Governor General David Johnston will receive the credentials of two ambassadors and one high commissioner. Credentials are the official documents by which new heads of diplomatic missions are presented by their head of State as their official representative. Currently, there are more than 130 heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Canada. The event will take place at … Read more
While speaking at the 2011 National Angel Summit in Ottawa, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge ON) will make an announcement that will benefit angel investors and businesses across southern Ontario. The event will take place at the Ottawa Convention Centre, Gatineau Salon (Room 206/208) 55 Colonel By Drive. … Read more
NDP Agriculture critic Alex Atamanenko (Southern Interior, BC) will be joined by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) and Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis (Scarborough-Agincourt, ON) to discuss the re-introduction of a Private Members Bill to establish a federal Department of Peace. The MPs will be joined by Canadian Department of Peace Initiatives Bill Bhaneja and Theresa … Read more
Liberal Member of Parliament, Dr. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, ON) will host a press conference with Chris Bolton, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 10, Trinity-Spadina, and Daniel Germain, President and founder of the Breakfast Clubs of Canada, to discuss student breakfast programs in Canada. The event will be held in the Charles Lynch Theatre, Room 130-S, Centre Block. … Read more
Michael Young, opinion editor of Lebanon’s Daily Star, will be at Canada’s International Development Research Centre to discuss how events that rocked Lebanon in the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri may have been the first spark of the Arab Spring. The event will take place at 150 Kent Street, 8th floor. … Read more
Industry Minister Christian Paradis (Megantic-L'Erable, QC) will attend the International Institute of Communications Canada Conference and will present an update on measures taken to support the digital economy in Canada. The event will take place at the Ottawa Convention Centre 55 Colonel By Drive. Call 613-995-9001.
A World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast will be sponsored by NDP Health critic Libby Davies (Vancouver East, BC) and co-hosted by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation Lois Brown (Newmarket-Aurora, ON), Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett (St. Pauls, ON) and Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC). Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, High Commissioner for … Read more
Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, BC) will deliver a keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications. The event will take place at the Ottawa Convention Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive. Call 819-997-7788.
Ian Morrison, spokesperson for Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, will hold a news conference to release the results of a national public opinion survey and to launch a campaign entitled Stop The CBC Smackdown, in defence of the national public broadcaster. The news conference will be hold in room 130-s Parliament Hill, Centre Block. Call 613-447-9592.
Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) will be holding a press conference relating to amendments to Bill C-10, Safe Streets and Communities Act, which was amended by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, and Michael Spratt, Board … Read more
