After clocking in two days on the G7 summit circuit in Evian, Prime Minister Mark Carney was scheduled to wind down his six-day European tour with a morning tête-à-tête with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — and, as per his itinerary, a “brief media availability — before heading behind closed doors for a final “working session with G7 outreach countries and international organizations.”

Before heading back to Geneva to board his flight back to Ottawa, Carney is also booked in to attend one final G7-centered event: A “working luncheon with business leaders” that, according to his office, will be “focused on artificial intelligence.”

Back in the precinct, MPs are set to sign off on Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s plan to roll out measures announced in the spring economic statement, which, courtesy of the one-day deadline imposed on the FINANCE committee to complete its work on the bill, is now back on the House of Commons docket with a pre-set limit of two hours and 30 minutes on all remaining debate before it goes to a final vote later today.

As flagged by iPolitics yesterday, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon has also submitted the required paperwork to bring forward a motion that would impose a similarly tight turn-around time for members of the PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY to wrap up the final stage of their ongoing review of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s proposal to update — and expand — the current lawful access regime.

As per the terms of the motion, which is in the queue to begin debate later this afternoon, “within one hour” of its adoption, committee members would reconvene to resume clause-by-clause consideration of the bill with a 30-minute cutoff to deal with all remaining questions before reporting it back to the House of Common for a final round of debate, during which each party — including the New Democrats and the Greens — would be allocated up to 20 minutes to put their final thoughts — and concerns — on  the parliamentary record before the bill would go to a final vote.

During a back-and-forth with reporters yesterday, Anandasangaree suggested that Conservative committee members have been “using stalling tactics” to delay its passage, as Canadian Press reports.

“Anandasangaree told reporters the committee had devoted 10 hours to clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, while addressing just seven amendments, amounting to a filibuster,” the wire service notes.

“Conservative MP Frank Caputo, a member of the committee, said his party is not filibustering but merely ensuring the bill receives proper scrutiny (and) said it was his job, as part of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, to ensure that legislation is constitutionally compliant.”

Barring a sudden burst of cross-aisle cooperation, the Liberals will likely serve notice of their intention to invoke closure force a vote on the motion shortly after the opening round of debate gets underway later today, although they would have to wait until tomorrow morning to start the process.

Also on the radar: May teams up with former Green MP Mike Morrice, who now serves as deputy party leader, and Sen. Rosa Galvez to mark the now imminent end of the sitting by highlighting what the advisory describes as “major concerns with key legislation and government strategy.” (11 a.m.)

Elsewhere in the precinct: Members of the Senate TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS committee will hold a morning press conference to present its newly released report on “local services provided by CBC/Radio Canada,” which, the advisory notes, followed a “comprehensive study” during which senators “heard from more than 60 witnesses.” (9 a.m.)

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