.
Of Margaret Trudeau's engagements by WE, the number she was paid for
Actual
27
- Period
- 2016-2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 27
"was paid for 27 of the 28 speaking engagements". Read 2026-10-15.
Federal organizations with GCStrategies contracts, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024
Estimate
31
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 31
Read 2026-10-15 in Exhibit 4.1's total row: 106 contracts, 31 organizations.
GCStrategies contracts awarded without competition, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024
Estimate
41
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 41
Read 2026-10-15 in Exhibit 4.1's total row: 41 of 106 contracts non-competitive.
Paid to GCStrategies across federal organizations, 13 April 2015 to 31 March 2024
Estimate
$64,518,044 ($64.5M)
- Period
- 2015-2024
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 64518044
Read 2026-10-15 in Exhibit 4.1's total row: $64,518,044 spent against a maximum contract value of $92,683,894. Government-wide, not only ArriveCAN.
iOS users ArriveCAN version 3.0 wrongly told to quarantine (more than)
Actual
10,000
- Period
- 2022-06-28
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 10000
"launched on 28 June 2022, wrongly instructed more than 10,000 iOS users". A floor: the report says more than. Read 2026-10-15.
Alexandre Trudeau's paid speaking engagements for WE, 2017 to 2018
Actual
9
- Period
- 2017-2018
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 9
"he was paid for nine speaking engagements". Read 2026-10-15.
WE Day events Justin Trudeau took part in, from 2007
Actual
8
- Period
- 2007-2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 8
"Mr. Trudeau participated in eight WE Day events starting in 2007." Read 2026-10-15.
Donations to WE by Morneau's spouse, April 2018 and June 2020
Actual
2
- Period
- 2018-2020
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 2
"his spouse, Ms. Nancy McCain, had previously made two donations of $50,000 each, in April 2018 and June 2020, to WE". Read 2026-10-15.
WE trips taken by Morneau's family in 2017 (Kenya in July, Ecuador in December)
Actual
2
- Period
- 2017
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 2
The report records the Kenya visit of July 2017 and the Ecuador trip of December 2017, and Morneau's reimbursement "for the full costs of the portion of both trips" WE had absorbed. Read 2026-10-15.
SDTC projects the Auditor General examined for eligibility
Actual
58
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 58
A count from the audit; the examined and unexamined projects together are the 226 approved in the audit period.
SDTC projects approved in the audit period that the Auditor General did not examine for eligibility
Actual
168
- Period
- 2017-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 168
A count from the audit; the examined and unexamined projects together are the 226 approved in the audit period.
National Research Council contributions to Bionest, August 2022 to October 2023
Actual
4
- Period
- 2022-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 4
The agreements summed in “Four National Research Council contributions to Bionest, 18 August 2022 to 16 October 2023”.
Projects in SDTC's own re-review of eligibility
Actual
173
- Period
- 2026-09
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 173
Projects SDTC's own re-review found ineligible (one more was funded for ineligible costs)
Actual
5
- Period
- 2026-09
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 5
SDTC directors, besides the chair, appointed by the Governor in Council on the minister's recommendation
Actual
6
- Period
- 2019-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 6
Matched in the report on 2026-10-15.
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Verschuren Report (opens in a new tab)Background: "The Chair of the Board and six directors are appointed for a term not exceeding five years by the Governor in Council ... The other eight directors are appointed by the members."Published July 24, 2024. Accessed October 15, 2026.
SDTC directors appointed by the foundation's members
Actual
8
- Period
- 2019-2023
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 8
Matched in the report on 2026-10-15.
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Verschuren Report (opens in a new tab)Background: "The Chair of the Board and six directors are appointed for a term not exceeding five years by the Governor in Council ... The other eight directors are appointed by the members."Published July 24, 2024. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Days from Anand taking the Public Services and Procurement desk (20 November 2019) to its conflict screen on the public registry (13 March 2020)
Actual
114
- Period
- 2020-03
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 114
Derived: the days between the two dates. A registry date is when a screen was published, not when it was made, so the screen may be older than its entry.
Days from Anand taking the National Defence desk (26 October 2021) to its conflict screen on the public registry (12 May 2022)
Actual
198
- Period
- 2022-05
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 198
Derived: the days between the two dates. A registry date is when a screen was published, not when it was made, so the screen may be older than its entry.
Days from Anand taking the Treasury Board desk (26 July 2023) to its conflict screen on the public registry (20 November 2023)
Actual
117
- Period
- 2023-11
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 117
Derived: the days between the two dates. A registry date is when a screen was published, not when it was made, so the screen may be older than its entry.
Fine imposed on Elizabeth May for criminal contempt of court, 28 May 2018
Actual
$1,500
- Period
- 2018-05-28
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1500
The court: "There will be a fine of $1,500."
Fine the Crown and defence jointly recommended for Elizabeth May, which the judge rejected, 28 May 2018
Actual
$500
- Period
- 2018-05-28
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 500
The court: "I cannot accept a fine of $500 as recommended by the Crown and defence as a fit sentence."
Contract of 26 March 2019 between Mary Ng's department and Pomp & Circumstance, media training
Actual
$5,840
- Period
- 2019-03-26
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 5840
Contract of 8 April 2020 between Mary Ng's office (Global Affairs Canada) and Pomp & Circumstance, including HST
Actual
$16,950
- Period
- 2020-04-08
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 16950
The federal contract disclosure lists the same value: search.open.canada.ca, contract C-2020-2021-Q1-00228 (Global Affairs Canada), read 2026-10-15.
Both Pomp & Circumstance contracts found in the Ng Report, together
Actual
$22,790
- Period
- 2019-03-26 to 2020-04-08
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 22790
Sum of “Contract of 26 March 2019 between Mary Ng's department and Pomp & Circumstance, media training” and “Contract of 8 April 2020 between Mary Ng's office (Global Affairs Canada) and Pomp & Circumstance, including HST”.
Retainer paid by the Norway House Cree Nation to the numbered company owned by Vic Toews’ spouse
Actual
$10,000
- Period
- 2013-10-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 10000
Each of two non-refundable retainers paid by Rath & Company, counsel for the Peguis First Nation, to the numbered company; the second marked K
Actual
$10,500
- Period
- 2013-09-30
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 10500
Retainers paid to the numbered company on 30 September and 1 October 2013: two from Rath & Company for Peguis, one from the Norway House Cree Nation
Actual
$31,000
- Period
- 2013-10-01
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 31000
Sum of the two retainers paid by Rath & Company for the Peguis First Nation (Kapyong) and the one paid by the Norway House Cree Nation, each to the numbered company owned by Vic Toews’ spouse. Invoice totals are not in the report.
Occasions on which Vic Toews gave Rath strategic advice on the Kapyong matter directly, at least, as the Commissioner found
Actual
4
- Period
- 2013
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 4
A floor: the report says “on at least four occasions”.
Ceiling of the Conflict of Interest Act's administrative monetary penalty, which applies only to sections 22 to 27, not to sections 34 or 35
Actual
$500
- Period
- 2026-10-15
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 500
Employees overseen by the Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Actual
13,685
- Period
- July 2022 to January 2024
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 13685
Bottom of the salary range cabinet fixed for Christiane Fox as Deputy Minister of National Defence
Actual
$357,600
- Period
- 2026-01-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 357600
The order gives the range; the salary itself is in a schedule annexed to the order, which the order's published text does not show.
Top of the salary range cabinet fixed for Christiane Fox as Deputy Minister of National Defence
Actual
$420,600
- Period
- 2026-01-29
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 420600
The order gives the range; the salary itself is in a schedule annexed to the order, which the order's published text does not show.
Days from the Ethics Commissioner opening his examination of Christiane Fox (10 June 2025) to her naming as Deputy Minister of National Defence (19 December 2025)
Actual
192
- Period
- 2025-12
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 192
Derived: the days between the two dates.
Largest administrative monetary penalty in the Conflict of Interest Act, for the reporting provisions section 52 lists (sections 22 to 27); section 9 is not among them
Actual
$500
- Period
- 2024-08-19
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 500
Share of IRCC's access to information requests answered within the legislated timelines, department-wide, April 2022 to March 2023
Actual
21.1%
- Period
- 2022-23
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 0.2109
Share of IRCC's access to information requests answered within the legislated timelines, department-wide, April 2021 to March 2022
Actual
34.0%
- Period
- 2021-22
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 0.3404
IRCC's count of requests closed late in 2021-22 is in its 2021-2022 annual report, which this entry does not use; the 2022-2023 report gives only the rate.
Access to information requests IRCC received, department-wide, April 2022 to March 2023
Actual
184,587
- Period
- 2022-23
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 184587
Share of IRCC's access to information requests answered within the legislated timelines, department-wide, April 2023 to March 2024
Actual
77.0%
- Period
- 2023-24
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 0.77
Share of IRCC's access to information requests answered within the legislated timelines, department-wide, April 2024 to March 2025
Actual
80.7%
- Period
- 2024-25
- Unit
- Ratio, shown as a percentage
- Stored value
- 0.807
The report's statistical table gives 80.790 percent closed within legislated timelines; its text gives 80.7%.
IRCC access to information requests closed past the legislated timelines, department-wide, 2022-23
Actual
127,104
- Period
- 2022-23
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 127104
IRCC access to information requests closed past the legislated timelines, department-wide, 2023-24
Actual
47,010
- Period
- 2023-24
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 47010
IRCC access to information requests closed past the legislated timelines, department-wide, 2024-25
Actual
34,321
- Period
- 2024-25
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 34321
Contract value under which, Mary Ng told the Ethics Commissioner, Treasury Board policy did not require solicitation of bids
Actual
$25,000
- Period
- 2020-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 25000
Her account of the policy, as the report records it.
Contract P1900370 between Women and Gender Equality Canada and Pomp & Circumstance, public relations services, marked a minister's office contract: work of 8 to 31 January 2019, contract dated 4 April 2019
Actual
$24,996
- Period
- 2019-04-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 24995.6
Original Contract Value is the same. Solicitation Procedure: Non-Competitive; Limited Tendering Reason: Low Dollar-value.
All three federal contracts with Pomp & Circumstance found in the record, whatever their procedure: Ng's office in March 2019 (procedure not stated) and April 2020, and Women and Gender Equality Canada in April 2019
Actual
$47,786
- Period
- 2019-01-08 to 2020-04-08
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 47785.6
Sum of “Contract P1900370 between Women and Gender Equality Canada and Pomp & Circumstance, public relations services, marked a minister's office contract: work of 8 to 31 January 2019, contract dated 4 April 2019”, “Contract of 26 March 2019 between Mary Ng's department and Pomp & Circumstance, media training” and “Contract of 8 April 2020 between Mary Ng's office (Global Affairs Canada) and Pomp & Circumstance, including HST”, each as its document states it. Not comparable with Alvaro's estimate of sole-source work; “The two federal contracts with Pomp & Circumstance whose disclosure records give the solicitation procedure as Non-Competitive, together: Women and Gender Equality Canada's of 4 April 2019 and Ng's office's at Global Affairs Canada of 8 April 2020” is. No contract with the office of Navdeep Bains, whom Alvaro also named, was found.
The two federal contracts with Pomp & Circumstance whose disclosure records give the solicitation procedure as Non-Competitive, together: Women and Gender Equality Canada's of 4 April 2019 and Ng's office's at Global Affairs Canada of 8 April 2020
Actual
$41,946
- Period
- 2019-04-04 to 2020-04-08
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 41945.6
Sum of “Contract P1900370 between Women and Gender Equality Canada and Pomp & Circumstance, public relations services, marked a minister's office contract: work of 8 to 31 January 2019, contract dated 4 April 2019” ($24,995.60, the record's total value, which does not say whether tax is in it) and “Contract of 8 April 2020 between Mary Ng's office (Global Affairs Canada) and Pomp & Circumstance, including HST” ($16,950, including HST). Both records read 2026-10-15: "Solicitation Procedure: Non-Competitive". The March 2019 contract (“Contract of 26 March 2019 between Mary Ng's department and Pomp & Circumstance, media training”) is left out: no record read quotes its procedure.
Amanda Alvaro's estimate to the Commons ethics committee of her firm's sole-source contracts with the federal government, in total
Estimate
$30,000
- Period
- 2023-02-10
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 30000
Her answer when asked to guess, after "I don't have that number in front of me"; she confirmed "That's in total." Her answer did not say what the guess counted. Compare with “The two federal contracts with Pomp & Circumstance whose disclosure records give the solicitation procedure as Non-Competitive, together: Women and Gender Equality Canada's of 4 April 2019 and Ng's office's at Global Affairs Canada of 8 April 2020”.
The regulatory limit for a sole-source contract, taxes included, as Global Affairs Canada told the ethics committee; the same, it said, when the 2020 contract was awarded
Actual
$40,000
- Period
- 2020-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 40000
Set beside “Contract value under which, Mary Ng told the Ethics Commissioner, Treasury Board policy did not require solicitation of bids”, the figure Ng gave the Commissioner.
The largest administrative monetary penalty under the Conflict of Interest Act, section 52, which lists only subsections 22(1), (2) and (5), section 23, subsections 24(1) and (2), 25(1) to (6) and 26(1) and (2), and subsection 27(7); not subsection 6(1) or section 21
Actual
$500
- Period
- 2026-10
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 500
Hours of work Pomp & Circumstance says it delivered on the April 2020 contract
Actual
103
- Period
- 2020-04
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 103
The firm's own account.
Products Pomp & Circumstance says it delivered on the April 2020 contract
Actual
56
- Period
- 2020-04
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 56
The firm's own account.
Gifts recorded under a contributor named Amanda Alvaro of Toronto, 2006 to 2022, all political entities (a match on name and city), with the quarterly copies left out
Actual
18
- Period
- 2006 to 2022
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 18
Method: the search lists 30 rows ("Records found: 30"). Twelve are rows from the Liberal Party's quarterly returns that repeat gifts also listed in its annual returns; they are left out. The 18 rows kept are from the party's annual returns, one nomination campaign return and three riding association returns. None of the 30 rows names Ng or Markham--Thornhill.
Sum of the gifts recorded under a contributor named Amanda Alvaro of Toronto, 2006 to 2022, with the quarterly copies left out (a match on name and city)
Actual
$13,621
- Period
- 2006 to 2022
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 13621.47
Method: the 18 rows of “Gifts recorded under a contributor named Amanda Alvaro of Toronto, 2006 to 2022, all political entities (a match on name and city), with the quarterly copies left out”, summed as printed: “Of the gifts recorded under a contributor named Amanda Alvaro of Toronto, 2006 to 2022, the part to the Liberal Party of Canada (annual-return rows only)” to the Liberal Party of Canada, and $1,899.36 to Chrystia Freeland's 2013 nomination campaign and three Liberal riding associations. The 12 quarterly copies are left out. Replaces an earlier sum of all 30 rows, which double-counted.
Of the gifts recorded under a contributor named Amanda Alvaro of Toronto, 2006 to 2022, the part to the Liberal Party of Canada (annual-return rows only)
Actual
$11,722
- Period
- 2006 to 2022
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 11722.11
Method: the party's annual-return rows, summed as printed; the quarterly copies left out.
The election expenses limit for Peterborough in the 2008 federal election
Actual
$92,566
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 92566
Elections Canada's list of 2008 limits gives 92,566.79 for Peterborough; the court's rounded figure is used.
Election expenses Dean Del Mastro's 2008 campaign return reported
Actual
$91,770
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 91770
Dean Del Mastro's personal cheque to Holinshed for voter calling in the 2008 campaign, not reported on the return
Actual
$21,000
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 21000
The amount Dean Del Mastro's 2008 return listed as paid to Holinshed
Actual
$1,575
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 1575
Dean Del Mastro's 2008 campaign expenses with his $21,000 cheque counted in place of the $1,575 his return reported to Holinshed
Actual
$111,195
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 111195
Drained's arithmetic on the court's figures: the return's $91,770, less the $1,575 it reported to Holinshed, plus the $21,000 he paid Holinshed himself. The Commissioner's third charge describes the return as having omitted the $21,000 expense and "instead reported an election expense of $1,575.00". No court states this total. The $21,000 includes GST, as the courts give it (para. 29).
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Del Mastro, 2017 ONCA 711 (opens in a new tab)paras. 32 and 36: the $21,000 personal cheque; "The appellant's return listed the amount paid to Holinshed as $1,575. His personal payment of $21,000 was not reported. The total amount listed for election campaign expenses was $91,770"Published September 13, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2026.
How far Dean Del Mastro's 2008 campaign expenses, with his $21,000 cheque counted, ran over the $92,566 limit
Actual
$18,629
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 18629
Drained's arithmetic: $111,195 (the return's $91,770, less the $1,575 reported to Holinshed, plus the $21,000 cheque) less the $92,566 limit the court gives (para. 13). No court states this amount; the trial court convicted on count one, expenses over the limit.
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Del Mastro, 2017 ONCA 711 (opens in a new tab)paras. 32 and 36: the $21,000 personal cheque; "The appellant's return listed the amount paid to Holinshed as $1,575. His personal payment of $21,000 was not reported. The total amount listed for election campaign expenses was $91,770"Published September 13, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2026.
The limit on what a candidate could personally contribute to his own campaign in 2008
Actual
$2,100
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 2100
The trial reasons (2014 ONCJ 605) call it "the 2008 candidate spending limit"; the Court of Appeal, para. 13, says it limits what a candidate may personally contribute. Count two was a personal contribution over the limit.
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Del Mastro, 2017 ONCA 711 (opens in a new tab)para. 13: "the CEA also limits the amount that a candidate may personally contribute to his or her campaign. In 2008, the limit was $2,100."Published September 13, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Public money Elections Canada reimbursed for Dean Del Mastro's 2008 election expenses
Actual
$54,593
- Period
- 2008
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 54592.51
Read raw on 2026-10-15. No record of repayment or recovery was found.
The restitution order to the Peterborough riding association that the first appeal set aside
Actual
$10,000
- Period
- 2016
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 10000
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Del Mastro, 2017 ONCA 711 (opens in a new tab)paras. 3 and 52: set aside because "there was no evidence the Peterborough Electoral District Association suffered damages"Published September 13, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Days in jail in Del Mastro's sentence
Actual
30
- Period
- 2015
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 30
The sentence on the three convictions, as the Court of Appeal records it.
Months of conditional sentence in Del Mastro's sentence
Actual
4
- Period
- 2015
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 4
The sentence on the three convictions, as the Court of Appeal records it.
Months of probation in Del Mastro's sentence
Actual
18
- Period
- 2015
- Unit
- Count
- Stored value
- 18
The sentence on the three convictions, as the Court of Appeal records it.
Industry Canada's grant to the Canada School of Energy and Environment under the Funding Agreement of 7 March 2007
Actual
$15,000,000 ($15.0M)
- Period
- 2007-03-07
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 15000000
Read 2026-10-15 in the Court of Appeal's reasons. The court found he was still in the Prime Minister's Office then and "was not involved in the initial award of the grant."
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Carson, 2019 ONCA 396 (opens in a new tab)para. 7: "an agreement was formalized between Industry Canada and the CSEE, which provided for a $15 million grant"Published May 15, 2019. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Part of the grant the school had not committed in 2009 (approximately); to be returned to the Minister if no agreement was reached by 31 March 2010
Estimate
$12,200,000 ($12.2M)
- Period
- 2009
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 12200000
The court's "approximately". The amending agreement of 13 January 2010 extended the deadline to 31 March 2014 (para. 12); the trial judge found the amount "would have been forfeited" without his communications (para. 16).
Lobbying Act fine, count 1: for payment, undertaking to communicate with public office holders on behalf of the Energy Policy Institute of Canada
Actual
$35,000
- Period
- 2016-11-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 35000
Imposed by Kehoe J. of the Ontario Court of Justice (sentence of 4 November 2016, per the Court of Appeal's heading); upheld on the summary conviction appeal (para. 17).
Lobbying Act fine, count 2: for payment, arranging a meeting between public office holders and members of the Energy Policy Institute of Canada
Actual
$10,000
- Period
- 2016-11-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 10000
Upheld on the summary conviction appeal (para. 17).
Lobbying Act fine, count 3: as the school's employee, communicating with public office holders on a federal grant
Actual
$5,000
- Period
- 2016-11-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 5000
Set aside on the summary conviction appeal (2017 ONSC 5371) and reinstated by the Court of Appeal on 15 May 2019 (para. 26).
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Carson, 2019 ONCA 396 (opens in a new tab)paras. 14 and 26: "$5,000 on count #3"; "the conviction on count #3 is reinstated, together with the $5,000 fine"Published May 15, 2019. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Lobbying Act fines on all three counts, imposed on 4 November 2016 (count 3 set aside in 2017 and reinstated in 2019)
Actual
$50,000
- Period
- 2016-11-04
- Unit
- Canadian dollars
- Stored value
- 50000
Built from its three parts: fines of 35,000, 10,000 and 5,000 dollars. Whether the fines were collected is not in the record read; the court noted the Crown's interest was "not with the recovery of the fine" (para. 26).
- Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Carson, 2019 ONCA 396 (opens in a new tab)the heading and paras. 14 and 26: "the sentence imposed on November 4, 2016"; the three fines, $35,000, $10,000 and $5,000Published May 15, 2019. Accessed October 15, 2026.