Following Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser's tabling of his 2010-1011 Annual Report NDP Official Languages critic Yvon Godin (Acadie-Bathurst, QC) and Liberal Official Languages critic Mauril Belanger (Ottawa-Vanier, ON) will make brief statements and be available to answer questions from journalists at the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street. Call 613-992-4766
NDP Interim Leader Nycole Turmel (Hull-Aylmer, QC) will speak at the Alberta NDP Leaders' Levee at Coast Edmonton Plaza, Valley Ballroom, 10155 105 Street. Call 613-295-9228.
Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Paul Moist, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and Frédéric Viale, spokesperson for Attac France and the Seattle to Brussels network, will discuss the impacts that Canada-EU Free Trade Negotiations will have on public services and social policy in Canada and the EU at … Read more
NDP Trade critic Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, NS), Liberal Trade critic Wayne Easter (Malpeque, PE), Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) and Bloc trade critic André Bellavance (Richmond–Arthabaska, QC) will discuss and debate their respective parties' position on Canada-EU Free Trade Negotiation at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe Street. Call … Read more
Canadian, Quebec-based and European civil society organizations will protest Canada-EU Free Trade Negotiations. The groups will launch the week's events by bringing a 14-foot-tall wooden Trojan horse to Parliament Hill. Call 647-222-9782.
Students will analyze the 2010-11 Actuarial Report released by the Federal Government that demonstrates that Canada is soon to surpass its own regulations in how much student debt it can loan. Students will outline their vision for post-secondary education in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, Room 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-232-7394.
The first-ever study to calculate the economic benefits of the entire bi-national Great Lakes-Seaway navigational system will be released at a press conference by members of the Great Lakes-Seaway shipping industry at the Chateau Laurier, Burgundy Room, 1 Rideau Street. Call 613-294-8515.
Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will meet with the 2011 Champions of Children's Miracle Network, at a reception being held at Rideau Hall. The reception will welcome Canadian children and families representing Children's Miracle Network Champions program, which honours remarkable children who have triumphed despite severe medical challenges. Call 613-998-0287.
After the 2010 earthquake killed some 160,000 people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, international actors rapidly focused on increased policing and security sector reforms. This focus on increasing security capacity in Haiti is not new. Robert Muggah will discuss the context of security promotion efforts in the years before the 2010 quake and trends in its … Read more
The International Development Research Centre presents "Security and Humanitarian Action in Situations Other Than War." While global attention has focused on traditional armed conflicts and civil wars in places such as Afghanistan and Libya, the reality is that 88% of lethal violence occurs in situations other than war. Robert Muggah will discuss countries such as … Read more
