Amid a flurry of real-time reports on an as-yet-unreleased deal between the United States and Iran that, as per the latest from the Associated Press, would “further extend a shaky ceasefire” currently in place, as well as “open the Strait of Hormuz … potentially allowing desperately needed oil and natural gas to reach the global market,” Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to arrive at the site of this year’s G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains this afternoon.

According to the itinerary provided by his office, Carney is booked in for a pre-summit chat with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa before he and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, head back to the main venue for the “official welcome.”

He’ll also make an appearance in the official “family photo” before joining his G7 counterparts behind closed doors for an “informal working dinner.”

Back in Ottawa, with just five sitting days left on the clock before the House of Commons shuts down for the season, the Liberals are poised to use their newly-secured majority to put Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s plan to roll out measures announced in his spring fiscal update on the pre-recess fast track.

Last week, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon put forward a motion that, if adopted, would impose a one-day deadline on the House FINANCE committee to wrap up clause-by-clause review of the bill during their next scheduled meeting, which — depending, as always, on how the ensuing cross-aisle back-and-forth plays out — could put the bill back on the House docket on Wednesday afternoon with a pre-determined 2.5 hour limit on the remaining debate before it goes to a final vote.

For his part, Champagne is set to start the week with a morning stop at the Toronto Stock Exchange, where, alongside TMX Group CEO John McKenzie, Canadian ETF Association executive director Eli Yufest and Toronto-area Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, he’ll take part in the traditional bell-ringing ceremony — or, to be scrupulously technically accurate, pushing of the button that activates the main console — to open the market “in recognition of the continued growth, innovation and impact of Canada’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry,” as per his office. (9 a.m.)

Later this morning, he’ll join before joining Yufest for a “fireside chat” on “the role of ETFs in growth and wealth creation for Canadians.”

MacKinnon has also filed the procedural paperwork required to force a vote on Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s draft response to a Senate-initiated rewrite of his bid to expand and extend anti-hate laws, which recommends that MPs support the proposed designation of nooses as a symbol of hatred that would be prohibited from public display under the new rules.

In response, the Conservatives have put forward an amendment to simply withdraw the bill from consideration entirely.

Depending on how the day unfolds, the government could move to end the debate as early as this afternoon, although the vote on the motion likely won’t take place until tomorrow.

Also on the radar: Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has served notice that he’s ready to go public with his plan to update — and enhance — federal privacy laws, which, as Politico’s Mickey Djuric reported last week, Solomon has suggested will recognize privacy as a “fundamental right,” and include measures to ensure “personal data cannot be used for surveillance pricing for price gouging.” (3 p.m.)

Solomon is also booked in for an afternoon appearance at INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY as committee members continue to explore the “opportunities, risks and regulation of AI in Canada’s strategic industries.” (4:30 p.m.)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

Health Minister Marjorie Michel hits the National Press Theatre alongside Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, Chief Public Health Officer Joss Reimer and Kevin Brosseau, who has served as ‘Canada’s Fentanyl Czar’ since 2025, to highlight what the advisory is billing as “federal actions in response to the illegal drug crisis,” which, as per the notice, will be preceded by a “media technical briefing” with senior government officials to “provide information on the current opioid data release.” (10 a.m.)

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Secretary of State (Small Business) Rechie Valdez holds a mid-morning media availability in Toronto to share the details of new federal support for “sport-tech innovation and entrepreneurship in southern Ontario.”(9 a.m.)

FRESH FROM iPOLITICS

HOT OFF THE WIRES