Canada’s gun laws — and specifically, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s plan to tighten up background checks and licencing requirements, as well as impose new record-keeping duties on retailers — is back in the spotlight at the Senate NATIONAL SECURITY committee this week, which kicks off its next round of hearings with an extended seven-hour session that will include expert panels with emergency physicians, gun dealers and collectors, shooting associations and law enforcement, as well as a presentation by Canadian Anti-Hate Network chair Bernie Farber.

Over at ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, meanwhile, senators are still going over the fine print of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s proposed overhaul of the environmental assessment system, with representatives from the International Union of Operating Engineers, MiningWatch Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on the witness list for today.

On Commons committee circuit today:

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION members will get an update on the state of Canada’s resettlement policies

members will get an update on the state of Canada’s resettlement policies GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS members get briefed on the public service hiring process, courtesy of a panel of witnesses that includes Public Service Commission president Patrick Borbey, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women researcher Jane Stinson and LinkedIn government lead Michael Page.

members get briefed on the public service hiring process, courtesy of a panel of witnesses that includes PUBLIC SAFETY resumes its examination of cybersecurity in the financial sector with testimony from Mastercard Canada and the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange.

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.

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