Fingers always crossed but it seems unlikely the ring would be announced with Trudeau in absentia.  There would have to be a huge liberal lovefest with photo-ops.  It would seem his hands are tied until Winnie reveals her holistic plan?

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iPolitics AM: Team Trudeau to deliver ‘detailed’ update on infrastructure spending as Scheer heads to QC

Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. A new agreement between Ottawa and B.C. will see the federal government spend $4.1 billion on infrastructure in the province over the next decade. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi is promising a “detailed update” on Team Trudeau’s ongoing efforts to pour billions of taxpayer dollars into infrastructure projects across Canada when he takes the stage at the National Press Theatre later this morning.

• Budget watchdog calls out Liberals for lack of details on infrastructure funds

Last month, the Parliamentary Budget Office put out a status report on the initiative that urged the government to provide considerably more information on exactly how — and where, and when — the money is being — or will be — spent, and two separate parliamentary committee have subsequently launched their own investigations into both the process and the progress made thus far.

Meanwhile, after joining Her Majesty for a private pre-summit chat on Wednesday — his third one-on-one with the monarch since taking office, for those keeping track — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to start his second day in London by hosting a “roundtable discussion” with “young professionals” at Canada House.

After that wraps up, he’ll head back to Buckingham Palace for the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, which is the final event on his week-long international tour.

According to the programme provided by his office, after joining his fellow leaders for the traditional family photograph, Trudeau will participate in the three main “executive sessions” at St. James Palace — which are, not surprisingly, off-limits to media — and attend the leaders’ dinner.

In between those two engagements, he’ll make a quick stop back at Canada House to take questions from the travelling press.

Back in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is off to Montreal to make what his office is billing as an “important announcement for Quebec” just one day after his former leadership rival Maxime Bernier reportedly came under sustained fire from his colleagues during the weekly caucus meeting over his plan to publish a book laying out his vision for Canada.

• Bernier says he pulled book to maintain ‘harmony’ in the party

Last week, the Globe and Mail ran an excerpt in which Bernier seemed to question the legitimacy of Scheer’s razor-thin victory, which, he suggested, had depended on the support of thousands of “fake Conservatives” affiliated with the dairy sector who joined the party solely to block Bernier’s bid to dismantle the system.

On Wednesday afternoon, Bernier announced that, in the interest of maintaining party unity, he would be withdrawing the book from publication due to his fear that it had been viewed — wrongly, in his opinion — as an attack on his leader.

Given the timing, Scheer can likely expect to find himself fielding questions on how much pressure he and his team put on Bernier to back away from the manuscript.

Also on the road today: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to Washington, DC,  for a closed-door session to discuss the latest developments on the NAFTA re-negotiation front with her US and Mexican ministerial counterparts, Robert Lighthizer and Ildefonso Guajardo.

So far, her office has been uncharacteristically coy on her itinerary — the official advisory makes no reference to any such session, but simply states that “further details will follow” — but the latest rumours circulating the precinct suggest that the three parties may be close to a deal, although no one seems to be expecting a final agreement to be unveiled this week.

Also in the Capitol today: Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who is heading into a second day of discussions with his G20 counterparts.

Finally, card-carrying big-L Liberals from across Canada are set to descend on Halifax, where they’ll spend the next three days debating policy — and party politics — at what will almost certainly be the last such mass partisan gathering before the next election.

Kicking off the festivities at the official opening ceremonies later today: Treasury Board President and proud Nova Scotian Scott Brison and Transport Minister Marc Garneau, who will be joined on stage by outgoing party president Anna Gainey.