OotD - Ready for a long night at the omnibudget committee table?

Elsewhere on the Hill, the Canadian Alliance of Students Association fans out to meet with MPs and senators.

When the House convenes this afternoon, the first order of business will be to wrap up report stage debate on C-44.

To mark the imminent passage of the bill, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan will join representatives from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and unspecified "First Nations communities" at a mid-morning press conference, where the trio will "discuss" the government's "commitment to financial transparency and accountability."

Also up for Commons approval tonight: Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc's private members' bill to increase the penalties for elections-related offences and give the Chief Electoral Officer the power to challenge results, currently at second reading and almost certainly destined to defeat, as well as Conservative MP Gord Brown's proposal to rebrand St. Lawrence Islands National Park with the catchier "Thousand Islands" moniker, Liberal MP Ralph Goodale's non-binding motion on firefighters and NDP MP Dany Morin's attempt to create a special committee to study bullying.

Once the votes have been taken, the House will turn its attention to C-398, an NDP-backed bill that would make it easier to manufacture and export drugs to developing countries for humanitarian purposes. It's worth noting that this is the latest iteration of a  bill that was actually passed by the House during the previous minority -- with the support of more than a dozen Conservative backbenchers, no less -- only to die on the Senate Order Paper.

Despite that history, however, the interventions from government members during the first hour of debate bode ill for its ultimate success, although several Conservatives have submitted petitions in support of the initiative.

Outside the Chamber, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney fields committee questions on the latest round of supplementary estimates.

Out and about outside the precinct:

• Minister of State Maxime Bernier makes an appearance at the Tourism Industry Association of Canada's Hall of Fame lunch.
• Conservative MP David Anderson announces new federal support for the grain industry at an industry symposium.
• Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will speak at the opening at the Canadian War Museum's new exhibit on Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.
• In Toronto, Minister of State for Sport Bal Gosal attends the AMJ CIS All-Canadian Awards Banquet, during which he will reveal news on Canadian interuniversity sport.
• Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau continues his western campaign with stops in Victoria and Vancouver.

Finally, later this evening, the sixth annual Parliamentarian of the Year Awards will be revealed at a celebratory gala at the Chateau Laurier.