The federal court of appeal’s ruling on the case of Mohamed Harkat (Security Certificate detainee) will be presented. Mohamed Harkat, his legal team, and support committee will respond in a press conference. The event will be held in the Boardroom of the Ottawa District Labour Council, 280 Metcalfe Street, 5th floor. Call 613-236-0535 .
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) will participate in a Vaisakhi Celebration on Parliament Hill. Harper will be joined by Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, AB), and Conservative MP Parm Gill (Brampton-Springdale, ON). The event will be held in the Reading Committee Room, 237-C Centre Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-957-5555.
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will deliver a PowerPoint presentation at the Ottawa Business Journal’s Mayor’s Breakfast Series. The topic of the presentation is: The Current Economic Outlook. The event will be held at Ottawa City Hall, Council Chambers, 110 Laurier Avenue West. Call 613-782-8782.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute will release a new paper entitled, "Success and the City: How charter cities could transform the developing world," by prominent thinkers Paul Romer and Brandon Fuller. Romer will be in Ottawa to promote the paper and present his idea at an event hosted by the Ottawa Economics Association in partnership with Macdonald-Laurier … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will participate in a commemorative ceremony to mark ANZAC Day, Australia’s and New Zealand’s national day of remembrance. The event will be held at the Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place. Call 613-992-7468.
The Council of Canadians will release the results of a significant research study which quantifies both the extent of misdirecting and harassing calls and the effect of those calls in connection with the upcoming legal actions to annul results in seven federal ridings. The event will be held at the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington … Read more
A screening of a film entitled, "War Crimes Unpunished." will take place. War Crimes Unpunished is the sequel to Channel 4’s Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields. The event is co-sponsored by Liberal MP Judy Sgro (York West, ON), Conservative MP Patrick Brown (Barrie, ON) and NDP MP Craig Scott (Toronto-Danforth, ON). The event will be held … Read more
The Dalai Lama, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, AB) and Democratic Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi will speak to an audience of international parliamentarians at the inaugural session of the World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet. The event will be held at the Government Conference Centre, 2 Rideau St. Ottawa. Call 647-964-7598.
Public Safety Canada hosts Emergency Preparedness Week from May 6-12, 2012. Emergency Preparedness Week is a national awareness initiative that has taken place during the first week of May since 1996. The event is coordinated by Public Safety Canada, in collaboration with the provinces and territories and other partners. Call 613-991-0657.
A delegation of indigenous Achuar leaders from the remote Peruvian Amazon rainforest is travelling across Canada to demand that Calgary-based Talisman Energy cease oil drilling in their ancestral territory. Peruvian Achuar Indigenous Leaders will visit Ottawa and meet with Parliamentarians. The event will be held in the Charles Lynch Room, Parliament Hill. More information is … Read more
