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Req # 22-2215
Please provide all costs associated with the procurement of a coat of arms, flag, badge or any other service contracted by VIA Rail from the Canadian Heraldic Authority.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
June 2022
Req # A-2022-00002
The nomination package for Salim Yusuf for the Killam Prize (Health Sciences) awarded in March 2022 and any memoranda, notes, analysis, evaluations, due diligence in assessing such nomination, including advice sought and received from Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada concerning SY's contribution to public health and cardiovascular disease prevention.Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
May 2022
Req # 22-2202
Provide documentation on the number of employees who have received pay increases since the beginning of 2020, including step pay increases, but do not include pay raises due to promotions to new positions. Provide the annual breakdown for 2020 and 2021, including annual costs for these pay increases. Please also provide the number of employees who received pay cuts during the same period, as well as corresponding amounts but excluding those employees who leave their position.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
May 2022
Req # 22-2203
Provide documentation on the amounts and number of employees who have received bonuses or other forms of performance incentives since the beginning of 2020. Provide the annual breakdown or equivalent for calendar years 2020 and 2021.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
May 2022
Req # 22-2208
(…) we need to evaluate rail noise impacts from the VIA Rail trains operating on the adjacent Alexandria subdivision. Could you please provide the rail traffic data for this section of the rail line? Such data includes the following: (i) type of train (passenger/freight, etc.); (ii) engine type (assumed diesel); (iii) welded rail (yes/no); (iv) number of trains (day/night); (v) # of locomotives and # of cars per train; (vi) speed; (vii) whistle by-laws – at grade-crossings in the area and if any whistles are blown (…).Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
May 2022
Req # 21-2149
Obtain copy of VIA Rail’s policy regarding support persons, including but not limited to, information regarding travel, fares and provisions […] guidelines, records of decisions from the policy was first designed and implemented, any mention of age in connection with the support person policy, and any internal documents that reference the following terms/phrases: one passenger, one fare […] Council of Canadians with Disabilities, [2007] 1 SCR 650 and/or Supreme Court of Canada.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
April 2022
Req # 22-2204
Please provide the total compensation (salary + benefits) paid out to executives for the calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Include a breakdown of the different type of benefits paid out, including any performance or incentive pay received for each year.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
April 2022
Req # 21-2150
I would like to know the greenhouse gas emissions per kilometer and per passenger for the Montreal-Toronto and Toronto-Vancouver trains. I already know the average emission rate for VIA Rail, but I would like to know the emissions for these two trains taking into account their actual occupancy rate (emission rate per passenger, not per seat). Also, if possible, I would like to know how this rate varies by class (e.g. economy class, Sleeper class, etc.)Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
April 2022
Req # A-2022-00019
Submitted a grant, which was listed as "recommended" but not "successful". I'm specifically interested in the cut-off of funding and where our grant lands in relation to that cut-off.Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
March 2022
Req # A-2022-00018
We are seeking the total percentage on all the First Nation /Metis and Inuit arts applications, including individual, collective and organizations submissions to the Canada Council for the arts, in all sections. Success rate of First Nations / Metis and Inuit artists versus the submissions. Successful number of Metis artists that were added to the ART BANK purchases in the recently acquired works for the Art Bank.Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
March 2022