Just 12 hours after his plane touched down on Canadian soil following his latest whirlwind stint on the high-level diplomatic circuit in Armenia, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to go public with what will likely be one of the closely-watched appointments to be made during his time in office: namely, Canada’s next governor-general. (10:30 a.m.)

According to his itinerary, Carney will reveal who will succeed Mary Simon as vice-regal representative later this morning, with the next resident of Rideau Hall “expected to be fully bilingual in English and French,” according to CBC News, which cites two sources as saying it will also be a woman.

Earlier in the day, Carney will join members of the National Family and Survivors Circle at a Sacred Bundle Ceremony to “to commemorate the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People,” as per his office. (8:45 a.m.)

He’ll also be in his front-and-centre seat in the House of Commons to take questions this afternoon.

Before that gets underway,  however, Bloc Québécois members will kick off a full day of debate — and, ultimately, a vote — on their party’s non-binding call for the House of Commons to “condemn the imposition of new United States tariffs that came into force on April 6, 2026, as contrary to the principles of free trade.”

If adopted, the motion would also urge the government “to take all necessary measures without delay to mitigate the impact (of) additional tariffs on the full value of products containing steel, aluminium or copper,” which “is affecting a growing number of businesses, particularly SMEs,” and “will have irreparable effects on our manufacturing sector and the jobs that depend on it.” (10 a.m.)

Before heading into the House of Commons to speak in support of the motion, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet will hold a mid-morning media availability alongside his party’s industry and finance critics, Gabriele Ste-Marie and Jean-Denis Garon. (11 a.m.)

Outside the chamber, HEALTH members continue their self-initiated investigation into the decision to pull the plug on PrescribeIT, a federally-funded pilot program that, as CBC News notes, “was launched in 2017 to modernize the way doctors send prescriptions to pharmacies, and to phase out older technology such as fax machines,” and has reportedly racked up more than $300 million in development costs.

On the witness list today: Canada Health Infoway board chair Peter Vaughan and strategic advsisor Tania Ensor, as well as TELUS Health president Mohamed El-Demerdash. (3:30 p.m.)

Elsewhere on the committee circuit, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Justice Minister Sean Fraser are booked in for a joint appearance at PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY as MPs begin going through the fine print of the proposed new lawful access regime outlined in legislation tabled by Anandasangaree in March, with senior officials from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), as well as the ministers’ respective departments, also expected to be at the table. (3:30 p.m.)

Also on the radar: Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson will share his — and his government’s –p perspective on “energy security” during a “fireside chat” with International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol at an event hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. (6:30 p.m.)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

Canadian Health Coalition chair Jason MacLean and representatives of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Friends of Medicare in Alberta and lawyer Emma Phillips release a “new legal opinion” about the Alberta government’s plan to “allow doctors to decide patient-by-patient whether they bill the government or patients privately for medically necessary, publicly insured services,” which, they contend, “allows physicians to ration care based on ability to pay, ushering in a U.S.-style health care system.” (10 :30 a.m.)

A coalition of self-described “concerned parents, medical professionals, legal experts, and those with lived experience of the harms of gender ideology,” including lead organizer Jeff Evely, representatives of Detrans Alliance Canada and former B.C. school board trustee Barry Neufeld, hit the West Block press theatre to “raise awareness” of what the advisory contends are “serious harms inflicted on Canadian children by current public policy approaches to gender identity,” including “affirmation practices in schools and healthcare,” ahead of what it describes as a “peaceful public gathering” on the parliamentary lawn later today. (11 a.m.)

Later this morning, Falun Gong practitioners and supporters, including “more than 20 MPs,” will mark the 34th anniversary of Falun Dafa with a midday rally on Parliament Hill that will include “traditional dances, musical performances and meditation demonstrations.” (12:15 p.m.)

IN THE CHAMBER

Before circling back to the Bloc Québécois-initiated supply debate after question period, MPs will vote on the final batch of proposed amendments to Defence Minister David McGuinty’s proposal to overhaul the military justice system, which is now tentatively on track to proceed to third reading as early as later this week after the Liberals successfully deployed their newly secured majority numbers to wrap up report-stage debate on the bill yesterday afternoon. (3 p.m.)

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Canadian Identity Minister Marc Miller will host an evening “celebration” to mark Asian Heritage Month, which, as per the notice, “will feature performances and inspiring speeches, honouring the achievements and outstanding contributions of Asian communities across Canada.”(6:20 p.m.)

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson teams up with British Columbia Institute of Technology President Jeff Zabudsky and fellow B.C. Liberal MP Wade Chang for a mid-morning infrastructure reveal in Burnaby, B.C. (10:30 a.m. PT) 

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