The Recovery Project hosts a webinar on “Dealing with Global Debt” featuring former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale; Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Institute of International Finance; William White, C.D. Howe Institute, and Jayati Ghosh, Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. This … Read more
The Ottawa International Writers Festival hosts a virtual book launch for leading epidemiologist Dr. David Waltner-Toews‘s new book, On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus. The book explores why zoonotic diseases jump from animals to humans, how governments have responded to pandemics and epidemics throughout history, and the role of climate change, industrialized farming and globalization in making … Read more
The Samara Centre for Democracy hosts a webinar on “Adapting to COVID-19: Provincial and territorial legislatures compared,” discussing how provincial and territorial legislatures have responded to the pandemic, what steps they’re taking to continue parliamentary work, and how they might resume regular operations over the coming weeks and months. Participants include Northwest Territories MLA Julie Green; J.P. Lewis, associate … Read more
The Senate of Canada and the University of Victoria co-host the Victoria Forum, a two-day virtual forum to examine issues under the theme of “Bridging divides in the wake of a global pandemic.” The forum will draw on emerging trends and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic through biweekly webinars. Details online.
Minister of Middle Class Prosperity Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will take part in a Virtual Town Hall meeting hosted by CIVIX. Fortier will answer questions from elementary and secondary-level students. Details online.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a legislative costing note online entitled “Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance.” Details online.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will join UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, to convene a high-level virtual meeting to advance concrete solutions to the development emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Details online.
Paul Wells, award-winning Maclean’s senior writer, will sit down with Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. Details online.
Governor General Julie Payette will host a virtual conversation with Cathy Crowe, a Canadian street nurse, educator, social justice activist and filmmaker specializing in advocacy on homelessness in Canada. The discussion will focus on issues related to health, homelessness, affordable housing and how they have been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Details online.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post new report online entitled “Reporting of Gains and Losses in the Government’s Financial Results.” Call 613-992-8026.
