Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will attend the Parliamentary Ramadan Iftar / Dinner hosted by the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC). This event will be held at the Marriott Hotel Ottawa, 100 Kent St. Contact media@greenparty.ca.
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) and NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.) will hold a press conference to press the importance for the government to continue negotiating pharmacare agreements with provinces. This event will be held in the West Block foyer. Contact media@ndp.ca.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.) will speak at “Building an Energy Superpower: Canada’s Energy Future,” a policy conference hosted by Canada 2020. Other speakers include Environment and Climate Change Canada Deputy Minister Mollie Johnson and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers President and CEO Lisa Baiton. The event will take place at the … Read more
Kateri Native Ministry of Ottawa and St. Joseph’s Paris host the inaugural Father Jim Bleackley OMI Lecture on Indigenous Justice featuring Anishinaabe writer, professor, commentator – and son of the late senator Murray Sinclair – Niigaan Sinclair, whose book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre won the 2024 Governor General’s Award for English-language non-fiction. Sinclair will speak … Read more
NDP MPs Lori Idlout (Nunavut) and Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, Man.) will take part in the Broadbent Institute’s 2026 Progress Summit under the theme “Defending Democracy Across Borders.” Other speakers include Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives President Nora Loreto and Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske. The event will take place at the Delta Hotel City Centre Ottawa, 101 Lyon … Read more
The Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada host writer and University of Toronto Advisor on Civil Discourse Randy Boyagoda for a talk on the state of civil discourse, intellectual freedom, and the role of public libraries in fostering productive disagreement and the pursuit of truth, followed by a Q&A and book signing. The event takes place at the … Read more
The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice will hold a press conference on Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures), before second reading in the House of Commons. Representatives from the Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice will be joined by Survivors of forced and coerced sterilization in the Canadian medical system, as well as … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand (Oakville East, Ont.) will deliver a speech and participate in a fireside chat to mark four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Anand will be joined by University of Ottawa President and Vice-Chancellor Marie-Eve Sylvestre and Director of the Graduate School of Public International Affairs Roland Paris. For event location and … Read more
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will hold a lobby day on Parliament Hill, bringing hundreds of workers to meet with parliamentarians about the future of public services, including health care. CUPE National President Mark Hancock, National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick, and NDP House Leader Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Que.) will outline the union’s key policy priorities … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand (Oakville East, Ont.) and Minister of National Defence David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) will welcome their counterparts from the Republic of Korea, Cho Hyun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahn Gyuback, Minister of National Defense, for the second Canada-Republic of Korea Foreign and Defence 2+2 Ministerial Meeting. Details online. Contact media@international.gc.ca.
