As part of her visit to the United Kingdom and Belgium from April 3-6 to commemorate 2SLGBTQI+ veterans and the First World War, Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) will meet with Canada’s Ambassador to Belgium Alain Gendron; Ludivine Dedonder, Belgium’s defence minister, and with representatives from NATO including Irene Fellin, … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will visit Brussels, Belgium, to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting from April 3-4. Contact media@international.gc.ca.
National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will travel to Brussels, Belgium on Oct. 11-12 to meet with allies and partners. On Oct. 11, Blair will participate in the sixteenth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, hosted by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. He will also participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defence … Read more
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will visit Belgium and Germany from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. In Brussels, he will meet with EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. In Germany, he will hold meetings with business and industry leaders in the automotive sector and will attend the management conference of the Volkswagen Group … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI), joined by Alain Gendron, Canada’s Ambassador to Belgium, and Dominique Cool, Mayor of Langemark-Poelkapelle, will tour the newly restored site of the St. Julien Canadian Memorial and lay a wreath on behalf of the Government of Canada. Details online. Call 613-992-7468.
In Mons, at 11 a.m., a delegation from the Canadian government will take part in a ceremony at Mons Municipal Cemetery, the resting place of the largest number of Canadian soldiers in the region. Then at 3:30 p.m., a liberation parade and ceremony will take place in the Grand-Place. Call 902-314-8131.
In Mons, at 11a.m. (local time), Governor General Julie Payette and a delegation from the Canadian government will take part in a commemorative ceremony will take place at Saint-Symphorien Cemetery where George Ellison of the Royal Irish Lancers and George Price of the Canadian Infantry (believed to be the last Commonwealth combat casualties of the war in Europe) … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Sherry Romanado (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, Que.) will lead an official Government of Canada delegation in Ypres, Belgium, from Nov. 7-12 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele. The delegation will include veterans, representatives from Indigenous and veterans organizations, descendants of Passchendaele veterans, … Read more
As part of a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will attend the ceremony of remembrance at the Tyne Cot Cemetery. Call 613-996-4649.
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) will be the keynote speaker at the OECD Blue Sky Forum on Science and Innovation Indicators. Duncan will discuss the government’s commitment to evidence-based decision making and talk about the important role data providers and users play in the making of public policy. Call 343-291-2600.
