Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post three new PBO legislative costing notes: Financial Support for Families with Children, Eliminating Interest on Canada Student Loans, and Change in the Tax Treatment of Employee Stock Options. These will be released online. Call 613-992-8026.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will hold the first of four virtual Cabinet retreat sessions today. The other three sessions will take place on January 14, 18, and 21. The Cabinet retreat will focus on the government’s ongoing work to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, including the vaccine rollout and the travel and border … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Liberal MP Sean Casey (Charlottetown, P.E.I.), Steven Myers, P.E.I. Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy, and James Aylward, P.E.I. Minister of Health and Wellness, will make an important virtual announcement regarding COVID-19 response infrastructure for Prince Edward Island. Details online. Call 613-941-0660.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), on behalf of Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.), will make a virtual announcement regarding emissions in Canadian cities. Details online. Call 343-292-6100.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.), on behalf of Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.), Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, will make a virtual announcement about funding for a green infrastructure project. Details online. Call 343-292-6100.
Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.) will highlight Government of Canada financial support for the growth of La Petite Bretonne, an innovative business in the Greater Montréal region. Details online.
On behalf of Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) will announce funding to support Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services in establishing a Safe Voluntary Isolation site. This event will take place online. Call 613-957-0200.
Carleton University and the Canada-Korea Forum host the official launch of the 2020 Canada-Korea Forum Report. Former Quebec premier Jean Charest will moderate the panel discussion featuring Goldy Hyder, president and CEO, Business Council of Canada; Margaret Biggs, chair, Board of Governors, International Development Research Centre; Prof. Ku-Hyun Jung, chief research officer, J Campus; and In Kook Park, president, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies. This event will take place online.
The University of Toronto hosts a webinar, “The Climate Crisis and First Nations’ Right to Food in Canada.” Hear from the authors of Human Rights Watch’s October 2020 report My Fear is Losing Everything: The Climate Crisis and First Nations’ Right to Food in Canada, which documents the experiences of First Nations communities and outlines the ways in which the Canadian … Read more
ISG Senator Murray Sinclair will take part in a webinar on “Economic Recovery for All,” hosted by ISG Senator Kim Pate and the Senate’s anti-poverty caucus. Other speakers include former senator Hugh Segal, former senator Art Eggleton; Graham Fox, president and CEO of the Institue for Research on Public Policy; Dr. Evelyn Forget, University of … Read more
