Event Location: Ottawa

Top American, Canadian political and business leaders will gather for the conference "The Canada-U.S. Partnership: Enhancing The North American Innovation Ecosystem" presented by Canada 2020 and the U.S. Embassy. Speakers and panelists include U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Joseph Nides, Michigan governor Rick Snyder, and Ambassador Gary Doer, with opening remarks by Governor General David … Read more

The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Canada will be hosting its annual Parliament Hill Day to raise awareness of the issues affecting the consulting engineering industry. Also taking place that evening is the Annual Consulting Engineering Awards Gala, celebrating excellence in the field of consulting engineering. The event will take place at the Ottawa Convention … Read more

The twin sovereign debt problems in the United States and Europe will have important implications for growth, interest rates and commodity prices. In turn, the Canadian economy will be affected by these world events in the next few years. In this Big Thinking lecture, "The World Economic Outlook: Implications for Canadian fiscal policy," Palmer Chair … Read more

New Democrat Interim Leader Nycole Turmel (Hull-Aylmer, QC) and NDP Democratic Reform critic David Christopherson (Hamilton Centre, ON) will hold a media availability to respond to the tabling of the Conservative seat allocation bill. The event will take place in the National Press Theatre, National Press Building, 150 Wellington Street. Call 613-720-6463.

Liberal Veterans Affairs critic Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PE) and Liberal Quebec Senator Roméo Dallaire will hold a press conference to demand that the Conservatives stop playing politics with veterans. The event will take place in Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-947-5100.

"Rebuilding Iraq: a discussion of One Free World International’s fact-finding mission to Iraq" will be hosted by president and founder of One Free World International Rev. Majed El Shafie, in co-operation with Conservative MP John Weston (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, BC) and Conservative Ontario Senator Don Meredith. The event will take place at … Read more

Food Banks Canada will release the findings of its HungerCount 2011 study. HungerCount, initiated in 1989, is the only comprehensive annual national report on hunger and food bank use in Canada. This year’s study provides national and provincial/territorial data that reveal new information about people needing help from food banks. The event will take place … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge ON), Conservative MP Royal Galipeau (Ottawa-Orleans, ON) will announce partnerships to strengthen innovation and business competitiveness in southern Ontario. The event will take place at La Cite collegiale, Ottawa Campus, Room B3200, 801 Aviation Parkway. Call 613-943-7599.

Opponent’s of the government’s support for the blockade of Gaza will portage to the Prime Minister’s office with canoes and kayaks, symbolizing flotilla efforts to break the blockade. Quebec participants will arrive by bus from Montreal to take part in the action. A “kayaktivist” action will also take place in Vancouver on the same day. … Read more

Liberal Multiculturalism critic Jim Karygiannis (Scarbourough-Agincourt, ON) will hold a press conference with respect to the two Canadian children who are being held, with their parents, in a Saudi Arabian jail. The press conference will be held in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-992-4501.