Foreign influence registry, food security and lawful access on the agenda


What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today.

NATURAL RESOURCES members have set aside an hour to survey representatives of the Canadian Fuels Association, Electro-Federation Canada and Resource Works Society on “electrification, energy self-sufficiency and domestic energy security” before shifting their focus to forestry during a back-and-forth with Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force principal Ken Kalesnikoff and Chantiers Chibougamau vice-president Frédéric Verreault. (11 a.m.)

Over at PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS, MPs will get a progress report on the establishment of the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry from  Sébastien Aubertin-Giguère, a assistant deputy minister at the National and Cyber Security Branch of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (11 a.m.)

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD members hold back-to-back panel discussions with industry representatives, academics and consumer advocates as part of their newly-launched study of “food security in the face of global instability.” (11 a.m.)

STATUS OF WOMEN members hear more expert testimony on the “labour force impacts of menopause and perimenopause” from representatives of the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada, Menopause Society Nova Scotia, Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec and Réseau québécois d’action pour la santé des femmes. (11 a.m.)

Later this afternoon, Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan and her team will join GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members to provide an overview of — and take questions on — her newly released reports on the supplementary estimates and the latest economic and fiscal outlook before the committee circles back to its ongoing investigation into the ‘Buy Canadian’ policy with representatives from Blackberry, Unifor and the Quebec Aluminum Industrial Cluster. (3:30 p.m.)

Meanwhile, PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members are scheduled to sit until midnight, if necessary, as they resume clause-by-clause review of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s proposal to overhaul the current lawful access regime. (3:30 p.m.)

Rounding out the roster, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT members will examine Liberal MP Patrick Weiler’s backbench bid to boost liability for marine damage caused by abandoned, wrecked or hazardous vessels. (3:30 p.m.)



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