Event Location: Online

IPAC and the University of Saskatchewan hosts a webinar on “Empowering BIPOC Voices in the Public Sector,” exploring systemic racism, and how have governments and institutions contributed to and perpetuated racial injustice in Canada. Speakers include Raquel Pasap, Regional Program Development Advisor and Post-Secondary Lead for Indigenous Services Canada; Ashley McDonald, Acting Director of Strategic Relations, Crowns and Agencies, … Read more

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) will discuss the budget items under his portfolio, including Early Learning and Child Care, the National Housing Strategy, Social Innovation and Social Finance and more, in a webinar hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. This event will take place online.

The Writers’ Trust of Canada will announce this year’s shortlist for the 2021 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for the year’s best non-fiction political book in the country. The prize will be awarded in the fall. Details online. Call 416-504-8222 x 241.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Neil Ellis (Bay of Quinte, Ont.) and Dr. Siddika Mithani, President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, will deliver welcoming remarks at Farm to Plate 2021, a two-day advocacy event hosted by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association and Canadian Horticultural Council. Industry participants from across the country to engage with Parliamentarians and officials … Read more

The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) will honour the late former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of 24 visionaries to be recognized for their roles in boosting made-in-Canada content nationally and internationally. The 2021 SOCAN Awards will take place online.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario) Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.) will make an  announcement in support of an innovative manufacturer in North York. She will be joined by Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks (York Centre, Ont.). This event will take place online. Contact catherine.mounier-desrochers@canada.ca.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post two new legislative costing notes, “Rate Reduction for Zero-Emission Technology Manufacturers,” and “Luxury goods sales tax” on his website. Call 613-992-8026.

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will make an infrastructure announcement accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedNor) Terry Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.). This event will take place online. Then at 11:30 a.m. ET, she will make a second announcement, accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability … Read more

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Hochelaga, Que.),Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and Canadian Heritage (Sport) Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) and Liberal MP Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Ont.), will announce new funding to improve rail safety. This event will take place online. Call 613-993-0055.

On behalf of Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef (Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.), Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) will announce a federal investment to improve high-speed Internet access in southwestern Ontario. This event wil take place online. Call 613-295-8123.