Event Location: Ottawa

Governor General David Johnston will attend the Conference of Defence Associations Institute’s annual Vimy Award Dinner at the LeBreton Gallery in the Canadian War Museum. Call 613-998-0287.

Treasury Board President Stockwell Day (Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC) will deliver a speech to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities at the Chateau Laurier on the importance of spending restraint and economic growth for Canada's competitiveness. Call 613-952-5051. 

Industry Minister Tony Clement (Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON) will tour the GasTOPS Ltd. facility after which he will deliver brief remarks. GasTOPS is performing work as part of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program. Call 613-995-9001.

The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights invites journalists to attend a press conference on its  at the National Press Theatre. Call 613-944-4082. 

NDP Leader Jack Layton (Toronto—Danforth, ON) will talk to reporters regarding the Senate’s defeat of Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, at the Senate Foyer. Call 613-720-6463. 

Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Jonquière—Alma, QC) will meet with members of the media following the tabling of the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act at room 130-S in Centre Block. Call 613-992-7468.

Transport Minister Chuck Strahl (Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC) will mark the third annual National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, in conjunction with the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators at Mother Teresa Catholic High School Auditorium. Call 613-993-0055.

Liberal MPs Siobhan Coady (St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL), Alexandra Mendès (Brossard—La Prairie, QC) and Ruby Dhalla (Brampton—Springdale, ON) will hold a press conference to discuss government waste in Room 130-S, Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Call 613-992-0927.

Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, ON) will announce the tabling of her Private Member’s Bill “An Act respecting a National Brain Health Education and Awareness Month” in Room 130-S, Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Call 613-995-4702.

Governor General David Johnston will present the Governor General’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History to eight teachers at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-0287.