With regular parliamentary programming on pause until May 25, two Team Carney front benchers are slated to hit the stage at Web Summit Vancouver as the annual high-level meet-up — which, according to the programme, “gathers the people and companies writing the next chapter of global innovation” — gets underway later today.

First up, according to the advisory: Housing and infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson — who, in addition to representing a Vancouver-area seat, clocked in a decade as the city’s mayor — will join conference co-founder Paddy Cosgrave, as well as B.C. finance minister Brenda Bailey and Vancouver’s current mayor, Ken Sim, at the official kick-off for the four-day event. (6 p.m. PT)

Also on deck: Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, who will join Cohere chief AI officer Joelle Pineau and Bloomberg Vancouver bureau chief Thomas Seal for what the programme is billing as a “conversation on Canada’s AI moment.” (6:50 p.m. PT)

Earlier in the day, Solomon will provide an update on his government’s support for “Canadian artificial intelligence infrastructure” — and, more specifically a “sovereign large-scale data centre,” as per the advisory — during a morning appearance in Vancouver. (9:30 a.m.)

Elsewhere in the region, Robertson will promote new “investments” that, according to the notice, will “accelerate the adoption and commercialization of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies,” as well as “help businesses scale-up and compete, and create good jobs” (10:15 a.m. PT), while Secretary of State (International Development) Randeep Sarai joins Burnaby-area Liberal MP Wade Chang for a “critical minerals announcement.” (9 a.m. PT)

Meanwhile, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will deliver a fresh tranche of federal financing for what the advisory calls a “transformational Kruger Inc. project” at the Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières, Que. (10 a.m.)

Later this morning, Canadian Identity Minister Marc Miller teams up with fellow Montreal-area Liberal MP and former environment minister Steven Guilbeault to share the details of new federal support earmarked for the “growth of Canadian creative industries in international markets.” (10:30 a.m.)

Moving still further east, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon starts the week on Prince Edward Island, where, according to his office, he’s booked in for back-to-back appearances in Charlottetown, starting with an “important” but otherwise unspecified mid-morning reveal (10 a.m. AST), with an “infrastructure and supply chain announcement” later this afternoon. (2 p.m. AST)

Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab heads to Dartmouth, N.S., to “highlight housing investments” included in Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s spring economic update that, according to the advisory, “will help build more homes in Nova Scotia by growing the skilled workforce, speeding up construction and supporting modern methods of construction.” (9 a.m. AST)

Rounding out the roster, Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu jets to Whitehorse to announce, alongside her territorial counterpart, Jen Gehmair, their shared plan to “partner to support tariff-impacted workers” throughout the region to “build new skills and seize emerging opportunities.” (10 a.m. YST)

Also on the radar: New Democrat leader Avi Lewis will be in Winnipeg to reiterate his call for the federal government to “reverse the Canada Post cuts” that, as per the advisory, “will impact Canadians throughout the country” during an on-stage at an evening town hall alongside local New Democrat MP Leah Gazan, as well as Manitoba’s New Democrat education minister Tracy Schmidt, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and “local community groups and residents.” (7 p.m. CT)

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Regular parliamentary programming will resume on May 25, 2026.

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