What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.
After failing to secure the support of any other party for their non-binding call for Prime Minister Mark Carney to instruct federal lawyers to “put private property first” in its response to ongoing legal battles related to First Nations land claims, the Conservatives are set to force a full day of debate — and, ultimately, a vote — on a motion that, if adopted, would urge the government to “offer Canadians immediate relief by ending all federal taxes on gas and diesel for the rest of the year, including the GST,” as well as “permanently scrap the Clean Fuel Standard.” (10 a.m.)
Although not identical, the motion — which stands in the name of party leader Pierre Poilievre — includes the same central demands as the motion put forward by the party’s finance critic, Jasraj Hallan, last month, which also went down to defeat, and is all but guaranteed to meet a similar fate when it goes to a vote tomorrow afternoon.
For his part, Carney will be back in his front-and-centre seat in the chamber this afternoon, and will also hold his regularly-scheduled Tuesday morning huddle with his front bench team.
Later this afternoon, MPs will get the chance to cross-examine Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne over the spending plans outlined in the latest estimates during a special after-hours committee-style session on the floor of the House of Commons. (6 p.m.)
Outside the chamber: PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members continue to parse the fine print of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s latest bid to overhaul Canada’s lawful access regime, with Barreau du Quebec president Marcel-Olivier Napier, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne, Crypto Quebec co-founder Luc Lefebvre and Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, senior officials from Apple. Inc. and Google, representatives of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators Association and Peel Regional Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich among the expert witnesses set to testify this afternoon. (3:30 p.m.)
Elsewhere on the committee circuit: As flagged by iPolitics’ own Marco Vigliotti and Sydney Ko last week, the Senate ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES committee is on track to wrap up clause-by-clause review of S-4, a “sweeping update of the Energy Efficiency Act,” which was initially passed in the early 1990s, that “aims to streamline how new household appliances enter the Canadian market by giving the minister greater flexibility to update standards,” as well as “grant temporary exemptions for innovative products.” (6:30 p.m.)
Introduced in the Senate last fall, the legislation has been inching through the parliamentary process at a slower-than-anticipated pace, and has been under committee review since mid-April, a delay that has “thrown a wrench into the government’s plans for consumer rebates,” according to a government source cited by iPolitics.
Also on the radar: The Parliamentary Budget Office releases its assessment of the “administrative and fiscal impacts of the Interim Federal Health Program,” which, as per the advisory, was prepared “in response to a request” from the HEALTH committee earlier this year, and “provides an expanded analysis” of the program. (9 a.m.)
ON AND AROUND THE HILL
- Association of Consulting Engineering Companies CEO John Gamble hits the West Block press theatre on what the advisory notes is National Consulting Engineering Day to “detail how the sector has the expertise and vision to support the government in achieving its goals, including strengthening the economy, bolstering defence, and fostering domestic and international trade.” (9:30 a.m.)
- Members of the HUMAN RESOURCES, SKILLS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT committee will brief reporters on their just-tabled report on youth employment, which is set to be tabled in the House of Commons this morning. (10:30 a.m.)
- The vice-chairs of two European Parliament committees — Security and Defence and Economic and Monetary Affairs — hold a media availability to recap their meetings with Canadian parliamentarians, which, as the advisory points out, are taking place “as Canada and the EU are looking to enhance their partnership in various sectors of activity, including defence and economic security.” (12:30 p.m.)
- Liberal MP Karina Gould teams up with Sen. Chantal Petitclerc, to provide an update on their shared work to highlight the “forced adoptions” that took place in Canada between 1945 and 1971. (3:45 p.m.)
IN THE CHAMBER
Later this afternoon, Conservative MP David McKenzie will launch the opening round of debate on his backbench proposal to repeal the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, which prohibits oil tanker traffic off the northern coast of British Columbia.
OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT
Defence Minister David McGuinty hosts a mid-afternoon meeting with his Polish counterpart, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, at National Defence Headquarters in downtown Ottawa. (3:45 p.m.)
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu joins visiting Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal at a closed-door “ministerial plenary with Canadian and Indian businesspeople” in Toronto. (9:30 a.m.)
Rounding out the roster, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will mingle with local supporters at Montreal’s legendary Club St-Denis, where, as per the party website, she’s slated to headline both a $1,775-per-ticket reception (5 p.m.) and a “fundraising cocktail event” with a $500 entry fee (7 p.m.), with all proceeds earmarked for the Ahuntsic-Cartierville Federal Liberal Association.






