Event Location: Ottawa

MPs, Senators, US Congresspersons, and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence leaders will call on the federal government to honour its commitment of 1 billion dollars to help protect the country’s freshwater systems. Participants include Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.), U.S. congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI -12), U.S. congressman Mike Gallagher (WI … Read more

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will meet with Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters to discuss the pressing issues facing Canadian workers and businesses. Call 613-222-2351.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.), NDP MP Alistair McGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, B.C.), Spencer Hawkswell (President and CEO of TheraPsil), Janis Hughes (Canadian Patient seeking medical psilocybin), and Dr. Valorie Masuda (Palliative Care Doctor) will participate in a press conference to discuss the need for compassionate access to medical Psilocybin for Canadians with treatment-resistant illnesses. This … Read more

CSG Senator Rob Black with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Quebec Grain Farmers, Atlantic Grains Council, and Spirits Canada host a reception to meet grains and oilseed farmers and sample some exceptional Canadian whiskies made from Canada’s finest grains. This event will take place in the Wellington Building, Room 325. Invited guests and Parliamentarians please RSVP … Read more

Food and Beverage Canada hosts its 2023 Policy Breakfast on the theme “Achieving Agri-food Workforce Stability by 2030,” in partnership with the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council and The Future of Food Conference. The co-chairs of the National Workforce Strategic Framework for Agriculture and Food & Beverage Manufacturing will discuss the challenges in addressing industry’s historic labour and skills shortfalls. This event … Read more

Liberal MP Judy Sgro (Humber River-Black Creek, Ont.) and Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) host a special screening of Eternal Spring, the first-ever Mandarin-language film to represent Canada in the Oscars® Best International Feature Film category, and which highlights issues of religious freedom and freedom of speech in China. A Q&A with the film’s director Jason Loftus and acclaimed comic book artist … Read more

As part of the Ottawa Winterfest Speakers’ Series, Globe and Mail writer John Ibbitson will discuss his forthcoming book The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada to be published in October 2023. This event will take place at the Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way. Details online.

As part of the Ottawa Winterfest Speakers’ Series, Gar Pardy will discuss his new book, The Scary World of Nuclear Weapons: Agenda for Elimination. Pardy’s almost 40 years with the Canadian foreign service included work with efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons. This event will take place at the Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way. Details online.

University of Manitoba Press, MiningWatch Canada, and Octopus Books host the launch of Joan Scottie‘s new book, I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance. Working with geographer Warren Bernauer and social scientist Jack Hicks, Scottie tells the history of her community’s decades-long fight against uranium mining. This event will … Read more

Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Dan Vandal (Saint Boniface-Saint Vital, Man.) will make an announcement and deliver a keynote address at the Northern Lights Conference. This event will take place at the Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Contact kyle.allen@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.