As flagged in iPolitics AM, JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS members are set to hear a final round of expert testimony on Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s omnibus pitch to strengthen current protections against gender-based violence, add new measures to protect children and address issues related to court delays during back-to-back panel discussions with representatives of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, London Police Service, Canadian Bar Association, Booth Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Elder Abuse Ontario and Kindex Research and Knowledge Centre. (4:30 p.m.)

Over at VETERANS AFFAIRS, members continue their ongoing investigation into the controversial $573-million contract awarded to Partners in Canadian Veterans’ Rehabilitation Services, which was prompted by a Toronto Star investigation that “found some veterans facing severe mental health issues are drowning in the program’s bureaucracy, being pressured to change service providers, given inadequate care and facing threats to their benefits,” as the paper reported last month. On the witness list today: Veterans Transition Network CEO Oliver Thorne, as well as representatives of Broken Squirrel Wellness Ltd. and Mindspa Mental Health Centre Corp and other health services professionals. (4:30 p.m.)

Meanwhile, NATIONAL DEFENCE members will take a closer look at the experience of Francophone and Indigenous Canadian Armed Forces members during a panel discussion with retired military officials, including Michel Maisonneuve, and associate professor Stéphanie Chouinard. (4:30 p.m.)

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS members get an update on Auditor General Karen Hogan’s latest report on changes to the international student program, with Hogan and her team expected to appear alongside senior departmental and Canada Border Services Agency officials. (4 p.m.)

Also this afternoon: CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION members examine the state of the current immigration system (4:30 p.m.) and FISHERIES AND OCEANS members get an update on Atlantic Mackeral and Herring fisheries. (4 p.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.