Event Location: Online

The Institute for 21st Century Questions will launch the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic), featuring leaders in politics, public policy, education, business, sport and culture from 25 countries to address one of the most massive and time-urgent challenges of the post-pandemic period. Canadian members include former Liberal cabinet ministers Lloyd Axworthy and Pierre Pettigrew, former leader of the federal NDP Audrey … Read more

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will announce an investment in official languages in Nova Scotia. This event will take place online. Call 613-295-3617.

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 Government of Canada financial support for Productique Québec, a college centre for technology transfer located in the Cantons-de-l’Est. Details online.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedNor) Terry Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) will announce FedNor funding to support technology skills development and growth, and the creation of good-paying jobs in Sault Ste. Marie. Details online. Call 705-971-4112.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario) Kate Young (London West, Ont.) will make an important virtual announcement in Kingston. Details online.

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Joël Lightbound (Louis—Hébert, Que.) invite media representatives to a press conference on CED support for the Club Sportif des Appalaches, the Communauté allemande Québec organization, Événements GPCQM and Vaolo. Details online.

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.) will take part in the “Canada’s Successful Path to 2050” hosted by the University of Calgary. He will be joined by Tengku Muhammad Taufik, president and group CEO of PETRONAS Global; and Maria van der Hoeven, former executive director of the International Energy Agency. This event will take place online.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will deliver remarks at a national pharmacare e-rally, hosted by NDP MPs Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.), Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.) and Don Davies (Vancouver-Kingsway, B.C.). Other speakers include Linda Silas, president Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions; Marie Clarke Walker, vice-president, Canadian Labour Congress; and Dr. Nima Machouf, lecturer at École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal. This event … Read more

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new legislative costing note, “Cost Estimate of Bill C-256, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (donations involving private corporation shares or real estate)” on the website. Call 613-992-8026.

Dalhousie University hosts the Viola Desmond Legacy Lecture featuring Indigenous rights advocate Michèle Audette who served as commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She continues to advocate for change in provincial and federal policies to address discrimination, violence against Indigenous women, and social inequalities.​ This event will take place online.