The 20th Annual RCMP “A” Division Charity Softball Tournament will be held. Over 330 RCMP employees and partners will be stepping up to the plate for this charity event. Last year, the tournament raised $14,000 for the Children’s Wish Foundation. The event will take place at the R.A. Centre on Riverside Drive. Call 613-290-6592.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster, SK) will be joined by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), Conservative Manitoba Senator Donald Plett and Canada’s chief food safety officer Brian Evans to make an announcement related to food safety. The event will take place at the Loblaws, McArthur Road (Vanier), 100 McArthur Road. Call 613-773-6600.
Conservative MP Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox-Addington, ON) hosts the "Ales of Endearment Tasting Party," an ale tasting, along with cheese and chocolate. The event will take place in Room 237-C, Centre Block, Parliament Hill.
The National Council on Canadian-Arab Relations and the Women Resources Centre at University of Ottawa presents “Women in Politics, Powerful Women Sharing their Stories” with guests that include activist Monia Mazigh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC). The event will take place at the University of Ottawa. Email events@nccar.ca.
NDP LGBT critic Dany Morin (Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, QC) will hold a press conference to introduce an anti-bullying motion in the House of Commons. The NDP say this motion will lay the foundation for a National Bullying Prevention Strategy. The event will be held in the Charles Lynch Room, 130-S, Center Block. Call 613-222-6993.
NDP Human Rights critic Wayne Marston (Hamilton-Stoney Creek, ON) with NDP colleagues will be joined by Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International, to discuss tabling a motion before the House Subcommittee for International Human Rights. The motion calls on the Canadian Government to implement the recommendations from the recent report by the United Nations … Read more
Governor General David Johnston will preside over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall. Johnston will bestow the honour on 4 commanders, 9 officers and 31 members. Call 613-998-9166.
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) will address a group of Canadians veterans gathered on Parliament Hill to protest the Lump Sum payment for wounded veterans. The event will take place on the main steps. Call 613-947-5100.
Past members of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy will speak out against the termination of the important multi-stakeholder advisory body at a press conference. The event will be held at the National Press Theatre. Call 613-240-8921.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair (Outremont, QC) will speak at the vigil in support of veterans and their families. The vigil will both commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day and highlight concerns with the New Veterans Charter and lump sum disability award. The event will be held on Parliament Hill. Call 613-850-3448.
