After rallying the Liberal troops at an all-candidates meet-up in the capital on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to kick off what CBC News notes will be his third trip to Iqaluit since taking office in 2015 with a mid-morning visit to Nunavut Arctic College, where, alongside Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, he’ll outline new federal funding for “marine conservation and investments” in the region.

Although the notice provided by his office is characteristically coy on exactly what that might involve, an advance report from Canadian Press reveals that Trudeau is planning to announce “a new marine protected area near Arctic Bay,” where he’s already slated to travel later this afternoon for a “community feast” with local residents.

“Trudeau will use the backdrop of shifting Arctic terrain and endangered sea life to cast himself and his Liberal party as best-placed to serve as stewards of the environment,” as per CP, as well as “drive home his campaign messaging on climate policy … and contrast himself with his political opponents by highlighting his government’s commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in part through carbon pricing.”

And while there’s no mention of it on his official itinerary, according to CBC Nunavut reporter Nick Murray, Trudeau is also booked in for an evening appearance at Iqaluit’s Black Heart Café alongside former city councillor Megan Pizzo-Lyall, who is expected to be formally nominated as the party’s candidate in Nunavut.

Back in Montreal, Justice Minister David Lametti is set to outline the latest developments in his government’s plan to set up a free, streamlined pardon application process for simple pot possession convictions, which was signed into law just before the House broke for the summer, and is expected to come into force this month.

Also making the rounds in Quebec today: Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez embarks on yet another mini-tour of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, where, as per the itinerary provided by his office, he’ll hold an “informal meeting” with representatives from the arts, culture and heritage communities in Chicoutimi, as well as drop by a local microbrewery and join local MP Richard Hebert for the opening of the Saguenay world music festival.

Meanwhile, Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier delivers a fresh tranche of federal support for the Gaspésie tourism sector — and specifically, for “four hotel establishments” in the region, which she’ll announce during a morning visit to the Birthplace of Canada Historic Site in Gaspe.

Out and about on the East Coast today: Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan stops by Halifax’s Royal Artillery Park to share the details of a new plan to invest in “reserve infrastructure across Canada,” while elsewhere in the province, Rural Development Minister Bernadette Jordan drops by a Lunenburg rec centre to highlight “green infrastructure investments” and Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair teams up with New Brunswick solicitor general Carl Urquhart, to unveil new federal-provincial support to combat gun and gang violence.

Finally, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland heads to Bangkok for two days of closed-door discussions with her Southeast Asian counterparts at the annual ASEAN summit, where, according to the advisory, key topics will include “the situation on the Korean Peninsula,” as well as the Rohingya “crisis” and ‘tensions in the South China Sea.”

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