Event Location: Ottawa

Governor General Mary Simon will deliver a speech during the Site Selection Ceremony of the Residential Schools National Monument. This event will be held at the West Block Terrace. She will be joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) and Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.). Call 343-548-1865.

Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare and First Nations Leadership will hold a press conference regarding federal legislation on to the recently updated Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement between the Métis Nation of Ontario and Canada and will discuss the legislation’s impact on First Nations Rights in Ontario. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 416-579-4998.

NDP 2SLGBTQI+ Rights critic Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, B.C.) will hold a press conference to call on the government to fund supports for the trans community in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-222-2351.

Bloc Québécois sport critic Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi–Témiscamingue, Que.) and Bloc Québécois status of women critic Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, Que.) will hold a press conference to call for an inquiry into abuse in sport in the foyer of the House of Commons. Call 613-402-0443.

NDP Veterans Affairs Critic Rachel Blaney (North Island-Powell River, B.C.), joined by the President of the Union of Veterans Affairs workers (UVAE) Virginia Vaillancourt, and UAVE Vice President Tourfic El-Daher and UAVE Communications Mike Martin, will call on the Minister of Veterans Affairs to cancel his $560 million outsourcing contract. This event will be held in … Read more

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) will provide an update on public health concerns related to wildfires in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 613-957-0200.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will take questions from reporters before participating in Question Period. Call 613-222-2351.

Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds–Dollard, Que.), Conservative MPs Adam Chambers (Simcoe North, Ont.) and Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.), and the Parliamentary Centre host a panel discussion on “Canada’s Leadership Role in Ending the Rohingya Crisis.” Leading Rohingya advocates and civil society leaders will examine the current state of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and the … Read more

NDP MP Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesback, Alta.), co-chair of the Parliamentary Pride Caucus, will join representatives from Canadians United Against Hate, the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, Wisdom2Action, and Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights at a press conference to call on the federal government to initiate a federally led effort to fight homophobia, transphobia, and other forms … Read more

Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) will announce the selected design for the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. This event will take place at the Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl. Contact erika.lashbrookknutson@veterans.gc.ca.