Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will release a new PBO legislative costing note, Pausing the fuel charge on heating oil and doubling the rural top-up rate for fuel charge rebates, and a report, Costing Support for EV Battery Manufacturing, on the website.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post two new reports, Supplementary Estimates (B), 2023-24, and The Canada Disability Benefit: Model and Scenarios on the PBO website. Call 613-286-1347.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) and Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, will provide an update on collective progress toward the US$100-billion international climate finance goal through to 2025. This event will take place online. Contact Kaitlin.Power@ec.gc.ca.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will announce support for Indigenous-owned and led projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This event will take place online. Contact Kaitlin.Power@ec.gc.ca.
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani (Parkdale–High Park, Ont.) will lead the Canadian delegation, alongside federal and provincial partners, for Canada’s fourth Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland. This event will take place virutally. Contact Chantalle.aubertin@justice.gc.ca.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will hold a virtual press conference to discuss her recent trip to Japan to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting. Contact Isabella.OrozcoMadison@international.gc.ca.
The Walrus Talks hosts a vitual presentation: “The Health and Climate Crisis” featuring Dr. Kathleen Ross, president of the Canadian Medical Association; Maya Kalogirou, PhD, representative for the Canadian Nurses Association; and Dr. Courtney Howard, emergency physician and vice-chair of the Global Climate and Health Alliance. This event will take place online.
The Walrus Magazine and the Embassy of Germany in Canada hosts a virtual edition of The Walrus Talks on “Protecting Biodiversity from the Impacts of Climate Change.” Speakers to be announced. Details online.
Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will take part in a webinar entitled, “Why is economic forecasting getting so hard?” hosted by the Canadian Association of Business Economics. This event will take place online.
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ Special Report on the Federal Policing Mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be tabled in Parliament. Contact media@nsicop-cpsnr.gc.ca
