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OPQ ID: 451-0668
Session: 451
Question number: Q-0668
Sessional paper: 8555-451-668
Title: Joint projects between Dept of Defense and PHAC, January 26, 2026
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Topic: public health
Identified concern: 
Keywords: 
Agencies: HC, PHAC, DND
Date asked: 2025-12-08
Date tabled: 2026-01-26
Submitted by: Cheryl Gallant (Algonquin—Renfrew—
Reply by: the Minister of Health
Responded by: Signed by Maggie Chi
Pages: 30
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Alert: yellow
Questions asked: 5
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With regard to the Department of National Defence, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Department of Health: (a) since 2019, what are the details of all projects which included the Department of National Defence working together with either the Public Health Agency of Canada or the Department of Health, or both, including (i) the project name, (ii) the start date, (iii) the end date, (iv) the cost of the project, (v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project, (vi) which departments contributed to the projects, (vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects, (viii) which department was responsible for the approval of project decisions, (ix) the project's purpose;
(b) for each project in (a), which companies contributed to the project, and, for each, what was the (i) company name, (ii) cost of company services, (iii) date of company services, (iv) subject of the service provided; and (c) for the companies in (b), is there a process to audit for conflict of interest, and, if so, which department conducts the audits and stores the audit results?
Response
This response was tabled in the House of Commons on January 26, 2026, as Sessional Paper 8555-451-668.
Order/Address of the House of Commons
Question number
Q-668
Asked by
Cheryl Gallant (Algonquin—Renfrew—
Pembroke)
Date asked
December 8, 2025
Presented by
Tabled on
January 26, 2026
Sessional Paper
8555-451-668
House of Commons
Health Canada
Reply by: the Minister of Health
Name of Signatory: Signed by Maggie Chi
Reply
Public Health Agency of Canada
With regard to the Department of National Defence, the Public Health
Agency of Canada and the Department of Health: (a) since 2019, what are the details of all projects which included the Department of
National Defence working together with either the Public Health
Agency of Canada or the Department of Health, or both, including:
Kevin Lamoureux
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
(i) the project name
(ii) the start date
(iii) the end date
(iv) the cost of the project
(v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project
(vi) which departments contributed to the projects
(vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects
(viii) which department was responsible for the approval of project decisions
(ix) the project's purpose
An assessment by the
Council of
Canadian
Academies:
Balancing
Research
Security and Open
Science for
Dual Use
Research of Concern
202303-01
202510-01
$0;
This project was supported by the
Government of Canada through the
Strategic
Science
Fund.
Public
Health
Agency of
Canada: 810
Co-leads:
Public Health
Agency of
Canada and
Defence
Research and
Development
Canada,
Supporting:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
Environment
Managers and analysts in the
Office of
Biosafety and
Biosecurity
Program,
Director of Office of Biosafety and
Biosecurity
Program,
Director General of the Centre for
Biosecurity,
Deputy Chief
Public Health
Agency of
Canada and
Defense
Research and
Development
Canada, also
Innovation,
Science and
Economic
Development
Canada as it related to the
The Council of Canadian
Academies convened an external panel of experts to answer the research question,
"What does current evidence suggest for
(b) for each project in (a), which companies contributed to the project, and, for each, what was the (i) company name, (ii) cost of company services, (iii) date of company services, (iv) subject of the service provided;
(c) for the companies in (b), is there a process to audit for conflict of interest, and, if so, which department conducts the audits and stores the audit results?
No companies contributed to the project.
(i) the project name
(ii) the start date
(iii) the end date
(iv) the cost of the project
(v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project
(vi) which departments contributed to the projects
(vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects
(viii) which department was responsible for the approval of project decisions
(ix) the project's purpose and Climate
Change
Canada,
National
Reasearch
Council,
Natural
Resources
Canada,
Transport
Canada,
Canadian
Food
Inspection
Agency,
Health
Canada,
Innovation,
Science and
Economic
Development
Canada,
Public Safety
Science Officer,
2 employees from
Communications.
The Council of
Canadian
Academies convened an expert panel of
13 members external to the
Government of
Canada. initial selection of proposals for assessment identifying and protecting dual-use research of concern while balancing open science and innovation?"
The purpose was therefore to assess strategies to identify and protect dual use research of conern while at the same time balancing open science and innovation.
National Defence
Reply by: the Minister of National Defence
Name of Signatory: Sherry Romanado
Reply
National Defence
(a) since 2019, what are the details of all projects which included the
Department of National Defence working together with either the
Public Health Agency of Canada or the Department of Health, or both:
(i) the project name
(ii) the start date
(iii) the end date
(iv) the cost of the project
(Note One)
(v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project
(Note Two)
(vi) which departments contributed to the projects
(Note Three)
(vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects (Note
Two)
(viii) whi departm was respons for the approva project decision
(Note
Three)
Advancing Resiliency for Agnostic Biological
Threat Detection whilst Refining
Federal Laboratory
Surge Capacity
October 1,
2025
March 31,
2028
$943,841.26
3
National
Defence,
Public Health
Agency of
Canada and the Canadian
Food
Inspection
Agency
Chief, Bioforensics
Assay
Development and
Diagnostics,
Division of Health
Security and
Response
Project Leader,
Project Director,
Project Champion,
Project Manager
Note Fou
(i) the project name
(ii) the start date
(iii) the end date
(iv) the cost of the project
(Note One)
(v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project
(Note Two)
(vi) which departments contributed to the projects
(Note Three)
(vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects (Note
Two)
(viii) whi departm was respons for the approva project decision
(Note
Three)
Strengthening
Indigenous community resilience through on-site pathogen detection in country foods (lab-ona-chip prototype)
July 28,
2025
July 27,
2027
$1,286,218.00
13
National
Defence and
Health
Canada
Project Director,
Project Champion,
Project Manager
National
Defence,
Health
Canada, and
National
Research
Council
Best Practices for
Microbial Forensic
Investigations:
Process
Interlaboratory
Exchange - Sample
Procedures In
Casework
Examination
May 20,
2024
March 31,
2026
$90,000.00
1
National
Defence and
Health
Canada
Project
Director/Defence
Scientist
National
Defence and Hea
Canada
Voice and face biometric template protection for identity management in telehealth
October
16, 2023
October
17, 2025
$506,740.00
1
National
Defence and
Health
Canada
Project
Director/Defence
Scientist
National
Defence and Hea
Canada
A3 Safety - Securing
All Canadians
Anytime Anywhere
Through Deployable
Rapid Automated
December
1, 2023
November
30, 2026
$2,503,609.00
4
National
Defence and
Health
Canada
Project
Director/Defence
Scientist
National
Defence and Hea
Canada
(i) the project name
(ii) the start date
(iii) the end date
(iv) the cost of the project
(Note One)
(v) the total number of personnel who contributed to the project
(Note Two)
(vi) which departments contributed to the projects
(Note Three)
(vii) which employees or contractors contributed to the projects (Note
Two)
(viii) whi departm was respons for the approva project decision
(Note
Three)
Genomic Sequencing
Technology
Nuclear Emergency
Response – Nuclear
Vessel – British
Columbia Live
Exercise
December
4, 2023
March 31,
2025
$565,000.00
Note Five
National
Defence,
Canada
Border
Services
Agency,
Environment and Climate
Change
Can