Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will deliver remarks on health care technology, supporting innovative health tech companies, business growth and health tech sector jobs as part of CAN Health Network’s first Annual General Meeting. This event will take place online. Call 343-551-0244.
Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will take part in a Virtual Town Hall meeting hosted by the Laval Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Fortier will be speaking about the work the Government is doing to support businesses and individuals through the COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, and share … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new PBO legislative costing note entitled COVID-19: Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) – As extended to September 2020. Call 613-992-8026.
Caroline Maynard, Information Commissioner of Canada, 2019–20 annual report will be tabled in Parliament. The report will be available online once it has been tabled. Call 613-769-3883.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will hold a media briefing and availability following the posting a new report, Economic and Fiscal Outlook – September 2020, on his website. This report provides a baseline projection to help parliamentarians gauge potential economic and fiscal outcomes under current policy settings. This event will take place online. Call 613-992-8026.
Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte (King-Vaughan, Ont.) will take part in a roundtable discussion on “How to Make Canada More Age-Inclusive” hosted by CanAge and and HelpAge Canada. She will be joined by Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO CanAge; Gregor Sneddon, Executive Director of HelpAge Canada; Greg Shaw, Director International and Corporate Relations for the International Federation on Ageing; Margaret Gillis, President … Read more
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem will deliver the keynote address at the Global Risk Institute’s Summit 2020. Other speakers include (among others) Samantha Power, former United States ambassador to the United Nations; Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood, CEO of the Canadian American Business Council; and Rod Phillips, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. This event will take place online.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report, Disability Benefit Processing at Veterans Affairs Canada, on his website. Call 613-992-8026.
The C.D. Howe Institute hosts a webinar on “Change Accelerator: A Post-COVID Healthcare Reform Agenda,” exploring the consequences of the pandemic on health and healthcare, and how approaches in the provinces and territories of Canada must be revolutionized. Speakers include Dr. Ann Collins, President, Canadian Medical Association; Don Drummond, Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University; and Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair, … Read more
Green Party leadership contestants will participate in a national francophone debate online. Moderated by Anne-Caroline Desplanques, Journal de Montréal journalist at the Parliamentary bureau in Ottawa, this debate will give francophones across the country an opportunity to meet the contestants. This event will take place online. Call 613-562-4916 x 206.
