After dispatching its current occupants back to their respective ridings for a week-long constituency break, the House of Commons reopens for regular parliamentary business this morning.
At the top of the government's legislative to-do list: the "Pipeline Safety Act," which is currently undergoing second reading consideration, and is not — yet — been put under time allocation.
Before that gets underway, however, MPs will spend an hour discussing the merits and drawbacks of New Democrat MP Pierre Dusseault's motion to come up with a mechanism that would expand the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) security screening to airports not initially designated as required to provide it.
Later tonight, MPs will hand down their final collective verdict on the Conservative proposal to impose stringent new restrictions on community-based safe injection sites, including Vancouver-based Insite, which will be forced to comply with the new model when its licence comes up for renewal.
Also on the Hill today:
New Democrat deputy leader Megan Leslie and environment critic Francois Choquette discuss their mutual "concerns" over the operations of the House environment committee , which has meeting behind closed doors since the Commons reopened for business in January.
On today's committee agenda:
- Justice members hear from Correctional Service chief Don Head and Parole Board of Canada policy director Suzanne Brisebois as they continue their review of Conservative MP Colin Mayes' bid to boost minimum sentences without parole for anyone convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim during the same series of events.
- The Subcommittee on a Members' Code of Conduct holds an in camera session to discuss "committee business".
- Defence continues its ongoing study into the defence of North America with testimony from NORAD deputy commander LGen A.J. Parent and Canadian Special Operations Forces Command deputy commander Captain S.A. Virgin.
- Over on the Senate side, the National Security committee kicks off its examination of the government's most recent attempt to boost the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) with an extended four-hour session, during which senators will hear from Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, CSIS director Michael Coulombe, former CSIS assistance director Ray Boisvert, Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) executive director Michael Doucet and Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien.
Outside the precinct, Justice Minister Peter MacKay teams up with Etobicoke MP Bernard Trottier for an appearance at the Father John Redmond High School Theatre, where the pair will announce the coming into force of new laws against cyberbullying and online crime that were passed last December.
Elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area: Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O'Toole, who is set to outline new support for veterans and their families during a visit to the Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III Armoury.
Meanwhile, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea is in Dartmouth for the first meeting of the recently created ministerial committee on Atlantic Salmon, as well as reveal new "investments" throughout the province.
Also out and about today: New Democrat Leader Tom Muclair, who joins forces with local MP Rosane Dore Lefebvre and candidate Marie-Josee Lemieux to pitch his middle-class job creation plan at the Boucher Double Restaurant in Laval.
Finally, the three women who slated to be at the centre of the next federal election — Conservative Party campaign manager Jenni Byrne, New Democrat campaign manager Anne McGrath and Liberal Party campaign co-chair Katie Telford — will be honoured for their roles as "national builders" at a mid-morning reception hosted by Famous 5 Ottawa.
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