The UN Environment Program’s International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution will take place from April 23-29, at the Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Details online.
Following the opening session of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will hold a press conference with Dr. Adil Najam, president, World Wide Fund for Nature, and Inger Andersen, executive director, United Nations Environment Programme. This event will take place at the Shaw Centre, 2nd floor, … Read more
Governor General Mary Simon will participate in the unveiling of a heraldic badge granted to the Rainbow Veterans of Canada by the Canadian Heraldic Authority. This event will take place at Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl. Contact media@gg.ca.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will meet with union leaders and deliver remarks. Contact media@pmo-cpm.gc.ca.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will meet with Saskatchewan’s NDP Leader Carla Beck. After, Singh will meet with Chief of K’ómoks First Nation, Ken Price. And later in the afternoon, Singh will speak at the Canadian Labour Congress Canadian Council meeting. Call 613-298-2166.
POSTPONED: NDP MPs Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) and MP Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach) will hold a press conference on McPherson’s bill to protect Canadian workers’ pensions. This event will take place at 135-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-298-2166.
Representatives from six different genocide victim communities present urgent requests to the Canadian government. Canada has tools to combat mass atrocities, including the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, which enables prosecutions, and the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), but these tools are used inconsistently. This event will be … Read more
Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada and the Canadian Camping and RV Association will hold a press conference to kick off their 2024 Hill Day. This Hill Day event is the ideal moment for industry actors and Members of Parliament to connect, share information and find solutions to the problems limiting the growth and potential of the RV … Read more
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and AFN Newfoundland Regional Chief Brendan Mitchell will hold a press conference to respond to 2024 federal budget in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact kreid@afn.ca.
National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will deliver remarks at “NORAD Modernization: Enabling Connectivity for Interoperability,” hosted by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. This day-long conference will examine the advanced capabilities and technology aspects of NORAD modernization, and how connectivity can help better defend the continent. This event will take place at Westin TwentyTwo, 22nd Floor, 11 Colonel … Read more
