Music Canada and SOCAN host a Parliament Hill reception, “Music Night on the Hill—Nuit de la musique sur la Colline,” celebrating Canada’s dynamic and growing music industry. Featuring live performances by Savannah Ré, Aysanabee, and Lili-Ann De Francesco. Guests will meet with the creators, artists, labels, music publishers, and others driving our music ecosystem. This event will take … Read more
John Packer, Neuberger-Jesin Professor University of Ottawa, Director Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Yonah Diamond, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Azeem Ibrahim, Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, Director at Newlines Institute, Kyle Matthews, Executive Director Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and Senator Marilou McPhedran will present an overview … Read more
Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Tosha Rhodenizer, CEO, RA Centre, will make an infrastructure funding announcement. This event will be held at 2451 Riverside Dr. Call 343-574-8116.
Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.), Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), Treasury Board President Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) and Indigenous Services Minister and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) will respond to the 2022 performance audit reports … Read more
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches–East York, Ont.) will hold a press conference in support of his private member’s bill, Bill C-293, An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness. This event will be held in Room 200, Sir John A. MacDonald Building. Call 416-432-5489.
Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) and NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) will join Sally Lane, mother of Canadian detainee in Northeast Syria Jack Letts, and Monia Mazigh, author and human rights activist, to call on the government to repatriate over 40 remaining Canadians arbitrarily held in detention camps in Northeast Syria. This event will be … Read more
NDP health critic Don Davies (Vancouver-Kingsway, B.C.) will call on the Liberals for more transparency and accountability about Canada’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 pandemic. This event will take place at Room 125-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-222-2351.
Former Liberal cabinet ministers Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock will speak out about the use of provincial correctional facilities for immigration detention. They will be joined by former refugee claimants who experienced immigration detention in provincial jails, and representatives from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Canada. This event will take place in the Parliamentary … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Arif Virani (Parkdale–High Park, Ont.) will deliver remarks to mark the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 in Canada. This event will take place on Parliament Hill. Call 343-576-4365.
Governor General Mary Simon and Whit Fraser will attend the National Remembrance Day Ceremony. Their Excellencies will be joined by this year’s National Silver Cross Mother, Candy Greff, whose son, Master Corporal Byron Greff, died in Afghanistan on October 29, 2011. This event will take place at the National War Memorial. Call 343-573-7563.
