New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair kicks off the constituency week break in Toronto, where he'll join NDP heritage critic Pierre Nantel and Toronto MPs Peggy Nash, Craig Scott, Matthew Kellway and Mike Sullivan and local NDP hopefuls Jennifer Hollett and Linda McQuaig outside CBC headquarters on Front Street to unveil the details of his party's "commitment to restore … the funding recently cut by the Conservatives."

Later today, he'll make his way west to Powell River, where he'll team up with Powell River area candidate Rachel Blaney and NDP MLA Nicholas Simons at an evening town hall.

Also in British Columbia today: Minister of State for Western Development Michelle Rempel, who will drop by the University of British Columbia to share the details of a new initiative to promote "the development of clean technology in the oil and gas industries" before paying a visit to the Centre for Drug Research and Development to announce new measures to "benefit the development of new approaches to immunotherapy treatments."

Back in the capital, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney will be front and centre at the opening ceremonies for the second annual Summit on the Economics of Policing and Community Safety, which will be closed to media following a round of opening statements from Blaney and his Ontario and Quebec counterparts, Yasir Naqvi and Lise Theriault.

This afternoon, Ottawa Orleans MP Royal Galipeau will attend the "media launch" of the Ottawa Scene Festival at the National Arts Centre.

Elsewhere on the ministerial circuit:

In her home province of Prince Edward Island, Fisheries Minister Gail Shea drops by the North Rustico Lions Club with a fresh batch of funding, while Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel delivers federal support to the Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueil Airport.

drops by the North Rustico Lions Club with a fresh batch of funding, while delivers federal support to the Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueil Airport. Finally, Treasury Board President Tony Clement heads home to Muskoka with new cash for "jobs, growth and prosperity," while in North Bay, Minister of State for Science Ed Holder and local MP Jay Aspin show their government's support for youth before taking part in a "technology demonstration" at Nipissing University.

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