After wrapping up his three-day swing through Texas by pre-taping an “amazing conversation” with Joe Rogan, host of “the world’s biggest podcast” — during which, according to his X recap, he “fought for Canadian workers and Canadian interests,” with the full conversation to air this afternoon — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to hit the stage at New York’s Harvard Club tonight. (6 p.m.)

Poilievre will share his “vision for Canada – United States relations” at a “lecture event” hosted by the Foreign Policy Association, according to the programme, which notes that, in addition to “advocating for tariff-free trade, a robust domestic economy and energy sector and pragmatic cooperation under the Canada – U.S. — Mexico trade agreement,” Poilievre will be “rejecting a permanent rupture with the United States and urging the Canada not substitute China for its largest trading partner.”

Also on the international hustings: Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand makes the rounds at the annual Chatham House Global Trade Conference in London, where, as per her office, she plans to “underscore Canada’s trade diversification efforts to strengthen economic security and resilience.” (1:45 p.m. GMT)

Back in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty continues to promote his government’s ongoing push to boost defence spending during a morning visit to an unnamed site in Kitchener, Ont., where, alongside Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), he’ll outline a “new investment to deliver modernized capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces (10 a.m.) before heading to a second, similarly unidentified location in Waterloo, Ont., to “highlight new investments under Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy.” (1 p.m.) 

Meanwhile, Justice Minister Sean Fraser teams up with Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joanne Thompson and local Liberal MP Tom Osborne to share the details of fresh federal funding via the Regional Defence Investment Initiative that, as per the advisory, will support “five local businesses” during a morning visit to PAL Aerospace in St. John’s, Nfld. (11 a.m. NT)

Elsewhere on the ministerial circuit:

• Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson joins Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, Toronto Transit Commission general counsel Michael Atlas anda area Liberal MP Jennifer McKelvie, who also serves as Robertson’s parliamentary secretary, for what the advisory is billing as an “important announcement regarding public transit and community infrastructure.” (10 a.m.)
• Later this afternoon, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree drops by Toronto Police Service Headquarters to make the case for his newly-introduced bid to overhaul Canada’s  lawful access laws, which, according to his office, will give law enforcement agencies, as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, “new tools to investigate serious threats, disrupt organized crime, and protect our communities,” with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw and “other federal representatives and law enforcement officials” also expected to be in attendance. (1:30 p.m.)

Rounding out the roster, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne mingles with local Liberal supporters at a $1,775-per-ticket reception in support of University — Rosedale byelection hopeful Danielle Smith. (5:30 p.m.)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

Employment and Social Development Canada officials host a virtual briefing session that, according to the advisory, “will provide an overview of the Benefits Delivery Modernization Programme and Cúram,” the software platform that, as the department notes in its annual report, is now used to administer Old Age Security payments, a “major benchmark in modernizing benefit delivery (that) sets the stage for Employment Insurance (EI) to begin transitioning cohort by cohort in 2025-2026, with the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to follow in 2026-2027.” (11 a.m.)

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