Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario) Kate Young (London West, Ont.) will make an announcement for the agri-food sector in London. She will be joined by Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos (London North Centre, Ont.). This event will take place online. Contact catherine.mounier-desrochers@canada.ca.
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) will take part in a funding announcement for public transit infrastructure in Mississauga. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.
As part of the GGconversations series, Governor General Julie Payette will discuss the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada and the science behind them with Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, vice-president of Logistics and Operations, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Dr. Gary Kobinger, infectious disease expert and vaccine researcher. This event will take place online. Call 343-548-1976.
As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosts a lecture with world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky on “The Threat of Nuclear Weapons: Why Canada Should Sign the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty.” This event will take place online.
Several parliamentarians will take part in the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Participants include ISG Senator Marilou McPhedran, Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches–East York, Ont.), BQ MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.), NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.), Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) and former senator and ambassador for Disarmament Douglas Roche. This event will take place online. … Read more
Liberal MP Tony Van Bynen (Newmarket–Aurora, Ont.) will host a virtual town hall on seniors’ issues during COVID‑19 with Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte (King-Vaughan, Ont.). Details online. Call 343-551-7558.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post two new PBO legislative costing notes: Fiscal Stabilization Program – Indexing the maximum per capita payment; and GST/HST on Platform-based Short-Term Accommodation. Call 613-992-8026
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI), along with Jamie Fox, Prince Edward Island Minister of Fisheries and Communities, will hold a virtual press conference to make an announcement related to the Atlantic Fisheries Fund. Details online. Call 343-550-9594.
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), on behalf of Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef (Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.), Gary Crossman, MLA for Hampton, and Michel Gaudet, Mayor of Memramcook, will make an infrastructure announcement. Details online. Call 613-295-8123.
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will make an infrastructure announcement regarding the Clean Surrey Electric Vehicle Charging Network. She will be joined by Liberal MP Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre, B.C.), George Heyman, B.C. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Bruce Ralston, B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, and Doug McCallum, Mayor … Read more
