NDP MPs Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster, B.C.) and Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) will take part in a webinar on “Public Health Care in Canada and the U.S.: A Matter of Justice,” hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America. Other participants include Linda Silas, President, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions; and Jabari Brisport, State Senator for New York’s 25th State Senate … Read more
China’s Ambassador to Canada, Peiwu Cong, will discuss “China-Canada relations: which path forward?” with former Quebec premier Pierre-Marc Johnson in a webinar hosted by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. This event will take place online.
Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will deliver closing remarks at the final session of the Women Entrepreneurship Conference presented by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. This event will take place online. Call 343-551-0246.
On behalf of Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.), Minister of Labour Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) and Liberal MP Bob Bratina (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), will announce cultural infrastructure funding. This event will take place online. Call 819-994-9101.
Carleton University hosts a webinar on “The Era of Covid, Climate Change, Conflict, and Nationalism” featuring former Liberal cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy who will discuss how Canadian foreign policy transformed in the era of COVID-19, climate change, conflict and nationalism. This event will take place online.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) will make a national infrastructure announcement on behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.). He will be joined by Liberal MP Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West, Ont.), Andrea Dicks, President of Community Foundations of Canada; Mary W. Rowe, President of the … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Jennifer O’Connell (Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont.) will announce an international partnership between the Netherlands and Canada, and a joint investment to accelerate new research to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes. Contact: mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte (King-Vaughan, Ont.) will announce funding from the New Horizons for Seniors Program, to support a project with the Vaughan Community Health Centre. Details online. Call 343-551-7558.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s will host its first Executive Summit of 2021, Innovation in a Business-led Recovery. This summit event will dive deep into discussions with senior executives and thought-leaders around the innovation and public policies needed to address some of Canada’s most important issues, including a business-led pandemic recovery and achieving Canada’s ambitious climate … Read more
Liberal MP Tim Louis (Kitchener–Conestoga, Ont.), on behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.); Mike Harris, MPP for Kitchener–Conestoga, and Sandy Shantz, Mayor of the Township of Woolwich. Details online. Call 613-941-0660.
