Concordia University hosts a tribute to former NDP MP Paul Dewar and his legacy as a human rights champion. Guest speakers include former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, retired senator Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire, Amnesty International Canada head Alex Neve and former NDP MP Hélène Laverdière. This event will take place online.
The Munk Debates hosts a members-only Munk Dialogue featuring authors Yuval Harari and Masha Gessen on the future of democracy in a world of rising authoritarianism. What are the root causes of nations and people’s turning away from liberalism? How is social media affecting our democratic politics? Are populist politics incompatible with liberal democracy? This event will take … Read more
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will host a post-secondary student town hall with leading Canadian post-secondary student representatives. The discussion will expose the current situation facing post-secondary students from coast-to-coast-to-coast and address the emotional, financial and educational impacts of COVID-19 on students and the lack of adequate support they have received during the pandemic. This event will … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “Building Across Borders: Energy, the Environment, and Canada-US Relations in the Biden Era,” exploring the challenges and opportunities for Canada as it engages on these issues with the new administration. Speakers include former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt, now vice-chair for global investment banking, CIBC; former Canadian ambassador to the … Read more
The Assembly of First Nations hosts the second part in its series on “Our Children, Our Future: First Nations Child and Family Services and Self-Determination.” Today’s agenda is on “Navigating Indigenous Child and Family Services Legislation.” This event will take place online.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) will deliver remarks on “Building a Stronger Canada” in a webinar hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. This event will take place online.
McGill University hosts a webinar on “The Resilience of Western Alienation in a Transformative Era.” Dr. Loleen Berdahl (Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina) considers the persistence of regional conflict in Canada by examining western alienation — that is, discontent emerging from one, some, or all of Canada’s four westernmost provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will call on the Liberals to take profits out of long-term care. He will be joined by Chris Aylward, President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Candace Rennick, Secretary-Treasurer for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario, and Christine Collins who has a family member residing at Carlingview Manor, owned by Revera, … Read more
The Public Service Commission will release a report: Audit of Employment Equity Representation in Recruitment. President of the Public Service Commission of Canada, Patrick Borbey, and the Vice-President, Oversight and Investigations Sector, Stan Lee, will hold a media availability. This event will take place via teleconference. Call 819-218-1575.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post three new legislative costing notes: “Financial Support for Planting 2 Billion Trees,” “Corporate Income Tax and International Digitization,” and “Expansion of the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA).” These will be posted on the website.
