Event Location: Ottawa

American journalist Margaret Sullivan will deliver a keynote speech at the World Press Freedom Canada Luncheon at the National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin St. Details online. Call 613-294-4491.

The Coalition for Healthy School Food, joined by Liberal MPs Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.) and Serge Cormier (Acadie–Bathurst, N.B.), will highlight the need for and importance of a national school food program. The coalition and other speakers will speak on importance of the federal government to meet its platform commitment by investing $1 billion over five years in … Read more

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) will hold a “Spike the Hike: Axe the Tax” rally. This event will take place at the Infinity Convention Centre, 2901 Gibford Dr. Contact events@conservative.ca.

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ryan Turnbull (Whitby, Ont.), Bloc Québécois science and innovation critic Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques, Que.), NDP MP Richard Canning (South Okanagan-West Kootenay, B.C.) and Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West, N.S.), will hold a press conference to highlight the urgent need for increased research funding in Budget 2024 on … Read more

Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.) will deliver opening remarks at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s 2024 National Housing Conference, being held from March 18-19 and will serve as a platform for a national conversation on restoring housing affordability and accelerating construction. Contact media@cmhc.ca.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will lie in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. On the morning of March 19, dignitaries, including Governor General Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), will be invited to express their sympathies to the Mulroney family. Members of the public will then be … Read more

The National Council of Canadian Muslims, joined by members of the Palestinian and Muslim Canadian communities, will address the media in relation to the motion brought forward by the NDP in regards to recognition of the State of Palestine. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact ahmad@nccm.ca.

Governor General Mary Simon and Whit Fraser will host Telling Canadian Stories through Film: A Sneak Preview of National Canadian Film Day. This event will be held at Rideau Hall. Call 343-573-7563.

The Economic Equity Alliance (the Alliance) will be releasing a report titled Invisible Entrepreneurs: The Impact of Small Business Policy Neglect on Self-Employed Individuals calling on the government to address the longstanding exclusion of self-employed workers from small business policy. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Lisa Hepfner (Hamilton Mountain, Ont.) … Read more

Justice For All Canada will host a press conference to announce the release of a major report on the ongoing genocide in Palestine. The release of JFAC’s report, Palestine – Genocide, Apartheid, Occupation, comes amid escalating violence and human rights abuses perpetrated against Palestinians by the Israeli government. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact Tazeen@JusticeForAllCanada.org.