Event Location: Ottawa

Senators Victor Oh and Yuen Pau Woo, in partnership with Action! Chinese Canadians Together, will hold a press conference to announce a National Remembrance Ceremony in the Senate of Canada Building to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act – in addition to other commemorative initiatives. This event is an opportunity to recognise the injustice committed against Chinese Canadians, increase Canadians’ knowledge of our shared history, and celebrate the many accomplishments of Chinese Canadians over the past 100 … Read more

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will host Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias for bilateral meetings and activities with the Greek community. They will meet in Ottawa in the morning to exchange views on foreign policy priorities, continued support for Ukraine, as well as the importance of a peaceful dialogue in the Eastern Mediterranean and … Read more

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will table the 2023 budget. This event will take place in the House of Commons, West Block, Parliament Hill. Contact adrienne.vaupshas@fin.gc.ca.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) and Norway’s foreign affairs minister Anniken Huitfeldt will discuss opportunities for advancing peace and multilateralism during a fireside chat hosted by the Global Centre for Pluralism. A media availability will follow. Contact Adrien.Blanchard@international.gc.ca.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute host a panel discussion on “A third way for drug addiction policy in Canada.” Stanford University Professor Keith Humphreys, former White House Drug Policy Advisor in the Bush and Obama administrations; and policy consultant Blair Gibbs, a former senior adviser to then-U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson, will discuss the divergent approaches to the opioid crisis being taken in … Read more

Communist Party leader Elizabeth Rowley will hold a press conference concerning sky-rocketing prices, interest rates, and corporate profits, coupled with declining real wages and living standards, and growing layoffs and workplace closures across the country. This event will take place in Room 135-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Contact 647-994-4976.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.), finance critic Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, Que.) and House leader Alain Therrien (La Prairie, Que.) will hold a press conference concerning the Bloc’s requests for the 2023 federal budget. This event will take place in the House of Commons foyer, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-402-3538.

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and MP Raquel Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul, Man.) will hold a press conference concerning the second reading of Bill S-255 which aims to amend the Criminal Code to classify the murder of an intimate partner, their own child or a partner’s child as first-degree murder. This event will take place at Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building. Call 613-943-4030.

The University of Ottawa hosts a one-day conference on “Deconstructing the Public Response to the Convoy.” uOttawa’s leading experts in the fields of law, politics, public administration, economics, criminology, sociology, communications, tech and health will deconstruct the Rouleau Commission’s findings and recommendations. This event will take place at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Room 4007, 120 University … Read more

Carleton University presents the 2023 Kesterton Lecture featuring Jordan Bitove, publisher of the Toronto Star and owner of Torstar Corporation, who will speak on “Truth We Need for the World We Want.” He will discuss the critical role of journalism in supporting our democracy, the importance of supporting Canadian owned and operated media, and what we can expect for media in … Read more