The National Capital Regional Group of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada will hold an in-person holiday party. This event will take place at Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre Ave. Details online.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.) will hold a media availability in Room 125B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613 402-3538.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) and Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) will make an announcment in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 613-957-5420.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) will hold a media availability in Room 100, Sir John A. MacDonald Building. Call 613-402-1589.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will hold a press conference following the NDP’s caucus meeting. At 4:45 p.m., he will speak at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board meeting. Then at 5:15 p.m., he will meet with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities executive. Call 613-222-2351.
Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, ISG Senator Lucie Moncion and Conservative MP Michael Cooper (St. Albert-Edmonton, Alta.) will hold a press conference to present a private member’s bill that would help jurors suffering from trauma following a criminal trial. This event will be held in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building. Call 613-943-4030.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will host the visit of Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, Joly will meet with Mahuta to discuss climate change, rules-based international order and the Indo-Pacific region. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will also meet with Mahuta to discuss the … Read more
Governor General Mary Simon will meet with Dr. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of the Republic of Kosovo. This event will be held at Rideau Hall. Call 343-573-7563.
Uyghur organizations from across the country will hold a three-day advocacy event to increase public pressure on the government of Canada and Canadian law makers to adequately address the ongoing genocide and crime against Uyghurs and other Turkic people in East Turkistan committed by the government of China. This event will take place in front of the Central Block, Parliament Hill. Call 438-826-1346.
Members of Parliament will convene in Ottawa for the start of the 44th Parliament. First order of business is the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons, by secret ballot. The Speech from the Throne will take place Tuesday, Nov. 23. Details online.
