Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) will hold a press conference to provide background and details regarding her Private Members Bill – An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy. May will be joined by a representative of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation and a Lyme Disease sufferer from Saanich-Gulf Islands. The event … Read more
Omar Khadr’s Canadian legal team, John Norris and Brydie Bethell, together with their American counterparts, Lieutenant-Colonel Jon Jackson and Major Matthew Schwartz, will provide an update on the current status of Khadr’s prisoner transfer application to Canada from the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay. Quebec Liberal Senator Roméo Dallaire will also give short remarks. … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) will attend an event in tribute to Peter and Jill Adams organized by the Peterborough Provincial Liberal Association. The event will be held at Canterbury Gardens, 1414 Sherbrooke Street. Call 613-947-5100.
Health Canada has, for the last year, been conducting consultations and announcing their plans for the impending “reform” of the Marihuana Medical Access Program. In an effort to clearly communicate their position and further public awareness, various representatives of the the Medicinal Cannabis Patients Alliance of Canada including both members and directors, will be in … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will lay a wreath at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument on the occasion of National Aboriginal Day. The event will be held at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, Confederation Park. Call 613-992-7468.
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, AB) will make an announcement regarding the introduction of important measures to ensure the integrity of Canada's immigration system. The event will be held at the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street. Call 613-960-7526.
NDP Transport critic Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina,ON), Deputy critic Robert Aubin (Trois-Rivières, QC) and MP Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, MB) will hold a press conference, launching legislation to end unfair treatment and unreliable freight services for rail customers that the NDP say are costing Canada’s economy hundreds of millions in damages every year. The event will … Read more
The grounds of Rideau Hall will be transformed into a playground when it hosts the 29th Annual Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Teddy Bears' Picnic. Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston are inviting residents and visitors in the nation's capital to join them for this family-day event. As this year's picnic will … Read more
United States Ambassador David Jacobson will host the annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration on the grounds of the ambassador’s residence. This year’s event will feature the Nepean All-City Jazz Band and a variety of delicious picnic favorites. Call 613-688-5315 x 7.
Former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay and director of the School of Public Policy Jack Mintz will hold a media conference in Ottawa to unveil a new report attacking supply management in Canada. The report will deliver a front-on, pan-partisan challenge to supply management in agriculture that will speak to the enormous and varied costs … Read more
