►UPDATED: The Senate's internal economy committee meets this afternoon to begin a second examination of Senator Mike Duffy's expenses and residency status. Senators agreed this afternoon to open the meeting to public.
Duffy left the Conservative caucus amidst the controversy surrounding a $90,000 loan from Nigel Wright, the prime minister's former chief of staff, to pay back improperly-claimed expenses.
**Read the Deloitte audit of Duffy's residency status and the committee's follow-up report**
►The Commons finance committee performs clause-by-clause consideration of the first budget implementation bill (C-60).
►The aboriginal affairs committee considers safe drinking water legislation (S-8) with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Blood Tribe, Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, and the Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta.
►A busy agenda awaits the procedure committee. First, Richard Fujarczuk discusses his appointment as parliamentary counsel and law clerk for the House of Commons. Elections Canada, led by chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand, presents main estimates and answers questions on their study of deceptive phone calls during the 2011 campaign.
►The foreign affairs committee hears from Loblaw Companies Ltd., Gildan Activewear Inc., and the Retail Council of Canada on outsourcing practices to developing countries.
Loblaw recently promised to sign a pact on fire and building safety in Bangladesh after the deadly factory collapse where some of its products were made.
-Andrew Thomson
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