Event Location: Online

Experts and activists will take part in a webinar, “A Public Infrastructure Bailout,” exploring infrastructure privatization in Canada. The Canadian government is planning to spend billions on infrastructure to stimulate the economy and recover from COVID-19, including new transit projects and green infrastructure. But the federal Canada Infrastructure Bank invests in public-private partnerships. Participants include Vi Bui, Council … Read more

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) will join Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Goldie Ghamari to review current government support for small businesses in an online discussion hosted by the Stittsville Business Association. This event will take place online.

Queen’s University host a webinar, “Canada’s next move: What happens after the pandemic?” examining Canada in the post-coronavirus world. Panelists include David Detomasi, associate professor of international business at Queen’s Smith School of Business; Margaret Biggs, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy at Queen’s University and former president of the Canadian International Development Agency; and former senator Hugh Segal, Matthews Fellow in Global … Read more

Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins will discuss monetary policy and market measures that the Bank of Canada has taken to help businesses and households weather the COVID-19 pandemic in an online presentation hosted by the C.D. Howe Institute. The full release is available online.

As part of its “Governing Through Crisis: COVID-19 and Beyond” series, the Institute of Public Administration of Canada hosts webinar: “The Power To Move People: Coms Challenges And Pandemics” featuring Kevin Quigley, Scholarly Director, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University. This event will take place online.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will deliver remarks at a video conference hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. This event will take place online.

The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations hosts its Business Series videoconference with Alexandre de Juniac, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association. This event will take place online.

The Economic Club hosts a webinar on “The State of the Skies: North American Airlines in a Post-COVID World.” Panelists include Tim Strauss, Vice President, Cargo, Air Canada; Jim Butler, Senior Vice-President, International & Cargo, American Airlines Inc; Mark Williams, President, Sunwing Airlines Inc.; and Helane Becker, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst: Airlines, Air Freight and Aircraft Leasing, Cowen. This event will take … Read more

Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will take part in a virtual Town Hall meeting hosted by Workforce WindsorEssex to discuss government to support Canadians and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. She will be joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor-Tecumseh, … Read more

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post three PBO legislative costing notes: “Ten Per Cent Temporary Wage Subsidy,” “Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS),” and “Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) – Updated.” He will also publish a new report: “Scenario Analysis Update: COVID-19 Pandemic and Oil Price Shocks.” The reports will be published online. Call 613-992-8026