Industry Minister Christian Paradis (Megantic-L'Erable, QC) and Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, BC) will deliver brief statements and answer media questions following the reintroduction of the Copyright Modernization Act at BitHeads Cinema Paradiso, 1309 Carling Avenue. Call 613-995-9001.
Health Minister Leonna Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong (Richmond, BC) will make an announcement at Roger Guindon Hall, University of Ottawa, Life Sciences Building, 451 Smyth Road. Call 613-957-0200.
The Speaker of the Senate Noel A. Kinsella will welcome the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo Jakup Krasniqi and hold photo opportunities in the Senate Foyer and the Senate Reading Room, Centre Block. 613-992-6517.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) will participate in a photo opportunity. He will be joined by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, ON) and Governor of the Bank of Canada Mark Carney. The photo opportunity will take place in Room 307-S, Centre Block. Call 613-957-5555.
Liberal International Trade Critic Wayne Easter (Malpeque, PE) and House Leader Marc Garneau (Westmount-Ville Marie, QC) will hold a press conference to call for open hearings in the International Trade Committee to deal with the Conservative government’s failure to anticipate and resolve Buy American provisions and to give a full briefing on the status of … Read more
Walk for Somalia will be holding a press conference in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre in Room 130-S, Centre Block. The press conference will be speaking to the still urgent humanitarian crisis in Somalia, express full appreciation for the generosity of the Canadians and also to remind Canadian to continue giving and contributing. Call 613-725-4538.
The media is invited to a press conference on the unprecedented “We have A dream” Global Summit Against Persecution and Discrimination. The summit has adopted a Dissident's Declaration for Universal Human Rights. Liberal MP Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, QC) will release the action plan in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, 130-S Centre Block. Call 613-995-0121.
Health Minister Leonna Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will meet with intermediate school students to make an important announcement at Fisher Park Public School, 250 Holland Street, Room 129. Call 613-957-2983.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloyminster, SK) will make an announcement at the Canadian Cattlemen's Association annual Fall picnic in the East Block Courtyard, 1 Wellington Street, Call 613-773-7972.
Media are invited to a photo opportunity with Speaker of the Senate Conservative New Brunswick Senator Noël A. Kinsella and Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait. The event will take place in the Senate Reading Room, Centre Block. Call 613-995-1952.
