On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski (Thunder Bay–Rainy River, Ont.) will make an infrastructure funding announcement. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.
The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History hosts the launch of a new book The Unexpected Louis St-Laurent: Politics and Policies for a Modern Canada. Editor Patrice Dutil (Ryerson University) will present the former Liberal prime minister as an “Idealist-Realist.” Robert Bothwell (the University of Toronto) will analyze St-Laurent’s management of cabinet and the public service. Christopher McCreery (Office of … Read more
The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History hosts the launch of a new book edited by Susan Colbourn and Timothy Andrews Sayle: Nuclear North: Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age. The book investigates Canada’s role in a nuclear world and asks questions including whether the country’s championing of arms control and disarmament on the global … Read more
The Empire Club hosts the second annual Nation Builder of the Year Award. Canada’s frontline workers will receive this year’s award. Among the list of speakers thanking and congratulating the men and women who have kept us safe and functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic are Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ont.), Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Theresa … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “WHO you gonna call? Why there’s something strange about global institutions,” detailing the failure of global institutions to defend security, health, freedom and prosperity in the world, and what measures Canada, Germany and their allies should pursue for the reform of existing institutions and adoption of new and more effective … Read more
The Canadian Club of Toronto hosts a webinar on “Opportunity in the Face of Challenge: A Competitiveness Agenda for Canada’s Future.” Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Matthew Boswell, who will talk about the Bureau’s role in safeguarding competition, and advocating for procompetitive regulation in the context of a global pandemic. This event will take place online.
The Tax Justice Network hosts the virtual launch of the report, The State of Tax Justice 2020: Tax Justice in the Time of COVID, discussing the research, findings, impact on inequalities and the realisation of rights of the scale of tax abuse. Speakers include Dereje Alemayehu, Global Alliance for Tax Justice; Professor Jayati Ghosh, Development Economist and ICRICT commissioner; Mercedes Marco Del Pont, head of … Read more
On behalf of Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), Liberal MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.) will announce support for a Toronto-based tech firm. This event will take place online. Contact catherine.mounier-desrochers@canada.ca.
On behalf of Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.) and Jean Boulet, Quebec Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, will announce financial support for the Cégep de Trois‑Rivières for the Centre de métallurgie du Québec project. This event will take place online. Contact catherine.mounier-desrochers@canada.ca.
On Tuesday, November 17, the United Nations released the UN Research Roadmap on the COVID-19 Recovery, which seeks to leverage the power of science to support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and promote a more equitable, and sustainable future. Dr. Steven J. Hoffman, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, will provide an … Read more
