The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies will host a press conference in the Charles Lynch Room in Centre Block, to discuss its intervention in the Ryan case. This is a case about the entitlement to criminal law defences of battered women who take steps to use force against their abusers in order to save … Read more
Liberal Environment critic Dr. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, ON), Liberal Water critic Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, QC) and Ontario Liberal Senator Mac Harb will participate in a press conference with the Coalition to Save Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), to discuss the government's decision to terminate support for the ELA and to unveil the number of Canadians … Read more
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour Kellie Leitch (Simcoe-Grey, ON) and MPs will gather in a large sandbox with local children and school groups where they will partake in a competition building sandcastles to raise awareness about The Sandbox … Read more
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong (Richmond, BC) will make an investment in healthcare. The event will be held at Hospice at May Court, Library, 114 Cameron Avenue. Call 613-957-2983.
Bashir Makhtal has been trapped in a nightmare of human rights violations in an Ethiopian jail for more than five years. The Somali community in Ottawa has followed Bashir Makhtal’s case closely. Bashir comes from a prominent Somali family who lives in the Somali region of Ethiopia also known as the Ogaden. Somali-Canadians in Ottawa … Read more
Head of division for Canada in the OECD economics department Peter Jarrett and senior economist for Canada at the OECD economics department Alexandra Bibbee will present the OECD Economic Survey of Canada. The survey provides an in-depth analysis of the Canadian economy and gives recommendations for economic policy. The event will take place at the … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) will hold a press conference to provide an overview of the 200-plus “substantive amendments,” she will submit to the House of Commons on Bill C-38. The event will be held in Room 130-S, Charles Lynch Theatre. Call 613-240-8921.
Governor General David Johnston will present the Michener Awards for meritorious public service in journalism, as well as the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism, and the first Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education. The event will take place at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-7280.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Daniel Paille and Bloc Québécois MP André Bellavance (Richmond-Arthabaska, QC) will present the party's amendments to Bill C-38. The event will take place in the Charles Lynch Room, 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-850-1942.
Amnesty International will host a roundtable on the arms trade treaty in advance of the world’s governments meeting in New York for four weeks in July to discuss the first global rules on the trade in conventional weapons and ammunition. Speakers include senior program officer for Project Ploughshares Ken Epps, campaigns and policy director for … Read more
