A little over a week after the minority Liberal government submitted the necessary paperwork to secure parliamentary approval for $5.4 billion in additional spending requests,  GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members are set to begin going through the fine print of their House-assigned section of the estimates during a one-hour back-and-forth with Canada Post vice-president Carrie Chisholm that, as per the notice, will also focus on Canada Post-related provisions in the budget bill. (3:30 p.m.)

Meanwhile, AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD members continue their self-initiated investigation into the potential impact of closing federal research centres with senior representatives of the Agri-Food Innovation Council, Western Crop Innovations and Centre d’expertise et de transfert en agriculture biologique et de proximité, as well as Conservative MP Blaine Calkins, who will appear alongside Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCossin. (11 a.m.)

Over at STATUS OF WOMEN, MPs will hear from National Police Federation president Brian Sauvé, National Family and Survivors Circle president Hilda Anderson-Pyrz and Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale as they go through the fine print of Conservative MP Frank Caputo’s backbench proposal to strengthen current protections against intimate partner violence, including — but not limited to — making it more difficult for those charged with such offences to be released on bail, which secured all-party support at second reading.  (11 a.m.)

Also this morning, INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS members will take a closer look at the government’s proposal to appoint a commissioner for modern treaty implementation with Indigenous leaders, including Nisga’a Lisims president Eva Clayton, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation chief Sheldon Sunshine and Vuntut Gwitchin Fisrt Nation chief Pauline Frost. (11 a.m.)

 Later this afternoon, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT members will get an update on what the notice describes as the “humanitarian crisis in Cuba” during a panel discussion with senior departmental officials, as well as Cuba’s ambassador to Canada, Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz. (3:30 p.m.)

PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members are set to resume clause-by-clause consideration of the government’s bid to overhaul Canada’s cyber security laws. (3:30 p.m.)

Rounding out the roster, OFFICIAL LANGUAGES members will survey representatives of minority language rights groups as they examine new regulations aimed at the “advancement of equality of use and status” of both French and English. (3:30 p.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.