Event Location: Online

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new PBO report entitled Cost estimate of a federal dental care program for uninsured Canadians. Call 613-992-8026

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post four new PBO legislative costing notes online. Reports posted include: COVID-19- Canada Emergency Response Benefit – Four Week Extension; COVID-19-Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit; COVID-19-Canada Recovery Benefit; and, COVID-19-Canada Recovery Caregiver Benefit. Call 613-992-8026.

National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will participate virtually in a panel discussion entitled “A Compass of Stability: NATO’s Ageless Utility” as part of the GLOBSEC 2020 Bratislava Forum. Ministers of defence from the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Latvia will participate. Call 613-996-3100.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new PBO costing note entitled Tax Free Seniors Benefits. Call 613-992-8026.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled The Innovation Superclusters Initiative – A Preliminary Analysis. Budget 2017 earmarked $918 million over five years for the Innovation Superclusters Initiative. The federal money will assist with the creation of five “superclusters” across Canada, where the public and private sectors will undertake collaborative research. Call 613-992-8026.

NDP MP Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, B.C.) will take part in a discussion on “Caregiving, Long-Term Care, Home Care and Housing Resources,” part of the “VOICES of Canada’s Seniors” series of webinars hosted by CanAge CEO Laura Tamblyn Watts. Other participants include Amy Coupal, CEO of the Ontario Caregiver Organization; Donna Duncan, CEO at the Ontario Long-Term Care Association; Dee Lender, Executive … Read more

The Public Policy Forum hosts the second of two Testimonial Dinner and Awards 2020 virtual evenings, featuring networking sessions. Tonight’s event honours PSG Senator Peter Harder, former Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan and former CBC parliamentary bureau chief Rob Russo. This event will take place online.

The Public Policy Forum hosts its Testimonial Dinner and Awards 2020, which will take place virtually over two evenings and includes networking sessions. Tonight’s event honours ISG Senator Murray Sinclair, former president and CEO of GE Canada Elyse Allan and data scientist Shingai Manjengwa. The second event will be held Oct. 22, honouring PSG Senator Peter Harder, former Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan and … Read more

The Public Policy Forum hosts a webinar on “Policy Making in a Time of Pandemic,” exploring how Canada’s real-time response to COVID-19 has pushed all levels of government to embrace uncertainty and to work collaboratively to mitigate the impact on the lives and livelihoods of Canadians. Speakers include Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer; Peter Wallace, Secretary … Read more

CANCELLED: On behalf of Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino (Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont.) will make a forest industry announcement. This event will take place online. Call 613-447-3488.