After holding a joint question-and-answer session with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Justice Minister Sean Fraser earlier this week, PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY members will continue their House-assigned review of the proposed new lawful access protocols for law enforcement and intelligence agencies during an four-hour meeting that will include testimony from Toronto Police Service chief Myron Demkiw and Thunder Bay Police Service chief Darcy Fleury, security expert Leah West, a panel of academic experts, representatives of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Peel Children’s Aid Society,  Meta Platforms and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, as well as Intelligence Commissioner Simon Noël. (3:30 p.m.)

Earlier in the day, PROCEDURE AND HOUSE MEMBERS will hear from Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault and Canada Elections Commissioner Caroline Simard, as well as other experts, as they parse the fine print of the government’s proposal to overhaul the current election laws. (11 a.m.)

Meanwhile, Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner Jerry DeMarco will brief ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT members on his latest reports, with a full contingent of senior officials from across government also expected to be at the table. (11 a.m.)

Over at ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PRIVACY AND ETHICS members are still going through the proposed budget allocations for the offices of several key independent parliamentary watchdogs, including Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger and Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne, both of whom are slated to appear today. (3:30 p.m.)

Also poring over the main estimates, which must be approved — or, alternately, rejected — by the House of Commons before the current supply cycle wraps up on June 23: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members, with several representatives of the Office of the Governor General among the senior officials slated to appear (11 a.m.) and STATUS OF WOMEN members, who will get the chance to question Women and Gender Equality Minister Rechie Valdez. (3:30 p.m.)

Meanwhile, INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS members continue to examine the fine print of the government’s proposal to overhaul the current Indian Act registration entitlements, with Sen. Michèle Audette, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak and other First Nations and Indigenous leaders on the witness list. (8:15 a.m.)

Also this morning:

• HUMAN RESOURCES, SKILLS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT members dig into the “management and impact of benefits delivery modernization” with senior departmental officials before shifting their focus to “housing starts in relation to federal programs” during a one-hour session with representatives of the Building Industry and Land Development Association, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association. (8:15 a.m.)
• FINANCE members get a briefing on federal spending power from senior departmental officials, as well as C.D. Howe Institute presidnet emeritus William Robson. (8:15 a.m.)
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE members take a closer look at Canada’s trade with Japan with representatives of the Canadian Pork Council, B.C. Council of Forest Industries and the Canola Council of Canada. (11 a.m.)
• SCIENCE AND RESEARCH members explore Canada’s “dual use and defence research needs” with representatives of École de technologie supérieure, Invest Ottawa, RaceRocks and Tech-Access Canada. (11 a.m.)
• INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY members resume their study of the “opportunities, risks and regulation” of Artificial Intelligence. (11 a.m.)

Later this afternoon, HEALTH members circle back to their self-initiated investigation into “Canada’s pharmaceutical sovereignty” during back-to-back panel discussions with members of the Best Medicines Coalition, Canadian Health Food Association, AbCellera Boilogics, BIOTECanada and Vimy Pharmaceuticals. (3:30 a.m.)

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES members survey representatives of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick, as well as lawyer Gianluca Campofredano, on the draft regulations for the use of French in federally regulated private businesses. (3:30 p.m.)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT members will hear from the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, along with full contingent of senior departmental officials, as they prepared to wrap up their review of Conservative MP James Bezan’s backbench pitch to extend the current sanction regime. (3:30 p.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.