Before jetting to Ankara for two days of high-stakes closed-door talks with his NATO counterparts, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make a quick stop in Halifax, where he’s “widely expected” to reveal whether “Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) or South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean will be the preferred bidder (to) build Canada’s next fleet of submarines,” CBC News reports.

“The Liberal government has been extraordinarily tight-lipped and secretive about the impending announcement,” the broadcaster notes.

“It’s been almost a year since Carney announced the field of submarine bidders had been narrowed to two choices: the German-designed Type 212CD and the South Korean KSS-III. Both bidders and their governments were given until the spring to submit detailed bids and promises of economic offsets — proposals that could mean billions of dollars in investment in the Canadian economy.”

As CTV News points out, “the submarines are expected to be a primary example of how Canada plans to increase its spending to reach the new NATO target of five per cent of GDP by 2035,” which, according to their sources “is part of the reason why the government wanted to make the announcement before the Prime Minister’s trip to Türkiye.”

According to his itinerary, Carney will announce “new measures to make Canada more secure, resilient, and prosperous” during an afternoon visit to the local Canadian Armed Forces base. (5:10 p.m. AT)

Back in Ottawa, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to kick off the next round of consultations on his upcoming budget — which, as per the scheduling changes initiated last year, is on track to be delivered this fall — with a “roundtable discussion” with members of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce on what the advisory describes as the “myriad ways the government can continue to support Canada’s economy, sectors and long-term prosperity.” (2:15 p.m.)

Also out and about on the ministerial circuit:

• Industry Minister Mélanie Joly teams up with fellow Montreal-area Liberal MP — and one-time cabinet colleague — Steven Guilbeault, as well as her Quebec counterpart Mathieu Lacombe and Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada to share the details of fresh “financial support” for a “Montreal cultural institution dedicated to the performing arts.” (10:30 a.m.)
• Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound heads to Toronto to “highlight” what his office is billing as the “next steps” in the government’s ongoing push to ‘Buy Canadian,’ including “new measures to increase the participation of Canadian small businesses in federal procurements.” (9:30 a.m.)
• Elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area, Secretary of State (Labour) John Zerucelli will outline new federal support to “strengthen food systems” during a morning appearance on his political home turf in Etobicoke, Ont. (10:45 a.m.)
• Moving west, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab starts the week in Winnipeg, where, according to her office, she’s expected to announce an “innovative project to strengthen Francophone immigration” throughout the province. (10 a.m. CT)
• Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald continues his just-launched five-day mini-tour of Alberta with a visit to a “local farming operation” in Calgary to “meet with stakeholders and take part in consultations with Alberta’s crop sector,” while Secretary of State Wayne Long, whose responsibilities include the Canada Revenue Agency as well as financial institutions, will “celebrate” the next wave of recipients of federal funding to boost “sport opportunities for Indigenous peoples” during a morning event in Fort McMurray.

Rounding out the roster, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) Steven Fuhr is booked in for an afternoon appearance in Esquimalt, B.C., to “highlight new defence investment measures that will make Canada more secure and resilient.” (1:30 p.m. PT)

IN THE CHAMBER

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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