After dropping off the public radar over the weekend, Prime Minister Mark Carney is booked in for a mid-morning appearance in downtown Vancouver, where, according to his itinerary, he will “highlight an historic investment in Canada’s energy industries.”

As iPolitics’ own Aya Dufour reported yesterday, LNG Canada “is expected to announce that it will be “doubling the size of its Kitimat, B.C., export facility, approving a second phase at the country’s first large-scale LNG terminal only a year after its first cargo left the dock,” with Carney slated to be in attendance for the reveal. (11 a.m. PT)

“The expansion comes as B.C. heads into an election and Parliament returns for a fall session focused on major projects, with the federal and provincial governments likely to present it as a vote of confidence in Canada’s resource sector and regulatory climate,” Dufour notes.

“The joint venture participants, Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp. and KOGAS, have spent months working through their own internal approvals for Phase 2.”

Later this afternoon, Carney will “announce new measures to protect Canada’s oceans,” according to his office — a move that, as Canadian Press points out, “comes as the Liberal government falls under scrutiny from environmentalists for its new economic and labour bill.” (1:20 p.m. PT)

Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre headlines an afternoon fundraiser organized by Conservatives for Canada, a third-party advertising group launched earlier this month that, as per its website, aims to “make the case to Albertans to support a strong Alberta within a united Canada” in the upcoming provincial referendum. (4 p.m. MT)

Conservatives for Canada “has raised $11,200 since the group registered on Sept. 2,” according to the Globe and Mail.

“Four of the six listed donors to Conservatives for Canada appear to be current Conservative MPs from Alberta, including Dane Lloyd, (who) was tapped by Poilievre to spearhead the caucus response to the referendum.”

In a statement emailed to the paper, Lloyd “said the funds raised at Tuesday’s event will support get-out-the-vote efforts,” the Globe notes.

Also out and about today: Canada – U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc — who, in addition to serving as Carney’s cabinet lead on internal trade and Privy Council president, represents the New Brunswick riding of Beauséjour — teams up with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound to provide an update on the Correctional Service of Canada’s proposed new Health Centre of Excellence in Dorchester, N.B., a “multi-level security health facility that will provide physical and mental health services for men and women, gender diverse, older individuals in our custody, and Indigenous, Ethnocultural, and persons with mobility issues, as well as those who may require access to 24-hour health care,” as per the accompanying documentation. (2:15 p.m. AT)

Earlier in the day, Anandasangaree will drop by the Alderney Gate Public Library in Dartmouth, N.S., to promote new federal funding to “support efforts in preventing gun and gang violence in Halifax,” according to his office. (8:30 a.m. AT)

Elsewhere on the Atlantic circuit, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab heads to St. John’s to “unveil” what the advisory describes as “innovative projects to strengthen Francophone immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador and other Francophone minority communities outside Quebec,” with provincial minister Lin Paddock, whose portfolio includes “jobs, growth and rural development,” also expected to be in attendance. (10 a.m. NT)

Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu joins her Ontario counterpart, Paul Calandra, at the YMCA Child Care Centre in Vaughan, Ont., to share the details of a planned “extension” to the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement that was initially established in 2022. (9 a.m.)

Rounding out the ministerial roster, Secretary of State for Labour John Zerucelli will “highlight the new efforts to support businesses of all sizes invest in new equipment, technology and expansion opportunities” during a morning visit to an unnamed location in Barrie, Ont. (9:30 a.m.)

Back in the precinct, senators are set to reassemble in the Upper House chamber this afternoon with a key government initiative on deck to make its second-reading debut: namely, Anandasangaree’s proposal to overhaul the current laws on lawful access to electronic and telecommunications data, which cleared the House of Commons just before the summer recess. (2 p.m.)

Three Senate committees — INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS and AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY —  are also conducting preliminary reviews of their duly assigned sections of Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s omnibus pitch to roll out additional measures included in his last budget, which was introduced in May and is still working its way through the House of Commons.

Over at NATIONAL FINANCE, senators are set to get an update on the state of the federal balance sheet — and the potential impact of the ongoing cross-border tariff war — during back-to-back presentations from the Business Council of Canada, Centre for Future Work, Forest Products Association of Canada and the Canadian Steel Producers Association. (9 a.m.)

Later this evening, Liberal MP Sophie Chatel and Sen. Rosa Galvez will brief ENERGY, ENFVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES members on their joint push to protect Gatineau Park via a backbench bill initiated by Galvez that would “grant the park genuine legal status (which it currently lacks), enshrine its boundaries in law, and make ecological integrity the core principle guiding the NCC’s management of the park.” (6:30 p.m.)

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