Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson heads before ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES members to provide an overview of his plan to overhaul the Energy Efficiency Act, as outlined in a bill introduced in the Senate last fall. (6:30 p.m.)

Back on the House of Commons circuit, INTERNATIONAL TRADE members will get an update on trade with North and West Africa, courtesy of legal experts, including International Economic Law professor David Collins, Chambre de commerce Québec-Afrique CEO Sègbédji Parfait Aïhounhin, Quebec International’s Carl Viel and Sen. Armina Gerba. (11 a.m.)

Over at NATURAL RESOURCES, members continue to explore issues related to Canadian energy exports with Canada Energy Regulator chief economist Darren Christie, senior executives with Enserva and Indian Resource Council Inc. and a full contingent of senior departmental officials expected to testify. (11 a.m.)

Also this morning: INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS members begin clause-by-clause review of Sen. Yvonne Boyer’s proposal to criminalize involuntary sterilization. (11 a.m.)

Later this afternoon, the SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS will start going through the next batch of private members’ business on track to proceed to second-reading debate to determine whether any items should be deemed non-votable. (1:15 p.m.)

Meanwhile, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members dig into the details of potential budget cuts identified by the “comprehensive expenditure review” currently underway across the federal government with current Finance deputy minister Nick Leswick, as well as the heads of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Union of Canadian Correctional Officers. (3:30 p.m.)

Representatives from the Syrian Canadian Congress, International Crisis Group, Syrian Women’s Political Movement, Islamic Relief Canada and other human rights advocates and experts brief FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT members on the ongoing “political transition” within Syria. (3:30 p.m.)

Two cross-chamber panels are also slated to meet tonight: The SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING, which has resumed its ongoing study of the eligibility of individuals “whose sole underlying mental condition is a mental illness,” and the SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF POWERS UNDER THE BUILDING CANADA ACT, which is set to deal with unspecified “committee business.” (6:30 p.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.