Event Location: Ottawa

Following the tabling of the 2020 Fall Reports in the House of Commons, Andrew Hayes, Interim Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, will hold a media availability. The reports include: 1) Follow-up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods; 2) Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies — Safe and Healthy Communities; and 3) Environmental Petitions Annual Report. … Read more

The Conservative National Caucus will meet today. Call 613-219-3790.

Conservative Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition Candice Bergen (Portage–Lisgar, Man.) and Conservative House Leader of the Official Opposition Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, Que.) will hold a press conference to outline their expectations ahead of the Speech from the Throne. This event will be held in Room 125B, West Block. Call 613-219-3790.

The Conservative National Caucus will be holding all day meetings ahead of the upcoming session of Parliament. This will by a hybrid meeting with the majority of caucus members participating virtually. This event will be held at 144 Wellington St. Call 613-219-3790.

On the eve of the throne speech, the United Church of Canada will hold a small public vigil, asking Canadians to light a candle in support of a guaranteed livable annual income. This event will take place at the Centennial Flame, Parliament Hill. Contact crodd@united-church.ca.  

Forty new House of Commons pages will be sworn in during a ceremony featuring remarks by Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ont.). This event will take place in the interim Chamber, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-995-7882.

Ahead of the Throne Speech on Sept. 23, incoming chair of the Council of the Federation Québec Premier François Legault will hold a media availability along with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. This event will take place in the Fairmont Château Laurier, 1 Rideau St. Call 343-961-5811.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) and the NDP caucus will gather both in person and virtually for a strategy session. Singh will hold a press conference ahead of Thursday’s session. On Friday, he will deliver a speech to lay out what New Democrats are looking for in the throne speech. Call 613-222-2351.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will hold a cabinet retreat from Sept. 14-15. Cabinet will discuss the health and safety of Canadians, the road to recovery, and the upcoming Speech from the Throne. Contact media@pmo-cpm.gc.ca.

The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights is organizing a march of gun-owning Canadians who are opposed to the Trudeau government’s recent ban over 1,500 makes and models of firearms, and who are demanding the government get tough on crime. This event will take place on Parliament Hill. Details online. Call 778-549-9134.