Liberal Party of Canada Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) will meet with municipal leaders from across Canada and deliver the Keynote address at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ annual general meeting. The event will take place at the Westin Hotel, Provinces Ballroom (Level 4), 11 Colonel By Drive. Call 613-947-5100.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, ON) will make an announcement at the Seafood Value Chain Roundtable. The event will take place in the Citadel Room of the Hilton Garden Inn, 2400 Alert Road. Call 1-866-345-7972.
Environment Minister Peter Kent (Thornhill, ON) and Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will make an important announcement in the Rotunda at the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street. Call 819-997-1441.
Grain Growers of Canada’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Albert Room of the Delta Hotel in Winnipeg. President of the Grain Growers of Canada Stephen Vandervalk will comment on Bill C-18, Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act legislation. Call 613-233-9954.
A panel will take place in the Charles-Lynch Press Conference Room, Centre Block, to discuss how the Canadian government has lost its moral compass on climate change. Panel speakers include Graham Saul, Executive Director of the Climate Action Network Canada; Clayton Thomas-Muller, Indigenous Tar Sands Campaigner of the Indigenous Environmental Network; Garry Neil, Executive Director of The Council … Read more
A breakfast event with Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan) will take place at the Parliamentary Restaurant, Center Block. The event will explore how co-operatives can withstand the pressures of recession while also continuing to contribute to sustainable regional economic development. Based on current research, Dr. Hammond Ketilson … Read more
Governor General David Johnston will deliver a keynote address on youth volunteerism at the National Summit for the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector 2011, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre. Call 613-998-7280.
Occupy Ottawa will join with other organizations to protest the Conservative omnibus crime Bill C-10, Safe Streets and Communities Act. The groups will meet on Parliament Hill and march over to the Supreme Court of Canada. Contact laura439@gmail.com.
To celebrate National Child Day, over 250 National Capital Region school children will fill the Senate Chamber for a program highlighting the accomplishments and talents of children and youth. National Child Day celebrations are jointly hosted by Conservative Newfoundland and Labrador Senator Ethel Cochrane, Liberal Nova Scotia Senator Terry Mercer and Liberal Ontario Senator Jim … Read more
Conservative Ontario Senator Bob Runciman, Nature Canada manager of bird conservation programs Ted Cheskey, Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory president Rosemary Kent and vice-president Cheryl Anderson will hold a media conference on the need for a moratorium on wind energy projects along Eastern Lake Ontario and the Upper St. Lawrence to protect bird and bat … Read more
