What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today.
As House of Commons committees return to regular programming following the week-long Thanksgiving recess, representatives of the Canadian Bankers Association, Federation of Law Societies of Canada and Fintechs Canada, as well as Public Prosecution Service of Canada director George Dolhai, are booked in for back-to-back presentations at JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS as MPs go through the fine print of the government’s plan to establish a new Financial Crimes Agency. (3:30 p.m.)
Earlier in the day, STATUS OF WOMEN members will resume their self-assigned investigation into the “labour force impacts of menopause and perimenopause” during a roundtable discussion with representatives of the Menopause Foundation of Canada and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, as well as other expert witnesses. (11 a.m.)
Over at FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, members are set to circle back to their ongoing study of the current state of Canada – U.S. relations with former U.S. ambassador to Canada David Cohen and Center for Canada-U.S. Studies director Christopher Sands. (12 p.m.)
Later this afternoon, NATIONAL DEFENCE members are scheduled to get an update on the “modernization of the Canadian Armed Forces” from a panel of senior military officials, including Canadian Army Commander Michael Wright. (3:30 p.m.)
Also on the afternoon circuit: VETERANS AFFAIRS members hear from the City of Ottawa Veterans’ Task Force, Veterans’ Legal Assistance Foundation and the Union of national Defence Employees, as well as other veteran-centred organizations, as they explore the “civilian recognition of military skills.” (3:30 p.m.)
FISHERIES AND OCEANS members get an update on Atlantic salmon populations from Assembly of First Nations Nova Scotia Regional Chief Andrea Paul and Neqotkuk Wolastoqeyik chief Ross Perley, as well as the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association and Greater Kouchibouguac Watershed Association. (3:30 p.m.)
Rounding out the roster, representatives of the Canada Tibet Committee, Tibet Action Institute, Human Rights Watch and Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project brief the SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS on the current situation in China. (3:30 p.m.)
Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.