Minister McGuinty and Parliamentary Secretary O’Connell to address Business Council of Canada

Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs (Cybersecurity) Jennifer O’Connell (Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont.) will speak at the Business Council of Canada’s meeting of the National Security Executive Network, CAN-UK Cyber Dialogue. The event will take place at the NAC, 1 … Read more

Former Canadian human rights commission chief commissioner launches defamation lawsuits against Conservative MP an others

Former Canadian Human Rights Chief Commissioner Birju Dattani will hold a press conference in regards to lawsuits filed against Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, Ont.), right-wing media personality Ezra Levant, and Jewish advocacy group the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, for defamatory statements made about him on social media in 2024. This event will be held in Room … Read more

Liberal leadership candidate Baylis Announces Plan to Modernize Government

Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis will address the media to share his plan to strengthen Canadian democratic institutions and modernize the functioning of our federal government and its bureaucracy. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact justine@frankbaylis.ca.

Government of Canada to announce major support for genomics research

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre, Ont.), on behalf of Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.), will announce support for groundbreaking genomics research across Canada. Contact audrey.milette@ised-isde.gc.ca.

PM to host virtual meeting with provincial and territorial leaders and speak at Black History Month reception

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will speak with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer. Later, he will host a virtual meeting with provincial and territorial premiers and in the evening, he will attend and deliver remarks at a Black History Month reception with Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera (Brampton West, Ont.). … Read more

Press Conference on deportation of Uyghur refugees

Canadians in Support of Refugees In Dire Need and the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project will gather on Parliament Hill to call on Thailand’s government to halt the imminent deportation of 48 Uyghur refugees in detention, who, if forcibly sent back to China, face human rights abuses, including torture. Speakers include Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds—Dollard, Que.). The event will take place in Room 325, 180 Wellington St. For more details, contact: Jasmine.K@urap.ca

PM and Ministers Khera and Ng to attend Lunar New Year reception

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will deliver remarks at a Lunar New Year reception. He will be joined by Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera (Brampton West, Ont.), and Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion and Economic Development Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont. For details, contact: media@pmo-cpm.gc.ca

Canada-US Relations Conference

The Canadian Global Affairs Institute will host a conference on Canada-US relations moving forward, including panels on trade and tariffs, border security, energy relations and security, and defence and national security. Panellists include; Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Edward Alden, former President of the Treasury Board Secretariat Graham Flack, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister Vincent Rigby, former … Read more

University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies to host a panel on the Trump tariffs

The University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies is hosting an international panel on the Trump administration’s 25 per cent tariffs on Canada. Panellists include: Kim Donovan, Director of the Economic Statecraft Initiative, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council; Geoffrey Gertz, Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics, and Security Program, Center for a New American Security; Danielle Goldfarb, Global … Read more

HVACR sector to request exemption from possible retaliatory measures

Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) Vice President of Government and Stakeholder Relations Martin Luymes will hold a press conference calling on the federal government to try to avert potential tariffs placed on Canadian products and to exempt HVACR products from possible retaliatory measures. The event will take place in Room 135-B, West Block and on … Read more