Orders of the Day - Grind faster, wheels of (Supreme Court of Canada) justice!

As the precinct awaits, with potential byelection-baited bated breath, the final word from the Supreme Court of Canada on the Etobicoke Centre election challenge, Parliament Hill returns to its traditional mid-summer slumber, albeit with occasional -- and much welcome -- interruption for scheduled media events.

In the second instalment of his party's summer campaign to "focus on youth", Liberal MP Scott Brison convenes reporters to discuss the "economic issues facing young Canadians".

On the eve of a planned trip to China by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, former MP David Kilgour joins with Falun Gong supporters to call on the minister to "urge the Chinese regime to cease the persecution [of]... and release all practitioners, including eight family members of Canadians."

Meanwhile, with a strike deadline looming at Chalk River Laboratories,  the Professional Institute of the Public Service goes on location for an "information picket" and press conference to "demand a fair settlement" for the scientists, engineers and other nuclear specialists employed by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

Finally, Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae spends a second day in Fort McMurray, where he will hold a roundtable with members of the Fort McKay First Nation and Metis Communities.


On the ministerial circuit:

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue "highlights a contribution" to the Young at Heart 50+ Club in Red Bay.

New Brunswick MP Rodney Weston heads to Saint John to "celebrate" the opening of a new affordable housing project.

In Quebec, Senator Michel Rivard will be in attendance as a Canada-US joint archaeological endeavor related to the wreck of a Second World War plane begins in Longe-Pointe-de-Mingan, and  Jacques Gourde unveils a new "financial contribution" to Notre-Dame-du-Nord-based Temisko (!982) Inc.

Moving west, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is out and about in his hometown of Winnipeg, where he will deliver new funding to the Salvation Army's Winnipeg Booth Centre Ministries, and make "an announcement" related to prisons that, according to the PMO advisory, will "demonstrate [the government's] commitment to ending the revolving door of justice and save Canadian taxpayers money."

In Saskatoon, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Lynne Yelich visits SED Systems to demonstrate how the government's "investments in our Canadian Forces ... support jobs in communities across our country."

Finally, undaunted, it seems, by having been interrupted mid-speech by doctors protesting cuts to the refugee health program during an appearance in Toronto yesterday afternoon, Minister of State for Sport Bal Gosal will once again attempt to show his support for an upcoming athletic event; specifically, the Toronto International Track and Field Games.