After making his initial lap on the G7 summit circuit in Evian last night, Prime Minister Mark Carney is booked in for a full day of high-level working sessions — and a “working luncheon” — as well as rolling one-on-one meetings throughout the day, including scheduled têtes-à-têtes with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, United Arabs Emirates president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Korean president Lee Jae Myung and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

According to his itinerary, he’ll also take part in a separate session with “outreach countries and international organizations,” take in a closed-to-media “cultural performance” and  join his G7 counterparts at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.  

Back in the precinct, the Liberals are once again poised to use their newly-secured majority to wrap up the final round of House of Commons debate on a key initiative — this time, the Senate-proposed rewrite of Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s plan to expand and extend the current anti-hate laws, which would add nooses to the list of symbols of hate that would be barred from public display — an amendment that Fraser is recommending MPs support.

As per the motion adopted last night, there are three hours and 49 minutes left on the clock before the proposed response to the Upper House amendment will be put to a vote — and, barring a sudden shift in the numbers, will be adopted, putting the bill on track to be signed into law later this week.

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon has also served notice that he’s prepared to put Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s stand-alone request to transfer up to $1.173 billion to provincial and territorial governments “for the purpose of improving housing supply,” on the parliamentary fast track with a motion that, if adopted, would see the bill passed at all stages in a single day without ever leaving the floor of the House of Commons.

Meanwhile, as previewed yesterday, the FINANCE committee is now under a House-imposed deadline to wind down clause-by-clause review of Champagne’s proposal to roll out measures announced in his spring fiscal statement before adjourning the extended session already slated for today, which would put the bill back on the Commons docket — with a built-in 2.5 hour deadline for all remaining debate, as per the motion — tomorrow afternoon. (9 a.m.)

MacKinnon has also submitted the required paperwork to bring forward a motion that would impose a similarly tight turn-around time for PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members to complete clause-by-clause review of the government’s latest proposal to overhaul the lawful access regime, which could be called as early as tomorrow.

For its part, the committee is already scheduled to circle back to the bill this afternoon. (3:30 p.m.)

Also on the radar: As reported by iPolitics last week, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty will make what her office is billing as a “historic announcement” on her government’s longstanding pledge to ensure First Nations communities have access to clean water, as outlined in legislation set to be tabled in the House of Commons this morning. (10 a.m.)

As per the latest dispatch from Canadian Press, the latest iteration of the bill “changes a provision in a previous bill that would have recognized First Nations have a human right to clean drinking water,” according to a draft copy obtained by the wire service that, it notes, was marked as being under consultation until June 11.

“Both versions of the bill share the goal of ensuring First Nations have reliable access to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment, but the new draft legislation blurs the language in the old bill that affirmed access to clean drinking water as a human right,” while the new one would commit Canada to “further the progressive realization, for individuals on First Nation lands, of the human right to safe drinking water,” CP notes.

“Progressive realization means governments move forward to the recognition of rights over time.”

Outside the chamber: FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT members will have the opportunity to quiz Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand over the proposed expenditures listed under her department and associated agencies in the most recent estimates, which were approved by the House of Commons last week. (3:30 p.m.)

Later this afternoon, STATUS OF WOMEN members will hit the House of Commons Foyer to promote their newly-tabled report on “antifeminist ideology,” which is expected to be tabled this morning. (3:45 p.m.)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

Ecojustice, Environmental Defence and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment representatives team up with a trio of “young Canadians” to outline a new push to “hold the government legally accountable for its climate failures” via legal action.  (9:30 a.m.)

Taxpayers’ Ombudsman François Boileau heads to the West Block press theatre to promote his latest annual report — which, as per his office, “contains seven recommendations to improve the service the Canada Revenue Agency provides to taxpayers” — as well as the two systemic examinations launched over the past few weeks, which will take a closer look at complaints resolution and the processing of complex adjustment requests. (9:30 a.m.)

Bouwinvest CEO Mark Siezen briefs reporters on a proposal that, according to the advisory, is “aimed at unlocking billions of dollars in pension investment currently sidelined by existing tax rules,” and “creating new opportunities for Canadian pension funds to diversify their portfolios in European markets.” (12:30 p.m.)

The Parliamentary Budget Office releases its assessment of the government’s estimate of the potential cost savings of its proposal to reduce the reimbursement rate for medical cannabis for veterans from $8.50 to $6 per gram, which, according to the notice, was requested by Conservative MP Blake Richards. (9 a.m.)

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Secretary of State (Children and Youth) Anna Gainey joins Ottawa-area MPs Yasir Naqvi and Mona Fortier on a morning visit to a local elementary school to “highlight federal support for provinces and territories as they work to enhance and expand school food programs across Canada.” (9 a.m.)

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