Thanks to a last-minute all-party deal to end the sitting a day ahead of schedule, the House is now set to rise this evening, but before the Chamber can power down for the season, MPs will have to cross a few remaining items off the pre-recess priority list.

Topping the to-dos, as per the projected order of business: The Senate’s proposed rewrite of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s court-imposed overhaul of the solitary confinement protocols, the bulk of which the government has advised MPs to reject when it goes to a vote later today.

Also in the voting queue: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to ratify the new North American free trade deal, which wrapped up second-reading debate yesterday, and could potentially trigger a mid-recess recall if there’s a move to push it through to final approval before the election.

As part of the unanimously approved motion to allow an early exit from the precinct, several bills will also be deemed to have been passed at all stages:

The proposed new protections for Indigenous languages and the changes to First Nations, Metis and Inuit family and child services

The creation of a new civilian oversight agency responsible for both the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency

Tweaks to the tariff rules to temporarily remove the moratorium on applying new sanctions to steel

MPs will also set aside two hours to debate two New Democrat-backed private members’ bills: Alistair MacGregor’s bid to prevent Canada Pension Plan investments in corporate entities that have committed “human, labour or environmental rights violations,” and Nathan Cullen’s pitch to ban non-recyclable packaging material.

ON & AROUND THE HILL

The Parliamentary Budget Office releases two more reports: Its proposed baseline for costing election proposals — which, unusually, will be subject to a pre-release lockup — and its “preliminary findings” on international taxation, both of which will be posted to the website this morning. (10 a.m.)

New Democrat MP Daniel Blaikie teams up with PSAC president Chris Aylward to call on the government to publicly release the data on the National Capital Region’s heating and cooling plant, which, as per the advisory, “is needed to properly scrutinize the Energy Services Acquisition Program and avoid a major boondoggle.” (10:30 a.m.)

Also on the precinct media circuit today: The Alliance des Burundais du Canada holds a press conference to highlight the “critical situation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania.” (10 a.m.)

Meanwhile, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples holds a mid-afternoon rally on the parliamentary lawn as part of a National Day of Action to “demand an end to the exclusion and discrimination faced by our people — off-reserve, non-status, Metis and Southern Inuit.” (1:30 p.m.)

Finally, Liberal MP Randy Boissonault, who serves as the prime minister’s special advisor on LGBTQ2 issues, does the honours at the annual raising of the Pride and Transgender flags on Parliament Hill. (3:30 p.m.)

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos drops by a downtown Ottawa daycare with news on the Canada Child Benefit, while Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne heads to Montreal, where, alongside his Quebec counterpart Jean Boulet, he’ll unveil “measures to help workers in Quebec gain skills and prepare for the future with good-quality jobs.”

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