As the committee circuit gears up for the final four-week stretch before the summer recess, the opposition-chaired ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PRIVACY AND ETHICS are set to gather to discuss Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s response to their open-ended invitation for him to appear before the committee this week to field questions on his decision to recuse himself from decisions related to to the Alto high-speed rail project, which, as of Sunday afternoon, did not yet appear on the schedule. (3:30 p.m.)

Also this afternoon: SCIENCE AND RESEARCH members are set to kick off a self-initiated investigation into “space procurement practices,” including, as per the terms of reference, “how federal departments and agencies acquire space-related infrastructure, technologies, and services” with a briefing from Canadian Space Agency president Lisa Campbell and her team. (3:30 p.m.)

Later this morning, CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION members will explore the “provincial distribution of asylum seekers” across Canada with representatives of COSTI Immigrant Services, TheAudit.ca publisher David Clinton, Peel Region Commissioner of Human Services Steve Jacques and others. (11 a.m.)

Rounding out the roster, the SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS will hold a roundtable discussion on “internally and externally displaced people across the world” with representatives of the Global Centre for Pluralism, Doctors Without Borders and Internal Deplacement Monitoring Centre, as well as academic experts. (3:30 p.m.)

On the Senate side: NATIONAL SECURITY, DEFENCE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS members go through the fine print of the government’s plan to overhaul the federal cyber security regime during back-to-back panel sessions with representatives of BlackBerry Inc., Beauceron Security, Citizen Lab, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange, Centre for International Governance Innovation, OpenMedia and the Privacy and Access Council of Canada. (4 p.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.