With just six sitting days left on the clock before the current supply cycle wraps up, several committees are set to conduct a lightening-round review of their respective assigned section of the estimates.

In addition to the ministerial appearances flagged in iPolitics AM, PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS members have blocked off an hour to quiz Leaders’ Debate Commission executive director Michel Cormier over $3.5 million in proposed expenditures before circling back to their ongoing review of the “current state of civil resilience in Canada,” with University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist, Quebec Press Council information director Philippe Marcoux and Apathy is Boring’s Samantha Reusch on the witness list. (11 a.m.)

Meanwhile, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members will go through the fine print of the supplementary estimates with senior officials from Public Works and Government Services and Shared Services Canada ahead of a pre-scheduled one-hour panel discussion on the ongoing expenditure review with senior representatives of the Association of Justice Counsel, Public Service Alliance of Canada and Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. (11 a.m.)

Over at INTERNATIONAL TRADE, representatives of the Canadian Cattle Association, Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Lobster Council of Canada will offer their respective perspectives on the latest developments in Canada – China trade, as will University of Ottawa fellow Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, former senior RCMP investigator Garry Clement and officials with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. (11 a.m.)

Also this morning:

• CANADIAN HERITAGE members continue their self-initiated investigation into the “state of the journalism and media sectors” with back-to-back presentations by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Accessible Media, Canadian Ethnic Media Association and Université de Sherbrooke professor Marie-Eve Carignan, a UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism. (8:15 a.m.)
• INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS members hear from Cree Nation Government Grand Chief Paul John Murdoch and Teslin Tlingit Council representative Duane Gastant’ Aucoin before beginning clause-by-clause review of the government’s proposal to establish a Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation. (8:15 a.m.)
•  INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY members hear from representatives of the auto sector, as well as Clean Energy Canada and Electric Mobility Canada, as they examine federal policies on e-vehicles. (11 a.m.)
• HUMAN RESOURCES, SKILLS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT members examine Liberal MP Terry Beech’s proposal to ensure employment insurance and parental leave benefits continue in the event of the death of a child. (8:15 a.m.)
• SCIENCE AND RESEARCH members continue to explore the “governance and accountability of federal science policy and institutions.” (11 a.m.)

Later this afternoon, PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members will get a briefing from a senior representative of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as part of an ongoing review of “Canada’s ability to remove foreign nationals with a criminal record.” (3:30 p.m.)

Assembly of First Nations national chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak shares her views on Canadian energy exports at NATIONAL RESOURCES. (3:30 p.m.)

Rounding out the roster, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ acting representative in Venezuela, as well as Vente Venezuela lawyer Maria Oropeza and International Crisis Group deputy director Elizabeth Dickinson are among the expert witnesses set to update FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT on the latest developments. (3:30 p.m.)

On the Senate side, FISHERIES AND OCEANS members will get a briefing from Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson. (8:30 a.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.