As the clock ticks down to the legalization of recreational marijuana sales across Canada — which, for those who may not have the date circled on their calendar, is set to come into force on October 17, 2018 — cannabis activists and advocates are set to descend on Parliament Hill for back-to-back press briefings on the looming changes in the law.

First up at the Centre Block press theatre: Patients’ Lives Matter — an advocacy group focused on the medicinal use of cannabis — which will, as per the advisory, “issue a statement” and present “a list of demands” related to both provincial and federal pot regulations.

After that wraps up, the spotlight will shift to 15-year old cannabis activist Emma Boniface, who, the notice points out, was the “youngest ever” keynote speaker to hit the stage at the annual 420 rally on the Hill earlier this year, and is now set to launch the “PotForTeens” campaign, which aims to give youth a voice in the ongoing discussion over the role of cannabis in Canadian society.

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is making her way to Washington, DC to resume — or so she and her government hopes — discussions on renegotiating NAFTA, International Trade Minister Jim Carr kicks off a three-day visit to Thailand and Singapore, where he will, according to his office, “promote the growing bilateral trade and investment relationship” between Canada and Southeast Asia, and “meet with government and business leaders as nations move closer to the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.”

AT COMMITTEE

As both the House and Senate have risen for the season, there are no scheduled committee meetings today.

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.

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