Event Location: Online

The APEC CEO Dialogues Malaysia 2020 will take place virutally today and tomorrow. Under the theme “APEC Re-Imagined: Priorities in the Aftermath of COVID-19,” the virtual event, hosted by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) – Malaysia, will connect government and business leaders from across the 21 APEC member economies to discuss urgent issues facing … Read more

Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will participate in a virtual fireside chat with Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO, at an event to mark Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. The event will bring together more than 300 women entrepreneurs from across Canada, the United States, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, India and around … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new PBO legislative costing note entitled Eliminating the Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) minimum withdrawal amount. Call 613-992-8026.

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu (Member of Parliament for Brampton South, ONt.) and Patrick Brown, Mayor of the City of Brampton, will announce a $97.1 million infrastructure project. Details online. Call 613-949-1759.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a panel discussion on “A Better Path: Building a world-leading health economy in Canada,” exploring how the health economy can help chart a path to a thriving health and life sciences sector. Speakers include Dr. Jack Mintz, President’s Fellow, the School of Public Policy at University of Calgary; Audrey Laporte, Director of the Canadian Centre for … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled The Joint Support Ship program and the MV Asterix: a Fiscal Analysis. In response to a request from the House of Commons Government Operations and Estimates Committee, this report estimates the construction costs of the Joint Support Ship program to build two supply ships and costs … Read more

National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.), on behalf of Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), will announce Government of Canada support for three businesses and one organization to boost regional development in the Gaspé. Details online.

McGill University hosts a webinar on “Priorities for Canada’s Global Engagement: Washington vs. the ‘rest of the world’,”  the first of a series of events about the world after COVID-19. Jennifer M. Welsh, Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University, Daniel Béland, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, and … Read more

The Balsillie School for International Affairs hosts a webinar on “How Achievable are the Sustainable Development Goals?” A panel of experts will discuss whether the future of the SDGs is in jeopardy, how sustainable are the Sustainable Development Goals, and whether they are still the transformative medium for global partnerships we hoped for, or are states once again ‘talking … Read more

The Canadian International Council hosts a webinar on “Venezuela: The State Of The Crisis and Canada’s Options.” Yvon Grenier, St-Francis-Xavier University, and Isaac Nihon-Serfaty, University of Ottawa, will provide a picture of the current situation in Venezuela and of Canada’s policy towards the country. An open discussion will follow. This event will take place online.