Governor General Mary Simon will present the 2021 and 2022 Michener Awards for meritorious public service journalism, as well as the 2022 and 2023 Michener-Deacon Investigative Fellowship and Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Educational Fellowship. This event will take place at Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Dr. Call 343-573-7563.
PSG Senator Brian Francis, chair of the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, will hold a press conference following a study on the Cannabis Act and its effects on Indigenous peoples. Other participants include ISG Senator David M. Arnot, deputy chair; and PSG Senator Michèle Audette, committee member. This event will take place in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will attend the NDP caucus meeting. At 2:00 p.m., he will take questions from the media before participating in Question Period. Call 613-222-2351.
ISG Senator Kim Pate, along with a civil society delegation including former diplomats, human rights experts and lawyers, will announce plans to travel to northeastern Syria later this summer to visit camps and detention centres in the region, seek access to arbitrarily detained Canadians, and meet with local officials. This event will be held in Room 200, Sir John … Read more
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will visit the University of Ottawa to highlight a large-scale research initiative as part of the 2022 Canada First Research Excellence Fund. This event will be held at the University of Ottawa – Social Sciences Building, 120, University Pvt. Contact laurie.bouchard@ised-isde.gc.ca.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) and NDP health critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) will hold a press conference following the introduction of an NDP private member’s bill entitled the Canada Pharmacare Act. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-222-2351.
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) will deliver opening remarks at an event hosted by Oxfam Canada on the assessment of the Canadian paid and unpaid care policy landscape. This event will be held at the National Arts Centre, Lantern Room, 1 Elgin St. Call 613-240-3047
Vehicle Manufactures Association president and CEO Brian Kingston, Global Automakers of Canada president and CEO David Adams and Canadian automobile Dealers Association spokesperson Huw Williams will hold a press conference following the release of a Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Timeline that outlines the charging infrastructure needed to achieve 100 per cent ZEV sales by 2035. This event will be held in Room 135B, West Block. Call 514-889-7773.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will join supporters at the Laurier Club Summer Reception and Garden Party in Ottawa. Call 613-627-2384.
NDP MPs Carol Hughes (Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing, Ont.) and Lori Idlout (Nunavut), joined by Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, will call for the government to uphold their commitments to First Nations and Inuit policing in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-222-2351.
