The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations hosts a webinar with David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, in conversation with Jean Lebel, President of the International Development Research Centre. This event will take place online.
The Canadian Association for Business Economics hosts a webinar, “COVID-19: Impact on Canadian Industries” featuring Stephen Tapp, Deputy Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. This event will take place online.
The Recovery Project hosts a webinar on “SMEs: The Long Tail of Small Business Recovery,” discussing how small and medium sized businesses are grappling with the devastating economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic in Canada. Canada 2020’s Susan Smith will moderate the discussion featuring Michael Denham, BDC; Rodney MacDonald, Intuit; Dr. Sandip Lalli, Calgary Chamber of Commerce … Read more
Earnscliffe Strategy Group hosts a webinar on “COVID, Trump and What’s Next for Canada-U.S. relations” featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman. This event will take place online.
McGill University hosts a webinar on “Policy Transparency Challenges (and Implications) of Government Responses to COVID-19.” Kevin Page, President and CEO of uOttawa’s Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, will discuss the role of policy transparency in shaping domestic and global level decision making and communications, as well as the implications for globalization, civil liberties and the role of the public sector in … Read more
McGill University hosts a webinar on “Food security in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Aurélie Harou, an economist at McGill University, will look at the short-term and expected long-term effects of COVID-19 on the demand and supply of food at home and internationally. This event will take place online.
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.) will hold a virtual tour of Quebec’s Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region to discuss regional affairs and the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Call 514-218-7771.
The Calgary Chamber of Commerce hosts a webinar, “Federal measures to support Canada’s economic recovery and what Western Economic Diversification Canada is doing in Alberta.” Justin Riemer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada, will provide an overview of federal economic measures in response to COVID-19 and the actions the department is undertaking to support firms and … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Innovation and Industry) Ali Ehsassi (Willowdale, Ont.) will take part in a panel discussion on “The Manufacturing Sector and COVID-19” hosted by the Pearson Centre, moderated by Heather Schoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Toronto Star. Other panelists include former Liberal MP Frank Baylis, President of Baylis Medical; and Jan Westcott, President … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will join Kevin Page, President of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, in a conversation hosted by The Recovery Project, a Canada 2020 initiative looking at recovery in Canada post-COVID-19. This event will take place online.
