Heritage and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will speak to the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal on the topic “Canada’s Cultural Dividends: The Creative Sector, an Engine of Economic Growth.” This event will take place at Plaza Centre-Ville, 777 Robert-Bourassa Blvd. Details online.
The Walrus magazine hosts the latest in its “Walrus Talks” series, this time on energy, focussing on the new energy economy, our collective impact, and finding paths to a sustainable energy future. Participants include Ross Hornby, VP government affairs and policy, GE Canada; Jane Kearns, senior advisor, MaRS Cleantech; Leah Lawrence, president and CEO, Sustainable … Read more
The Seafarers’ Union of Canada will hold a rally to protest CETA in its current form. Should the trade deal be ratified, Canada could be left at the mercy of rogue foreign ship owners to move domestic products to market – resulting in higher prices and unavailability of services. CETA also puts the Canadian environment, … Read more
Governor General David Johnston will attend the opening session of the second day of the Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Keynote speakers include International Development and La Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.), Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Bill Gates, humanitarian and Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates … Read more
The Board of Trade for Metropolitain Montreal hosts its annual roundtable discussion on international economic issues. Two of Canada’s most well-known political figures and eminent international business specialists, former prime minister Brian Mulroney, Senior Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright; and former Quebec premier Jean Charest, Partner at McCarthy Tétrault, will provide an overall picture of business issues and opportunities … Read more
Heritage and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), Dominique Anglade, Quebec Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister responsible for the Digital Strategy, accompanied by Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, will hold a news conference concerning the firm ON Entertainment. The event will be held at 1257 Guy St. (corner Sainte-Catherine), Suite 200. Call 418-691-5698 x … Read more
Liberal MP Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will be at McGill University to announce funding support, made through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Cyberinfrastructure Initiative, for projects at universities across Canada. The event will be held at McGill University, Atrium, Bellini Building, 3649 William Osler. Call 343-291-2600.
The Government of Canada, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, will welcome over some 1,000 delegates from 35 countries and 20 territories in the Americas for the Fifth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Second Meeting of Ministers and High Level Authorities on the Sendai Framework. Public officials, governmental and non-governmental, … Read more
The International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN specialized agency headquartered in Montreal, Que., hosts its 39th triennial assembly, which runs until Oct. 7. Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) will address delegates at the opening ceremony. ICAO’s 191 member states and a large number of international organizations are invited to the assembly, which establishes the organization’s worldwide … Read more
The Global Progress Summit, organized by Canada 2020, will bring together Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) Philippe Couillard, Premier of Quebec, Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta, Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and more. The event will be held at the Ritz … Read more
