Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) will host an awareness event to encourage Canadians to test their homes for radon at the Bridlewood Home Hardware. Call 613-957-2983.
A delegation of First Nations, commercial fishing, tourism representatives and environmental groups from Canada’s Pacific North Coast will call on the federal government to ban oil tankers from the region at a press conference in Room 130-S, Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Call 604-215-7875.
Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Jonquière—Alma, QC) will decorate 19 citizens of Ontario and three citizens from British Columbia with the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation during a ceremony at the National Arts Centre. Call 613-992-7468.
Environment Minister John Baird (Ottawa West – Nepean, ON) will launch an exceptional souvenir book to mark the 125th anniversary of national parks in Canada at the Chapters Bookshop on Rideau Street. Call 819-994-3023.
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will deliver the keynote address at Coordinating Compliance Between Gender Equality Rights and Trade, a conference organized held at the University of Ottawa's Tabaret Hall. Call 613-241-3535 ext. 245.
Environment Minister John Baird (Ottawa West – Nepean, ON), Bob Chiarelli, Ontario's Minister of Infrastructure, Ottawa City Councillor Maria McRae and Ottawa City Councillor Rick Chiarelli will attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of an infrastructure project at Indian Road and Rita Avenue (southwest corner). Call 613-990-7720.
Governor General David Johnston will be inducted as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada during the annual Induction and Awards ceremony to be held at the National Gallery of Canada. Call 613-998-0287.
Environment Minister John Baird (Ottawa West – Nepean, ON) will make an announcement regarding the government's commitment to strengthening innovation and business competitiveness at the "T" Building at Algonquin College. Call 613-943-7599.
His Excellency Ambassador Ihor Ostash, on behalf of the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, and Conservative MP Mark Warawa (Langley, BC), Chair of Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group, remember the victims of the Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932 – 1933 with a Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony at the Government Conference Centre. Call 613-992-1157.
Lanark County Warden John Fenik and municipal representatives will hold a press conference regarding the Ottawa Valley Railway issue on Parliament Hill. Call 613-324-2390.
