After accompanying Prime Minister Mark Carney on his whirlwind visit to Saudi Arabia last week, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne kicks off a two-day visit to Prince Edward Island with a mid-morning tête-à-tête with Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown that, according to the advisory, “will revolve around the collaborative approach both offices are taking to address affordability challenges and ensure regional interests are represented in government policy.” (11:30 a.m. AT)

Later this afternoon, he’ll host a closed-door pre-budget consultation session with “Canada’s biotechnology sector leaders” and tour a “local training facility.” (2:30 p.m. AT)

As for the prime minister himself, he’s staying off the radar for at least one more day, according to his office.

Also hitting the ministerial circuit: Defence Minister David McGuinty will share the details of a “new initiative” that, as per the notice, aims to “strengthen Canada’s defence innovation ecosystem,” during a morning event at the YMX Innovation Centre in Mirabel, Que. (11 a.m.)

Meanwhile, Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski drops by the Edmonton Garrison to “unveil (the) first net-zero emissions-ready military apartments,” which, as per the notice, also “marks  the first delivery of new military housing” under the opening phase of the Canada-wide national housing construction program launched by the Department of National Defence earlier this year. (11 a.m. MDT)

Back in the precinct, Canadian Health Coalition chair Jason MacLean teams up with representatives of the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta’s Friends of Medicare, Canadian Doctors for Medicare and Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights to brief reporters on a new legal opinion on the regulations underlying Alberta’s “two-tier model” for health care, which, as per the advisory, “allows physicians to ration care based on ability to pay, ushering in a U.S.-style health care system.”  (10:30 a.m.)

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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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