Event Location: Ottawa

Ukrainian MPs Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and Mariia Ionova will participate in a panel discussion to address important issues at a critical point in Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. This follows a series of meetings with Canadian parliamentarians and diplomats, including International Development Minister and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, … Read more

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus chair and Halifax Mayor Mike Savage and Gatineau Mayor France Bélisle will hold a press conference to discuss FCM’s annual Advocacy Days. This event will take place in the Adam Room, Château Laurier, 1 Rideau St. Call 613-907-6395.

The Ojibway Nation of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek will hold a press conference to discuss the action it has filed with the Federal Court of Canada against Public Safety Canada and all other federal departments and agents engaged in determining the consistently inequitable funding and terms and conditions for use of same for police services in Ontario First Nation communities. This … Read more

The Federal Court of Canada will hear a challenge to the refusal of the Liberal government to repatriate over 40 Canadian men, women and children arbitrarily held for years in camps and prisons in northeast Syria under conditions akin to torture. Sally Lane, mother of Canada’s longest-held detainee Jack Letts, will be in attendance. Call 613-300-9536.

The Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch hosts a discussion on the future of international energy security. Participants include André von Walter, head of the European Union Delegation to Canada’s Trade and Economic Section. This event will take place at the Heart & Crown ByWard Market, 67 Clarence St. Details online.

Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, Nfld.) and Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, will hold a media scrum on the coming into force of 10 days of paid sick leave in all federally regulated private sector workplaces. This event will take place in the West Block Foyer, Parliament Hill. Call 343-575-1065.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) and Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, will co-host a meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee. This event will take place at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Rd. Call 819-934-2302.

The Canadian Institute hosts a conference on “Crown Corporate Governance” from Jan. 18-19. Key stakeholders from federal and provincial crown corporations, senior government officials and crown executives will discuss practical strategies and approaches for sound governance and board-oversight of government-owned entities and agencies. This event will take place at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre. Details online.

Carleton University hosts a symposium, “Leo Panitch: Global Capitalism, the State, and the Socialist Challenge” assessing the legacy of the late Carleton professor’s scholarship, education, and political activism, featuring roundtables and a keynote address by Prof. Stephen Maher on “Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Statism, and the New Finance Capital.” This event will take place at 2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr. … Read more

Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) and European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will hold a press conference following the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting. This event will take place in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 343-576-4365.