Event Location: Online

ReNew Canada and Global Public Affairs host a webinar on “The Shape of Canada’s Infrastructure Stimulus,” a discussion on how best to target infrastructure investments in 2020. Panelists include former federal Conservative cabinet minister John Baird, Global Strategic Advisor at Hatch; former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter, Vice Chair, Global Public Affairs; and former premier of British Columbia Christy Clark, Senior … Read more

McGill University hosts a webinar on “Partisan Politics During a Pandemic: From Consensus to Conflict” featuring media commentator and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin. This event will take place online.

The C.D. Howe Institute hosts a webinar on “Re-opening the Economy: A Roadmap from the C.D. Howe Institute’s Crisis Working Groups” featuring a panel of the Institute’s Working Group Co-Chairs: Janet Davidson, Chair of the Board, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Dwight Duncan, Co-chair of the Business Continuity and Trade Working Group, C.D. Howe Institute; Kathleen Taylor, Chair of the Board, … Read more

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will take part in a French-language conversation with Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. This event will take place online.

Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will take part in the Toronto Board of Trade’s Trade Recovery Series: “A New World – International Trade Post COVID-19.” This event will take place online.

The Recovery Project hosts a conversation with Lodewijk Asscher, leader of the Dutch Labour Party and former Deputy Prime Minister of The Netherlands, and Matt Browne, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and founder of Global Progress, as they discuss “Emerging from the COVID Crisis.” This event will take place online.

Governor General Julie Payette will host a virtual discussion on the importance of research and science advice in times of global pandemic with Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor. This conservation will be streamed online. Call 343-548-1784.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will release a new legislative costing note entitled the “Cost Estimate of Bill S-209 An Act to Amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act”. This will be published online. Call 613-992-8044.

Minister of Middle Class Prosperity Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) and Deputy Government Whip Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) will take part in a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton. Call 613-762-9446.

In honour of the commemoration of the 75th anniversaries of the liberation of the Netherlands and of Victory in Europe Day, Dr. Andrea McCrady, will perform two commemorative carillon recitals in May. These recitals will be streamed live.