The Canadian International Council hosts a conversation with Lucia Piazza, U.S. Consul General to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories, who will discuss the priorities of the Biden Administration and what they mean for U.S.-Canada relations. This event will take place online.
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will take part in a virtual infrastructure event. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.
McGill University hosts the 2021 Mallory Lecture. Human rights advocate Ellen Gabriel will speak on “Resistance in the Time of a Pandemic,” exploring the efforts of Indigenous communities to stop the theft and dispossession of their land, both historically and today. This event will take place online.
National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will deliver remarks at the three-day Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence, hosted by the Conference of Defence Associations. Other speakers include former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper; Deputy Minister of Defence Jody Thomas; Deputy Minister of Global Affairs Martha Morgan; British Secretary of Defence Ben Wallace; and former Quebec … Read more
The Parliamentary Press Gallery’s annual general meeting will be held virtually. Members will electing a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary in advance of the meeting and will elect directors at the AGM. Contact Collin.lafrance@parl.gc.ca.
ISG Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard and Stanley Kutcher will take part in a discussion white privilege and white fragility in “The Pandemic of Racism,” part of a Facebook live series exploring the sociological impacts of racism. This event will take place online.
On behalf of Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.) will announce support for Merinov. This event will take place online.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Que.) will announce support for support for A3 Surfaces. This event will take place online. Call 514-283-7443.
On behalf of Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.), Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) will announce Prince Edward Island’s electric vehicle charging network. This event will take place online. Call 613-447-3488.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and Canadian Heritage (Sport) Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) will deliver opening remarks at the “Empowering Indigenous Youth Through Play and Education” event hosted by the LEGO Group and Right to Play. This event will take place online.
