It’s National Sickle Cell Awareness Day, and the Senate’s African Canadian Group will host a parliamentary breakfast in collaboration with Canada’s Sickle Cell Association and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health of uOttawa. This event will take place in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. RSVP: marie-francoise.megie@sen.parl.gc.ca.
NDP Immigration critic Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.) and MPs from across party lines will speak to media to urge all parliamentarians to expedite the passage of Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2024) in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-298-2166.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will provide an update on the government’s economic plan in Room 325, 180 Wellington St.
NDP MP Laurel Collins (Victoria, B.C.) and NDP Disability and Inclusion critic Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody-Coquitlam, B.C.) will announce the NDP’s plan to make it easier for Canadians when they apply to the disability tax credit in the West Block foyer. Call 613-298-2166.
Bloc Québécois on Agriculture, Agri-food and Supply Management critic Yves Perron (Berthier–Maskinongé, Que.) will hold a press conference to demand that the federal government trigger the Agri-Recovery framework in order to come to the aid of Quebec horticultural producers in the foyer on the second floor of the House of Commons. Call 613-402-0443.
Nicholas Marcus Thompson from the Black Class Action Secretariat; and Bernadeth Betchi, CHRC employee and representative plaintiff in the Black Class Action Lawsuit will take part in a press conference to discuss the significance of the UN’s Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions’ special Rreview of the accreditation of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. … Read more
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.), chairman of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Board of Governors, will chair the meeting taking place from June 17-20. Contact Olivia.Batten@international.gc.ca.
Derek Eaton, director of future economy at The Transition Accelerator; Derek Nighbor, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada; and Rick Jeffery, president and CEO of the Canadian Wood Council will take part in a press conference to launch their new report, The Mass Timber Roadmap, jointly produced with the Energy Futures … Read more
On behalf of Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.), Liberal MP Mona Fortier (Ottawa–Vanier, Ont.) will unveil a new educational program for students. This event will take place at the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, 50 Sussex Dr. Contact pc.media@pc.gc.ca.
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds (Kanata-Carleton, Ont.) will take part in an infrastructure announcement. This event will take place at the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, 3929 Carp Rd. Contact micaal.ahmed@infc.gc.ca.
