After marking National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Vancouver Island — where, as Nanaimo News Now reports, he and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, “received a detailed look at Snuneymuxw First Nation history before and after contact with European settlers, and learned about traditional hunting, fishing, and clothing-making practices” during an afternoon stop at the Nanaimo Museum — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be back in Ottawa — and, more specifically, his West Block office —  this morning to host a tête-à-tête with visiting Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković. (11 a.m.)

For his part, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is slated to make himself available to reporters during a morning press conference in Richmond, B.C. (7:15 a.m. PT)

Meanwhile, Justice Minister Sean Fraser kicks off a three-day sprint through southwestern Ontario with a morning appearance at Brampton City Hall 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 to promote the “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. (11:15 a.m.)

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.

Elsewhere in the province, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is set to make what his office is billing as a “significant announcement about Canada’s nuclear energy direction” during a midday press conference in Newmarket, Ont. (12:30 p.m.)

Later this afternoon, 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 (1 p.m. CT) and Iqaluit (1 p.m.) respectively.

Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon will deliver what the itinerary describes as a “transport-related announcement” at an unspecified location somewhere in Kingston, Ont. (1 p.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.” (10 a.m. MT)

Also on the radar: Two ministers will convene mid-morning media callbacks to brief reporters on their latest international travel: Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, who, as per her office, is currently in Japan following a four-day visit to China (8:30 a.m.) and Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) Stephen Fuhr, who, as Canadian Press reports, was in Canberra yesterday to announce that the two countries have “agreed on terms to allow Ottawa to buy components of the Arctic over-the-horizon radar system from BAE Systems Australia.” (9 a.m.)

Rounding out the roster, Defence Minister David McGuinty and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu head to Japan to launch a four-day Defence Trade Mission that, as per the notice, aims to “advance Canada–Japan defence relations, strengthen economic ties, and promote collaboration between Canadian and Japanese defence industries.”

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Both the House of Commons and the Senate have shut down for the summer, with regular parliamentary proceedings set to resume in September.

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