Following the tabling of the 2022 Spring Reports in the House of Commons, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Jerry V. DeMarco, will hold a press conference. This event will take place in Room 200, 144 Wellington St. Call 1-888-761-5953.
Team Canada’s 28-person contingent will head to the Netherlands to represent Canada at this year’s Invictus Games The Hague 2020 from April 16-22, 2022. This event will take place at the Canada Reception Centre, Hangar 11, 190 Convair Priv. Call 343-549-1815.
National Defence Minister Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.) and Treasury Board President Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will join Governor General Mary Simon, Commander-in-Chief of Canada; Whit Fraser; and Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont in a ceremony to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. This event will take place at the National War Memorial. Call 613-992-7468
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will discuss the help for Canadians that his party fought to deliver in the budget. Singh will explain how New Democrats are using their power to win improvements and support for Canadians and their families. This event will take place in the foyer of West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-222-2351.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.) and MPs Kristina Michaud (Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, Que.), Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, Que.) and Mario Simard (Jonquière, Que.) will hold a press conference on the federal government’s Bay du Nord project. This event will take place in Room 125B, West Block, Parliament Hill.
Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner will comment on today’s federal budget. This event will take place in the foyer of West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-562-4916 x 215.
Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen (Portage-Lisgar, Man.) and Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and Québec Political Lieutenant Luc Berthold (Mégantic-L’érable, Que.) will hold a press conference to discuss the 2022 Budget. This event will take place in Room 125-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-294-0028.
The Writers’ Trust of Canada hosts the Politics and the Pen event, celebrating the best in Canadian non-fiction political books of the year. The 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing will be awarded at this annual fundraiser. This event will take place at the Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St. Details online.
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will take part in a conversation with Mark Podlasly, Director of Economic Policy at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, part of “The Indigenous-led Economy,” a day of solutions-oriented conversations on Indigenous-led economic development projects, with an eye to the future hosted by Canada 2020. This event will take place at the Westin … Read more
NDP MP Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, Man.) will hold a press conference ahead of the first hour of debate on her bill that aims to help communities in the fight against the climate crisis by changing the mandate of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. This event will take place in Room 125-B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-222-2351.
