Event Location: Ottawa

The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women will hold a press conference following the tabling of its report on violence against Indigenous women and girls in the context of resource development projects. This event will be held in room 200 of the Sir John A. Macdonald building, located at 144 Wellington St. Call 613-995-6119.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) will address the National Conservative Caucus. This event will be held in Room 025B, West Block. Call 613-943-0117.

Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont), on behalf of Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.), will make an announcement in support of mental health literacy among Coaches and Sports Leaders in Canada. This event will be held at the RA Centre – House of Sport, 2451 Riverside Dr. Call 343-552-5568.

Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson François Boileau will hold a press conference following the release of his 2021-2022 Annual Report, Service Matters: Numbers Speak Volumes, which contains three recommendations to improve CRA’s service to Canadians. This event will be held in Room 200, Sir John A. MacDonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 613-402-1578.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will call on the Liberal government to sit down with the provinces to negotiate a deal so Canada’s hospitals and families can get the help they deserve as pediatric hospitals overflow. This event will take place in Room 125-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-222-2351.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) will launch consultations for the development of a sustainable agriculture strategy.  This event will take place in the Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Ave. Call 343-541-9229.

The United Nations Association in Canada hosts a panel discussion, “Adequate Housing at Home and Abroad.” Participants include Maimunah Mohd Sharif, under secretary-general and executive eirector, UN Habitat; Romy Bowers, CEO, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation; and Leilani Farha, former UN special rapporteur on the Right to Housing. This event will take place at the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod … Read more

National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Elmer St. Pierre and National Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin will hold a press conference on Bill C-29 which they say will force the off-reserve voice out of the proposed National Council, creating new levels of colonial policy and discrimination that continues to marginalize Indigenous people. This event will take place in Room 125-B, West Block, 111 … Read more

Following a technical briefing on new measures to strengthen early learning and child care, Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) will hold a press conference. This event will take place at in Room 200, National Press Theatre, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Contact mohammad.a.hussain@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.

NDP Foreign Affairs critic Heather MacPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) will take part in a press conference marking International Human Rights Day and to call attention to Canada’s repeated failures to adequately defend human rights at home and abroad. She will be joined by Canadians United Against Hate founder Fareed Khan, representatives of the University of Ottawa Human Rights … Read more