Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report, Economic and Fiscal Outlook – March 2022, providing a baseline projection to help parliamentarians gauge potential economic and fiscal outcomes under current policy settings. A media briefing with PBO officials will follow at 10:00 a.m. ET. This event will take place online.
Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu (Brampton South, Ont.) will deliver remarks at a panel discussion, “Opportunity for All: Driving Diversity and Meeting the Labour Market Shortage in Canadian Cybersecurity” hosted by Ryerson University. Experts will explore the causes and potential solutions for some critical challenges facing the Canadian cybersecurity sector in 2022, including the shortage of skilled cybersecurity … Read more
Dr. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and professor at McGill University, will deliver the 2021-22 Shaar Shalom Lecture hosted by Dalhousie University. Blackstock will discuss engaging people in learning about the diverse history of First Nations to prepare them to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s calls to … Read more
Dalhousie University hosts a webinar, “Copyright Law and Text and Data Mining: Does the Canadian Copyright Act Need to be Updated?” Dalhousie law professor Dr. Lucie Guibault will discuss the status of text and data mininig activities under the Canadian copyright law regime before asking whether a specific copyright exception would provide greater legal certainty for the stakeholders. This event will take place online.
McGill University hosts a webinar, “On the Campaign Trail: From Municipal to Federal Elections.” Hear from experts who have run their own campaigns or who have played a significant leading role in recent elections. Get a crash course on how they did it, what they’ve learned, and what they feel is still missing from our politics … Read more
Conservative MP John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest) will take part in a webinar, “Will COVID Restrictions End? The Plans, The Politics, The Future,” hosted by the Canada Strong and Free Network. This panel discussion will consider where we’re at in Canada, the experience in Europe (with focus on Sweden), how we move forward and the reverberations of imposing … Read more
On behalf of Minister for Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Pascale St-Onge (Brome-Missisquoi, Que.) and Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board Greg Fergus (Hull—Aylmer, Que.) will announce support for recipient organizations under the … Read more
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will publish a new report, Supplementary Estimates (C) 2021-22, and also a legislative costing note, Volunteer Firefighters and Search and Rescue Volunteers Tax Credit Enhancement on the PBO website.
Government of Canada officials will hold a news conference to provide an update on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Call 613-957-2983.
Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Helena Jaczek (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) will announce support for tourism and jobs for two organizations in Renfrew County, Ont. This event will take place online. Call 343-552-2375.
