Canadian women will be among the trade union members represented by four international Global Union Federations – the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Education International (EI), Public Services International (PSI) and UNI Global Union – at a march in New York to call for an end to violence against women and girls. The 42 Canadians … Read more
The Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will attend the Parliamentary Meeting on the Occasion of the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, N.Y. March 4-16. More information is available online.
Deputy Governor John Murray of the Bank of Canada will speak to the New York Association for Business Economics. The topic will be "The Great Frustration: Hesitant Steps Toward Global Growth and Rebalancing." The event will be held at The Cornell Club-New York, Fall Creek Room, 6 East 44th Street. Call 613-782-8782.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) will deliver a speech at a luncheon hosted by the Foreign Policy Association. The event will be held at the Main Ballroom of the Metropolitan Club, located at one east Sixtieth Street. Call 613-996-7861.
The Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union attends the Annual Parliamentary hearing at the United Nations. More information is available online.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) will attend and deliver remarks at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner. The event will be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 301 Park Avenue. Call 613-957-5555.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) will receive the 2012 World Statesman Award at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation Annual Awards Dinner. The event will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, 119 West 57th Street, Suite 820. Harper will be recognized as "a champion of democracy, freedom, and human rights." More information … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York City, to officially ring the NASDAQ Stock Market closing bell in celebration of Canada Day. The event will take place at the Broadcast Studio, NASDAQ MarketSite, 4 Times Square. Call 613-995-1874.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, ON) will participate in a panel discussion to promote Canada as a place to do business at the George W. Bush Institute Tax Conference. The event will take place at the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library located on the 2nd Floor of the New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West … Read more
NDP Status of Women critic Françoise Boivin (Gatineau, QC) will be part of the Canadian delegation attending the United Nations’ 56th Commission on the Status of Women. The event will be held at the United Nations Headquarter. Call 613-222-6993.
