Minister McKenna to make an announcement

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will make an announcement regarding funding allocated through the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative. This event will take place online. Call 613-298-7386.

MPs Simms and Casey to make an announcement

On behalf of Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), Liberal MPs Scott Simms (Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame, NL) and Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PE) will announce support for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention in the Atlantic provinces. This event will take place online. Call 613-957-0200.

Webinar: “Rethinking Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”

The University of Ottawa hosts “First Peoples: Rethinking Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,” an interdisciplinary panel discussion exploring research with, by and for Indigenous peoples within the current incomplete processes of decolonization and truth and reconciliation in Canada; how Indigenous people’s knowledges challenges liberalism, multiculturalism, and other western paradigms; and challenging equity, diversity and inclusion from the viewpoint … Read more

MP Weiler to make an announcement

Liberal MP Patrick Weiler (West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country, B.C.) will highlight an investment to support clean technologies in the agricultural sector. This event will take place online. Call 613-462-4327.

MP Morrissey to make an announcement

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Liberal MP Bobby Morrissey (Egmont, PE) will take part in an infrastructure event, which will take place online. Call 613-298-7386.

PS Kusmierczyk to make an announcement

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor-Tecumseh, Ont.) will take part in an infrastructure funding announcement. This event will take place online. Call 613-298-7386.

Parliamentary Budget Officer to release two costing notes

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post two new legislative costing notes: “Temporarily Waiving the One-week Waiting Period for Employment Insurance Claims” and “Maintaining Flexible and Uniform Access to Regular, Fishing, and Special EI Benefits Across All Regions” on the website.

Working Together for Community Recovery, with Suncor

Join leaders from Suncor and the Suncor Energy Foundation, Community Foundations of Canada and the Mikisew Group of Companies to hear their reflections on how they worked with communities and businesses during the pandemic response, what they learned and a discussion about the opportunities ahead. Panellists include Melanie Thomas, VP, Community Foundations of Canada; Debi … Read more

Ng to speak at Gender and Racial Equality in the C-Suite event

Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will deliver a keynote address and moderate a panel at the Diversio and Rosenzweig & Company “Gender and Racial Equality in the C-Suite: An International Dialogue” event. Details online. Call 613-612-0482.