The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions will resume its public hearings from March 27-April 10. The Stage 1 hearings will focus on foreign interference that may have occurred in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, any potential impacts on the integrity of those elections, as well as the … Read more
NDP MP Lori Idlout (Nunavut) will take part in a panel discussion on “The Path Forward: Indigenous Resurgence and Reconciliation,” hosted by the University of Ottawa. This event will take place in Room 201, Monpetit Hall, 125 University Priv. Details online.
Earnscliffe Strategies and iPolitics host a post-Budget reception. This event will take place at the Metropolitain Brasserie, 700 Sussex Dr. Details online.
ISG Senator Kim Pate will take part in a panel discussion on “Elusiveness of a Just Society in Canada: Causes and Solutions.” Other participants include People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier, journalist Adrian Harewood, CUPE economist Angella MacEwen, Iman Syed Soharwardy, Rev. Alexa Gilmour, and Youth Ottawa’s Ryan Banfield. This event will take place in … Read more
Francis Bradley, president and CEO of Electricity Canada, will hold a press conference to dicuss the new publication, Getting to Yes, which showcases the challenges and opportunities facing the electricity industry to date, with recommendations for stakeholders, regulators, and government. This event will take place in Room 135-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Contact 613-809-0720.
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds (Kanata-Carleton, Ont.) will take part in the Post-Budget Breakfast hosted by the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal. Other participants include Heather Scoffield, senior vice president of strategy, Business Council of Canada; Gavin Miranda, regional tax leader, MNP; and Huw Williams, president, Impact Public Affairs. This event will take place … Read more
The Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s Book Club will meet to discuss Syracuse University associate professor Erin Hern‘s book, Explaining Successes in Africa: Things Don’t Always Fall Apart, a journey into the unsung victories, resilience, and triumphs that often go unnoticed. Hern will take part in a discussion with Cheryl Urban, Global Affairs Canada’s assistant deputy minister for Sub-Saharan Africa. This … Read more
On behalf of Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.), Liberal MP Mona Fortier (Ottawa–Vanier, Ont.) will make an announcement in support of entrepreneurs across southern Ontario. This event will take place at Collège La Cité, 801 Aviation Pkwy. Contact Edward.Hutchinson@feddevontario.gc.ca.
NDP Indigenous Services deputy critic Niki Ashton (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, Man.), joined by First Nations leaders from Northern Manitoba and Sheila North, Canada Program Manager at the International Commission on Missing Persons, will call on the Liberal government to deliver support to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities for searches on residential school sites by reversing … Read more
National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.), joined by Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.), will hold a media availability on the second Floor Foyer, West Block. Contact diana.ebadi@forces.gc.ca.
