With both the House of Commons and the Senate now officially on hiatus until September, this will be the first of two straight weeks with a major holiday at the halfway mark: namely, St. Jean Baptiste Day — or, to use its slightly more secularized moniker, Fête nationale — on June 24.

As is the case with its Canada-wide counterpart on July 1, the province-wide festivities take place on the date itself, and is a statutory holiday for federal public servants in Quebec — which, depending on the department, can result in a temporary one-day slowdown in offices outside Quebec as well, while federal political leaders traditionally hit the celebratory hustings in la belle province.

As yet, there’s no word on just how Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to mark the occasion — which, it’s worth noting, he had to do via video last year, as he spent the day ensconced in high-level talks with his NATO counterparts in the Hague.

He was, however, set to mark National Indigenous People’s Day by touring an exhibition on Vancouver Island on Sunday.

Before all that gets underway, however, several Team Carney front benchers are on deck to hit the summer ministerial circuit, starting with Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, who will make what his office is billing as a “significant announcement about Canada’s nuclear energy direction” during a midday press conference in Newmarket, Ont. (Monday a.m.) 

On Tuesday, it’s wheels up for Yellowknife, N.W.T., where Hodgson is set to join his provincial and territorial counterparts for two days of high-level closed-door discussions — and, according to his office, “make mining and energy announcements on the margins” of the annual meet-up. (Tuesday through Friday)

Meanwhile, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand and erstwhile New Democrat turned Liberal MP Lori Idlout will share the details of fresh federal funding for “clean energy” during separate satellite events in Winnipeg and Iqaluit, respectively. (Monday p.m.)

For her part, Chartrand is also schedule to visit Long Plain First Nation to “highlight major milestones in improving access to safe drinking water for five Manitoba First Nations.” (Tuesday a.m.)

Also on Monday: Justice Minister Sean Fraser kicks off a three-day sprint through southwestern Ontario with a morning visit to Brampton City Hall, where — alongside his Ontario counterpart Dwight Downey, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique, Royal Canadian Mounted Police senior deputy commissioner Bryan Larkin and senior representatives of the Toronto Police Association, National Police Federation and Peel Regional Police, he’ll promote what the advisory frames as “sweeping bail and sentencing reforms” included in his omnibus bid to tighten the rules on pre-trial and conditional release, which was signed into law last week. (Monday a.m.)

As per the advisory, he’s also booked in for back-to-back closed-door sessions with Toronto Police Association president Clayton Campbell, and, separately, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca and senior York Regional Police officials before joining Oakville-area Liberal MP Sima Acan for an evening reception at a “private residence,” with all proceeds from the $500 ticket price earmarked for the local Liberal riding association. (Monday p.m.)

The following day, Fraser will meet with Halton Regional Police Chief Stephen Tanner and paramedic services chief Greg Sage to go over how the changes will “help combat crime and violence against on-duty first responders in the Halton Region,” as well as two local parents “who lost their daughter … to intimate partner violence” to explain how the new measures will “better protect people against this type of violence.” (Tuesday)

He’ll wind down his mini-tour of the region by joining London Mayor Josh Morgan, London Hydro CEO Ysni Semsedini and local Liberal MPs Peter Fragiskatos and Arielle Kayabaga to outline new measures to designate copper theft that could interfere with “essential infrastructure” as an aggravating factor during sentencing. (Wednesday a.m.)

Earlier in the week, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon will make what his office describes as a “transport-related announcement” at an unspecified location somewhere in Kingston, Ont. (Monday a.m.)

Moving west, Women and Gender Equality Minister Rechie Valdez drops by Café Noir in downtown Lethbridge to unveil what the advisory is billing as “significant new federal funding to support women entrepreneurs in Alberta and across Canada.” (Monday a.m.) 

Rounding out the roster, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon teams up with fellow Toronto-area MP Leslie Church and their Quebec caucus colleague Claude Guay to make the rounds at a $550-per-ticket fundraiser at a “private residence” in the upscale Toronto enclave of Forest Hill, with the proceeds to be divvied up between the respective Liberal riding associations in Toronto – St. Paul’s and LaSalle — Émard — Verdun. (Wednesday p.m.)

Also on the radar: Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will recap her visit to China during a media callback from Japan. (Monday a.m.) 

Back in Ottawa, Beacon North Mentorship Academy will convene an “in-person professional development workshop for professionals who want to move beyond good conversations and build lasting relationships through stronger follow-up and more intentional communication.” (Wednesday a.m.)