Event Location: Online

Queen’s University hosts a webinar on “Action, Accountability and Good Governance During COVID” part of its Contagion Cultures Lecture Series. Kathy Brock, Professor and Senior Fellow, School of Policy Studies, will discuss the two roles of Parliament in supporting and scrutinizing government action, and how Parliament could have operated more effectively during the crisis had the parties followed a model … Read more

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “How far we’ve come: Indigenous engagement with the Canadian energy economy.” Participants include Stephen Buffalo, President and CEO, Indian Resource Council; JP Gladu, President of the Alberta to Alaska Railway; Heather Exner-Pirot, Research Advisor, Indigenous Resource Network; and Ken Coates, Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute. This event will take … Read more

The Canadian Association of Business Economics hosts a webinar on “The Pandemic and Productivity” featuring Mike Veall, Professor of Economics at McMaster University. This is the second in a series of webinars on the theme “The Impact of the Pandemic on the Economy.” This event will take place online.

Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri will speak on “Understanding the Gap: the Difference between Perceived and Measured Inflation,” the first in a series of webinars on the theme “The Impact of the Pandemic on the Economy” hosted by the Canadian Association of Business Economics. This event will take place online.

The Canada Strong and Free Network (formerly the Manning Centre) hosts a webinar on “Can Conservatives Find a Voice in Media?” Do conservatives tune in, tune out or create their own channels? Panelists include Barbara Kay, columnist for the National Post; Candice Malcolm,Toronto Sun columnist and founder and Editor-in-Chief of True North; Kenneth Whyte, publisher of Sutherland House press and chairman of … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Will Amos (Pontiac, Que.) will take part in a webinar on “Youth Climate Action in the Post-COVID Era” hosted by the Pearson Centre. He will be joined by Meredith Adler, Executive Director, Student Energy; and Stella Markovska, Youth Organizer, Sustainabiliteens. This event will take place online.

The Competition Bureau will host its first annual Digital Enforcement Summit from Oct. 6-Nov. 26 to enhance its effectiveness as it takes on new and emerging issues in the digital economy. Featuring a series of four online panels, the summit will allow the Bureau and its international counterparts to share best practices and explore new tools … Read more

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.) and Liberal MP Bobby Morrissey (Egmont, PE) will make a green infrastructure announcement. This event will take place online. Call 613-941-0660.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new legislative costing note entitled “Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) – 40 week program” on the PBO website.

Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte (King-Vaughan, Ont.) will host a roundtable on seniors’ issues. She will be joined by Liberal MP Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.) and local organizations. This event will take place online. Call 343-551-7558.