Event Location: Ottawa

Senator Marilou McPhedran and NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) will hold a press conference to speak to Canada’s track record on nuclear disarmament, and call on the Federal government to at minimum send an observer delegation including MPs and senators to the upcoming First Meeting of State Parties to the UN Treaty on the … Read more

Francis Bradley, CEO Electricity Canada, and Liberal MP Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.) will hold a press conference on the electricity sector and achieving net zero by 2050. Call 613-809-0720.

Governor General Mary Simon will receive the credentials of five new heads of mission to Canada: Gline Arley-Clarke, High Commissioner-designate of Barbados; Noureddine Bardad-Daidj, Ambassador-designate of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak, Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Indonesia; Rieaz Shaik, High Commissioner-designate of the Republic of South Africa; and Karspars Ozoliņš, Ambassador-designate of the Republic of … Read more

Following Question Period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will meet with members of the Parliamentary Internship Programme. Details online.

B’nai Brith Canada will hold a press confernce concerning an increase in antisemitic incidents in Canada. This event will take place in Room 125-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 1-844-218-2624 x 163.

Governor General Mary Simon and Chief Perry Bellegarde will speak at the Canadian launch of the UN Decade of Indigenous Languages at the “Languages of the Land” event hosted by the Royal Geographic Society of Canada, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Canada Council for the Arts. This event will take place at the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, 50 Sussex … Read more

People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier will announce the appointment of four Regional Lieutenants representing the Party in each of the four major regions of Canada: Western Canada and the Territories, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. This event will take place at PPC Headquarters, 1 Nicholas St., Suite 700. Call 416-710-0406.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed will co-chair the meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee. Then at 4:30 p.m. (local time), Trudeau and Obed will make an announcement and hold a press conference. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.)will also be in attendance. These events will take place at the John G. Diefenbaker … Read more

U.S. Ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen will be the special guest at the Mayor’s Breakfast, hosted by the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal. This event will take place at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W. Details online.

The Ottawa International Writers’ Festival hosts activist Maude Barlow who will discuss her new book, Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism. Barlow will explore the three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and globalization, and the global fight for water justice. This event will take place at Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St. Details online.