Minister for Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings (Long Range Mountains, N.L.) and provincial Minister of Service Alberta Nate Glubish will make an announcement about improving high-speed Internet access in rural Alberta. This event will take place online. Call 873-355-8242.
The University of Ottawa hosts a book launch and panel discussion, “Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health.” Although public health is inherently political, the tools and insights of political science are often ignored in its scholarship. This book demonstrates how integrating these fields can help reconcile the roles of politics and science evidence in … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “Breaking down barriers: The benefits and trade-offs of liberalizing internal trade” featuring opening remarks by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. This event will take place online.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post two new PBO legislative costing notes entitled Additional Tax on Banks and Life Insurers and Canada Recovery Dividend on the website.
Non-affiliated Senator Marilou McPhendran will facilitate an international roundtable on the Misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements. With co-hosts Sen. Lynn Ruane (Ireland), and civil society leaders Zelda Perkins (U.K.) and Julie Mcfarlane (Canada), legislators from Canada, Ireland, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom will review NDA regulation they’ve enacted or developed, with emphasis on practical, results-oriented strategies. … Read more
Indigo Events hosts a live conversation with Chief Robert Joseph, Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk People and ambassador for Reconciliation Canada, as he talks about his memoir Namwayut, tracing his journey from his childhood surviving residential school to his present-day role as a leader. Reconciliation belongs to everyone. This event will take place online.
The Assembly of First Nations hosts a two-day virtual national townhall on First Nations Child and Family Services and Jordan’s Principle Long-Term Reform. Details online.
Oxfam Canada, Climate Action Network, Doctors of the World and the Ligue des droits et Libertés are joining with Migrant Rights Network to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to implement a comprehensive regularization program without delay that ensures permanent residency for all 500,000 undocumented residents, as well as full and permanent immigration status for … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition announced the launch of our Health & Hope 2025 campaign with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.). Host Anne Lagacé Dowson will discuss with Singh the biggest health care expansion in generations, how we can stop privatization and ensure that no one goes without health care. Details online. Call 514- 244-7941.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar, “Hydrogen – An opportunity for German-Canadian partnership” exploring the challenges and opportunities from the recenlty announced Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance. This event will take place online.
