Event Location: Online

The Canadian Club of Toronto hosts a virtual event: “If I Had a Billion Dollars: Reversing the Shecession and Rebuilding the Canadian Economy.” Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne; Tina Lee, CEO of T&T Supermarkets; Ken Boessenkool, partner at KTG Public Affairs Ltd.; and Dawn Desjardins, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC, will discuss how they would each use $1 billion to support safe returns to school, increase … Read more

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will discuss support to help improve the supply chain of medical devices in Canada in the fight against COVID-19. She will be joined by Reg Helwer, Manitoba’s Minister of Central Services and Minister responsible for the Civil Service. This event will take place online. Contact Alexander.Cohen@canada.ca.

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) and ISG Senator Rosemary Moodie will take part in the Canadian launch of the UNICEF Report Card, revealing the state of children and youth across high-income countries. Other participants include Dr. Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in … Read more

The Canadian Committee on World Press Freedom hosts a live virtual event with victims and advocates: “Assault on Press Freedom Threatens Democracies.” Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who has been threatened and jailed by President Rodrigo Duterte and is now battling legal charges related to critical investigative journalism in her online publication Rappler, will deliver the keynote address. She be … Read more

Santis Health hosts a webinar on “The politics of a pandemic: What to expect from Ottawa this fall,” unpacking the many recent changes at the federal level, the unanswered questions about budget consultations, the government’s long-term pandemic response and the potential of a fall election. Participants include Santis Health’s political and health policy experts Peter Cleary, Principal; Stephanie Gawur, Senior Director, Government Relations; … Read more

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a report: Federal Support through Major Transfers to Provincial and Territorial Governments on his website. Call 613-992-8026.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will attend a virtual G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting. This event will take place online. Call 343-203-7700.

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) and Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will announce Government of Canada financial assistance to support women entrepreneurs. Details online. 

Canada 2020, Global Progress and partners in The Recovery Project will host The Recovery Summit, a virtual world-wide conference from Sept.14-17, 2020. The Summit will address five themes in the context of recovery, each chaired by a prominent progressive leader: Democracy and Institutions, chaired by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of Denmark; Global Public Health, chaired by Dr. James Orbinski, Director … Read more

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) along with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Official Languages) René Arseneault (Madawaska—Restigouche, N.B.), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Darrell Samson (Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, N.S.) will announce funding in support of official-language communities in … Read more