Superintendent of Financial Institutions Julie Dickson will speak at the Montreal CFA Society-Financial Services luncheon on "Changing Times: The State of Canada's Financial Institutions" at Le Reine Elizabeth Hotel. Call 613-949-8401.
Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis (Mégantic—L'Érable, QC) and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Pierre Poilievre (Nepean—Carleton, ON), will hold a media availability at Place d'Youville to discuss Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act. Call 613-991-0657.
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC) will hold his annual fundraising cocktail party at the Palais de congrès. Call 613-947-2495.
Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) will deliver a keynote address to delegates at the second annual Canadian Science Policy Conference at the Hyatt Regency. Call 613-943-7599.
New Democrat Leader Jack Layton (Toronto—Danforth, ON) and Deputy Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, QC) will discuss the 40th anniversary of the War Measures Act invoked by Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Liberal government at the Hotel Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth. Call 613-295-9228.
The Canadian Wind Energy Association’s 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition is Canada’s largest renewable energy event and will feature a wide range of experts from the wind energy in Canada and from around the world at Place Jean-Riopelle. For more information visit www.canwea.ca.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice (Calgary Centre-North, AB) will make a joint announcement with the Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand at Montreal's World Trade Centre. Call 819-997-1441.
Tiff Macklem, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak to the International Finance Club of Montreal at Mount Stephen Club. Call 613-782-8782.
The members of the Customs and Immigration Union will march in front of the Canada Border Services Agency Offices to support their fellow Sisters and Brothers Support Staff (CR and AS) members (400, Place d'Youville). Call 416-523-8183.
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Federal Liberal candidate Martin Cauchon and the Liberal team will kick off the Open mike with a town hall meeting in the Montreal riding of Outremont (6767 chemin de la Cote-des-Neiges). Call 613-290-9851.
