Event Location: Online

NDP Critic for Labour Scott Duvall (Hamilton Mountain,Ont.) will unveil his newly tabled private member’s bill whose measures will serve to both improve the labour mobility of tradespersons as well as provide them with tax fairness. He will be joined by the NDP deputy leader Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Que.); Robert Kucheran, Chariman of Canada’s Building Trades Unions; and Sean Strickland, Executive Director of … Read more

Canada 2020 hosts a conversation with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance. He will discusss his new book, VALUE(s): Building a Better World for All with Anna Gainey, Canada 2020’s executive chair. This event will take place online.

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Liberal MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.) will take part in an infrastructure event. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) will make a national announcement. They will be joined by Kate Walker, Vice-Chair, Vélo Canada Bikes. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.

NDP MP Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) will hold a press conference with Donna Borden, from ACORN Canada, following the tabling of his Private Member’s Bill to lower the criminal interest rate in Canada, and to close loopholes for payday loan agreements. This event will take place online. Call 613-222-2351.

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will announce support for the development of a promising Canadian quantum computing technology. This event will take place online.

The Smart Prosperity Institute hosts a webinar on “Decarbonizing Transportation: New Canada-U.S. Policy Opportunities.” Helen Ryan, associate assistant deputy minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada, will take part in a discussion on how to collaborate towards emission reductions in the transportation sector. Other speakers include Sarah Dunham, director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Dan Sperling, … Read more

The University of Toronto’s Centre for Global Health hosts a webinar on “Shaping Canada’s Global Health Future.” David Morrison, Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister, will join Dr. John Kirton, University of Toronto political science professor, in a discussion on how Canada’s domestic needs are linked to health and health equity across the globe, priorities … Read more

The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar on “Blended Finance and the Sustainable Development Goals.” Roy Culpeper, Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies; Angella MacEwen, Senior Economist, Canadian Union of Public Employees; and Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies, will discuss the risks and opportunities involved with ‘blended … Read more

Carleton University hosts a webinar on “Sound and Fury: A Conversation about the Capitol Hill Riot” featuring Carleton professors James Deaville (Music), Melissa Haussman (Political Science), Andrew M. Johnston (History), and journalist and adjunct professor Adrian Harewood will examine the events of Jan. 6 from their unique disciplinary perspective and consider what the assault might mean for the United … Read more