After touching down in New York City yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Carney will kick off his whirlwind one-day one-man trade mission that, as per the advisory sent out by his office last week, aims to “position Canada as a premier destination for new investment,” with a closed-door chat with members of the Business Roundtable, whose roster includes the “chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies,” and “collectively represent every sector of the economy,” according to the group’s website. (10 a.m.)

He’ll also take part in a “featured conversation” hosted by the Economic Club of New York (12 p.m.) before jetting home to Canada this evening.

Back in the precinct, the Conservatives are set to trigger a day-long debate — and, ultimately, a vote — on a non-binding call for Carney and his cabinet to “use their powers under the Broadcasting Act to reject the CRTC’s streaming tax increase,” which is how the party is framing last week’s move by the “Liberal-appointed” Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to require Disney+, Netflix and other online streamers with at least $25 million in Canadian revenue to “direct” at least 15 per cent of it “towards supporting the creation of Canadian content,” as CBC News reports.

If adopted, the motion would also urge the government to “eliminate the streaming tax” altogether, on the grounds that the rate increase “will be passed on to consumers who are already struggling with the rising cost of living,” will  “discourage business activity and investment in Canada,” and “is a trade irritant with the United States ahead of the upcoming CUSMA review.”

The House of Commons has also set aside up to four hours for MPs from all sides of the chamber to cross-examine Citizenship and Immigration MInister Lena Metlege Diab over the proposed spending plans submitted by her department as outlined in the latest main estimates during a committee-style session on the floor of the House of Commons. (7:30 p.m.)

Several of her fellow front benchers are set to field questions on their respective sections of the estimates at committee today, including Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu (HUMAN RESOURCES, SKILLS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT) (8:15 a.m.), Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin (ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) (11 a.m.) and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree (PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY) (3:30 p.m.)

Elsewhere on the committee roster: As flagged by iPolitics last week, INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS members are set to circle back to the government’s bid to comply with a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that “ordered Ottawa to restore Indian status to the descendants of enfranchised First Nations peoples,” which, after failing to secure a second extension, is now racing the clock to be signed into law before the existing rules are automatically deemed null and void. (8:15 a.m.)

As iPolitics explains, while working its way through the Senate last year, the bill underwent a significant rewrite, and now includes a new provision that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff, which “denies Indian status to people who had a non-First Nation parent and grandparent.” That amendment could be removed when the House committee begins clause-by-clause review, although as yet, there’s no word on whether the Liberals intend to use its newly-secured majority to do so.

On the witness list today: Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chief Sidney Peters, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation deputy chief Jeff Forbes, lawyer Drew Lafond and Thunderchild First Nation Chief Delbert Wapass.

Also on the radar:

• Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, along with Calgary-area Liberal MP Corey Hogan, who serves as parliamentary secretary to Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, hold an on-camera briefing to “provide an update on Canada’s preparedness for extreme weather events,” as well as the latest projections for this year’s wildfire season. (12:15 p.m.)
• Secretary of State (International Development) Randeep Sarai hits the West Block Foyer alongside Health Minister Marjorie Michel to share the details of a fresh tranche of federal funding to “help stop the spread of the Ebola disease.” (1 p.m.)
• Industry Minister Mélanie Joly teams up with Michel’s parliamentary secretary, Toronto-area Liberal MP Maggie Chi, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada vice-president Anne-Marie Thompson at the University of Ottawa’s STEM Complex to reveal what the advisory notes is the “first wave of results” under the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards, a “one-time initiative designed to recruit international or returning Canadian students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada.” (9:30 a.m.)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

Calgary-area Conservative MP David McKenzie will brief reporters on his backbench pitch to repeal the moratorium on oil tanker traffic along B.C.’s northern coast, which made its second-reading debut earlier this week, and the Liberals, Bloc Québécois and New Democrats have already served notice that they intend to reject when it goes to a vote. (10 a.m.)

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne heads to Halifax to make the rounds at Invest Canada ‘26, the “flagship annual conference of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association,” according to his office, where he’s booked in for a “fireside chat” on his government’s ongoing bid to “attract foreign investment while ensuring that ownership, returns, and long-term value creation remain anchored in Canada for domestic funds and pension investor.”(11:45 a.m. AT) 

Also on his itinerary, but closed to media, as per the advisory: A visit to the local offices of Defence Research and Development Canada, a meeting with Halifax Mayor — and former Liberal caucus colleague — Andy Filmore and a tour of the Port of Halifax that, as per the advisory, “includes a demonstration of the terminal’s capacity to accommodate large vessels.”

Rounding out the roster, New Democrat leader Avi Lewis hits the stage at the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario’s annual meet-up in downtown Toronto (11 a.m.) before joining a midday march organized by the Ontario Health Coalition that, as per the notice, will “urge the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act” and “stop (Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s) hospitalization train wreck.” (12 p.m.)

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