Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef (Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.) will take part in a national infrastructure announcement. This event will take place in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 613-941-0660.
The House of Commons is on a two-week break, from March 29-April 9. Find the sitting calendar online. The Senate is expected to sit today until April 1, breaking for two weeks from April 2-16. The Senate’s calendar is also online.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will table the federal Budget 2021 in the House of Commons. Details to follow.
Kathy Fox, chair of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, will hold a press conference following receipt of the final safety investigation report into the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) from Iran’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Board. This event will take place in Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St. Call 819-994-8053.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.), joined by BQ MPs Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, Que.) and Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi–Témiscamingue, Que.) will hold a press briefing regarding support for small independent shops. This event will be held in Room 125-B, West Block. Call 613-402-3538.
MPs are working in their constituencies this week, returning to parliamentary work on March 22. The House sitting calendar is available online. The Senate will resume sitting today at 4 p.m. View the Senate’s sitting calendar online.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will deliver a statement in the House of Commons to mark the National Day of Observance for COVID-19.
Liberal MP Sven Spengemann (Mississauga-Lakeshore, Ont.), chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, will take part in a press conference to discuss the committee’s third report: Part 1 of a Study on the Aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic – the Humanitarian Burden: Ensuring a Global Response and Reaching the Most Vulnerable, which features 10 … Read more
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil- Chambly, Que.), joined by BQ finance critic Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, Que.) will hold a press briefing regarding the party’s budget expectations. This event will be held in Room 125-B, West Block. Call 613-402-3538.
Parliamentarians will be in their constituencies from March 1-5, 2021. MPs will return to work on Monday, March 8. The House sitting calendar is available online. Senators will also be off from March 1-16. The Senate’s sitting calendar is here.
