Disability Without Poverty hosts a rally to show unity and power with disabled people, families, groups and organizations. With roughly 40 sitting days left until the end of the year, we need to push hard to get Bill C-22 passed, now! This event will take place on Parliament Hill. Details online.
Canada Without Poverty, Citizens for Public Justice, and Campaign 2000 host “#ChewOnThis,” a cross-country campaign calling for rights-based solutions to poverty and food insecurity in Canada taking place on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Events include a speakers panel on the real, systemic causes of food insecurity and the rights-based solutions needed to act effectively and equitably. … Read more
The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada host the East Asia Strategy Forum 2022 from Nov. 1-2. This multi-disciplinary conference will foster the exchange of knowledge and actionable policy recommendations on geopolitical and geo-economic developments in East Asia, and Canada’s foreign policy and defence approach to the region. This event will take palce … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will take part in “2030 in Focus,” a conference co-hosted by the Canadian Climate Institute and the Net-Zero Advisory Body. Other participants include British High Commissioner to Canada Susannah Goshko; Andrew Light, assistant secretary of Energy for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy; and Brad Archer, CEO of the Australian Climate Change … Read more
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will announce support for innovative solutions to advance R&D and 5G networking in Canada. He will be joined by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. This event will take place at Nokia Canada Headquarters, 600 March Rd. Contact laurie.bouchard@ised-isde.gc.ca.
As part of his visit to Canada from Oct. 17-22, Sinn Féin MP John Finucane from Northern Ireland will provide an update on the campaign for Irish unity after Brexit at a meeting chaired by NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.) with Liberal MP James Maloney (Etobicoke–Lakeshore, Ont.), Conservative MP Michael Chong MP (Wellington-Halton Hills, Ont.), and BQ MP Xavier Barsalou-Duvall (Pierre-Boucher-Les … Read more
Cardus and The Hub host a panel discussion on “Defining the Working Class”. Armine Yalnizyan, economist and Atkinson Fellow; Angella MacEwan, senior economic at CUPE National; Sean Speer, The Hub; and Renze Nauta, Cardus, will discuss the working class, how we define them, and how policy can serve them. This event will take place at Cardus, 45 Rideau St. 8th Floor. Details online.
Parliamentarians return to Ottawa after a week in their constituencies. They will work in Ottawa until Nov. 4. View the House calendar online.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Annual General Meeting and Convention will take place in-person. There will be a keynote address by John Graham, president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; a panel discussion on “The Curse of Politics” with David Herle, Jenni Byrne, and Scott Reid; and a conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen and CCC’s president Perrin Beatty. This event will take place … Read more
The Assembly of First Nations hosts a Special Chiefs Assembly from Dec. 6-8. This event will take place at the Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Dr. Details online.
