Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will welcome NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) as a keynote speaker for the Mayor’s Breakfast Series. The event will be held at Andrew S. Haydon Hall (Council Chambers), City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West. Call 613-580-2424 x 14299.
Saskatchewan's housing market will be discussed at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) 14th annual Saskatchewan Housing Outlook Conference. CMHC experts will present their findings on economic, demographic, and other factors impacting Saskatchewan's major housing markets in 2013 and beyond. The event will be held at Delta Regina Hotel, 1919 Saskatchewan Drive. Call 403-703-5167.
NDP international development critic Hélène Laverdière (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will host a luncheon event to share the results of the Reverse the Cuts campaign and demonstrate that Canadians care about international development. Panelists include: Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada, Heather McPherson, Alberta Council for Global Cooperation, Brian Cornelius, United Church of Canada, Gervais L’Heureux, Association québécoise des organismes … Read more
Sandra Dion, victim of a serious crime, will hold a press conference to inform the media of the outcome of her meeting with representatives of the federal minister of public safety regarding the transfer of a criminal to a half-way house. Dion will ask Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, Man.) to intervene so that … Read more
Human Rights Watch will hold a news conference on Parliament Hill for the release of a new report investigating the relationship between the RCMP and indigenous women and girls living in communities along the “Highway of Tears.” The report, “Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls … Read more
Liberal leadership candidate and MP Joyce Murray (Vancouver Quadra, B.C.) will meet with farmers and representatives from the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPA EDC) and Kawartha Choice, a farm fresh initiative that supports local farmers in the Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes area where she will discuss her National Food policy proposals. The event … Read more
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission chief to Canada Roberto Cardarelli and the deputy director of the Western Hemisphere Department Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti will hold a press conference on the IMF’s staff report on the state of Canada’s economy. The event will be held in the Charles Lynch Press Conference Room, 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament … Read more
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Atla.) will speak at an Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) workshop for partners in the Canadian Immigrant Integration Program (CIIP) and mark an important milestone for this successful program. The CIIP prepares Federal Skilled Workers and Provincial Nominees for the Canadian labour market while they are … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will hold a press conference to report on her visit last week to Washington, D.C., where she met U.S. government and elected officials to discuss climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline. The event will be held in Room 130S, Charles Lynch Theatre, Centre Block. Call 613-614-4916.
Tom Jenkins, executive chairman and chief strategy officer of OpenText Corporation, will present his report on military procurement. Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) will speak to the government's work to date on improving military procurement. The event will be held in the Drawing Room, Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street. Call 819-997-5421.
