Event Location: Ottawa

As part of internationally coordinated “weeks of action,” Canadian organizations are joining the El Salvadoran organization ADES in urging Canada to take action in calling for the charges against five prominent water defenders and community leaders, known as the “Santa Marta Five,” to be dropped. The press conference will take place in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact cneufeldt@united-church.ca … Read more

NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, Man.) will urge all parties to join the NDP in support of her private member’s bill for a National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI) as it goes to a vote in the House later today. She will be joined by advocates for GLBI, including representatives of Citizens … Read more

National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will attend the establishment ceremony for the new Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command (CAFCYBERCOM). Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan and CAFCYBERCOM Commander Major General Dave Yarker will join him. The event will take place at Canadian Forces Station Leitrim, 3545 Leitrim Rd. Contact Simon.Lafortune2@forces.gc.ca  613-904-3333

Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagné will preside over the swearing-in of Senator Pierre Moreau. This event will be held in the Senate Chamber, Senate of Canada Building. Contact julie.labelle-morissette2@sen.parl.gc.ca.

From September 23-26, four women leaders from the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network (RMCN) are visiting Ottawa to meet with Canadian officials, parliamentarians, media and civil society to call for urgent attention to and assistance for the Rohingya people. Senator Marilou McPhedran (Manitoba) and the four women will hold a press conference to provide MRCN updates … Read more

Liberal MP and Vice-Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont.) will host the Second Annual Canada-Commonwealth cricket match and reception. The cricket match will take place at Rideau Hall Grounds, 1 Sussex Dr. Following the match, there will be a Cricket Day Hill Reception with Khalid, joined by Minister for Sport and Physical … Read more

While attending the BIONATION 2024 conference, Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will participate in a discussion with Andrew Casey, President and CEO of BIOTECanada, and will make an announcement related to biomanufacturing in Canada. For full details contact audrey.milette@ised-isde.gc.ca

The Progressive Senators group will host a roundtable titled The Big Issues Facing Canada and the World with former Premiers Jean Charest & Dalton McGuinty. The event will take place in Room W-120, 1 Wellington Building. Contact alba.hernandez@sen.parl.gc.ca 613 407-2918

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will provide an update on the government’s economic plan.This event will be held in Room 325, 180 Wellington St. Contact katherine.cuplinskas@fin.gc.ca.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) will talk to the press in the foyer of the House of Commons in support of Canada’s carbon pricing system and highlighting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s (Carleton, Ont.) destructive plans to rollback climate progress in … Read more