The House public safety committee kicks off its much-anticipated review of the government's proposed anti-terror bill with a joint appearance by Justice Minister Peter MacKay and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, who are set to spend two hours fielding queries from both Conservative and opposition MPs.
Also slated to be at the committee witness table today: RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and CSIS director Michael Coulombe, who are scheduled for the same time slot, which will likely frustrate opposition members who might have hoped for a separate session to focus on their collective and respective perspectives on the bill.
Meanwhile, MPs on the House foreign affairs committee will get a briefing on the situation in Hong Kong from pro-democracy activist Martin Lee, whose anticipated appearance was sufficiently irritating to the Chinese government to trigger a sternly worded letter to the committee from that country's ambassador to Canada, who called on the committee to retract the (unanimously supported) invitation.
Elsewhere on the committee front:
- The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Encana, University of Alberta professor Andrew Leach, Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan and the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association are among the witnesses slated to share their thoughts on the impact of plunging oil prices on the Canadian economy, which is currently the subject of a study at Finance
- Industry hears from BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association Vincent Gogolek, the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Canada Research Chair Michael Geist as Industry resumes its review of the government's proposed changes to the federal digital privacy regime.
- Environment kicks off its investigation into hunting and trapping in Canada with testimony from Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand and senior departmental officials.
- Finally, Treasury Board President Tony Clement and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt can expect to field questions on their departments' budget requests during their appearances before Government Operations and Transport, respectively, as the estimates review process gets underway.
- Later this morning, the Parliamentary Budget Office is slated to publish a new report on the interaction between income inequality and the federal tax and transfer system.
Back in the Chamber, meanwhile, the House will spend the day debating a New Democrat-backed opposition motion that takes shots at both the current Conservative and past Liberal governments for the "long term downward trend in job quality since 1989," which also calls for the abandonment of the "costly and unfair $2 billion income splitting proposal."
Also on the Hill today:
- Bloc Quebecois Leader Mario Beaulieu and MP Louis Plamandon hit the Centre Block press theatre to detail their party's position on the government's anti-terror bill.
- Canadian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet representatives Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Conservative Bernard Trottier, New Democrat Peggy Nash and Liberal John McKay take part in the Tibetan National Uprising Day, which will begin with a noon-hour rally on Parliament Hill after which demonstrators will march to the Embassy of China to hold a "solidarity vigil."
- Conservative MP Harold Albrecht teams up with the Step by Step Organ Transplant Association to celebrate their tenth anniversary by launching a new campaign, which will kick off with a photo op at the Centennial Flame.
- Later this evening, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will hold its annual "Taste of the Arctic" fundraiser at the National Arts Centre.
Outside the precinct, the Military Police Complaints Commission will release the results of its public inquiry into the 2008 death of Cpl. Stuart Langridge, who hanged himself at the Edmonton barracks after returning home from Afghanistan.
Langridge's parents, Shaun and Sheila Fynes, will offer their reaction to the report this afternoon.
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