Co-chairs Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree (Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ont.) and President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed will provide opening remarks at the meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee at 90 Elgin St., Rm. 2005. Details are available online. Contact RCAANC.media.CIRNAC@sac-isc.gc.ca
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will participate in an armchair discussion with Mike Mueller, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. The event will take place at the Leadership Luncheon during the 2024 Canadian Aerospace Summit, in the Rogers Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Details are available online. Contact media@ised-isde.gc.ca
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Lloyd Axworthy will launch his newly released memoir, My Life in Politics, at the Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St. Details are available online. Call 613-996-5115
NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, Ont.) will launch his new book Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. The Ottawa Writer’s Festival event will take place at St. John The Evangelist Church, 154 Somerset St. W. Details are available online. Contact info@writersfestival.org
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre, B.C.) will attend the annual Candlelight Tribute to honor our country’s fallen heroes and Veterans, and pass the torch of remembrance from Veterans to youth. The event will take place at the LeBreton Gallery in the Canadian … Read more
NDP Veterans Affairs critic Rachel Blaney (North Island – Powell River, B.C.), joined by the CEO and founder of The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services Joanne Moss, Sergeant (Ret’d) Dwayne Sawyer and Major (Ret’d) Sandy Scott from the Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit will call on the government to support her bill to help veterans … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) will join Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre, Ont.) MP Mona Fortier (Ottawa—Vanier, Ont.) will announce support for veterans and their families. For details, … Read more
NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.), joined by the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE), will call on the government to improve safety measures for air passengers after findings show Canada isn’t meeting critical targets. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-298-216.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese will conduct a press conference in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact ahmad@nccm.ca.
Green MP Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, Ont.) and the Armenian National Committee of Canada will hold a joint press conference to address the unsuitability of Azerbaijan as the host of the COP29 climate conference. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact National.Office@anccanada.org.
