Event Location: Online

The Balsillie School of International Affairs hosts a webinar on “Global Health Pandemics: COVID-19 Forward” featuring Michael Pearson, Director General, Public Health Agency of Canada; Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to the Director-General, World Health Organization; Dr. Sue Horton, Professor, Health Economics, University of Waterloo/BSIA and Dr. Alan Whiteside, Professor, Global Health, Wilfrid Laurier University/BSIA. This event will take place online.

The C.D. Howe Institute hosts a webinar on “Monetary Policy in the Age of COVID-19” featuring former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP; and The Wall Street Journal‘s Greg Ip. This event will take place online.

The Public Sector Network and Blue Prism host a webinar on “Beyond COVID-19: Can You Intelligently Automate Your Way Through?” featuring Julie Leese, Chief Digital Officer, Transport Canada; and former Chief Information Officer of Canada Alex Benay, now Partner, Digital and Government Solutions, KPMG Canada. This event will take place online.

The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations hosts a webinar on “The New Global Energy Realities” featuring Jean-Marie Dauger, Chair of World Energy Council, and Sophie Brochu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro-Québec. This event will take place online.  

The Toronto Board of Trade hosts a webinar on “A New World: Boosting Interprovincial Trade Potential” featuring former Ontario politician Brad Duguid, CCIF Ventures, and Mike Moffatt, Smart Property Institute. This event will take place online.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Que.) will take part in a webinar on “Supporting Small Businesses during COVID19” hosted by The Recovery Project. This event will take place online.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post three new PBO legislative costing notes concerning Suspension of audit activities, Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program (MISTFWP), and The Fish Harvester Benefit and Fish Harvester Grant. These notes will be posted online. Call 613-992-8026.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post two new legislative costing notes online. Call 613-992-8026.

Maclean’s Live presents Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard in conversation with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells about their concerns during the COVID-19 crisis. This event will take place online.

The Recovery Project hosts a webinar on “Rural Canada and Healthcare Delivery” featuring Brian Gallant, former premier of New Brunswick; Tracy Zambory, President of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses; and Dr. Tom McIntosh, Professor at the University of Regina. This event will take place online.