Event Location: Ottawa

Herb Cowen, Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada, and Robert Trask, Canadian Camping and RV Council, will hold a press conference to call on the government to continue to aggressively pursue the lift of the steel and aluminum tariffs and to implement a Fair Taxation Regime for Campgrounds. This event will be held in Room 135-B, … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will officially launch Canada’s first service to provide voters with independent cost estimates of election campaign proposals. The PBO, Yves Giroux, will hold a news conference to discuss the office’s new role in the lead-up to the 2019 election and how the office will work with political parties and independent Members … Read more

Liberal MP Frank Baylis (Pierrefonds–Dollard, Que.), together with MPs from the Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, and Green parties, will announce details on his Private Member’s Motion, M-231: Democratic Empowerment Motion. This motion was designed with the intent of strengthening our democracy, reinforcing the principles of representation within the House, and giving citizens more power to bring their issues … Read more

Minister Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) will make a funding announcement related to gender equity in sport. This event will be held at the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre, 294 Elmgrove Ave. Call 343-291-1696.

Coalition of Canadian Municipalities for Energy Action members will meet with ministers, members of Parliament, and senators to outline the specific concerns with the current legislation as proposed, and what amendments should be pursued to allay these potential concerns. Coalition Co-leas Mayor Don Scott, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and Mayor Gene Sobolewski, Town of Bonnyville, will hold … Read more

NDP MPs Sheri Benson (Saskatoon West, Sask.) and Georgina Jolibois (Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, Sask.) will hold a press conference to discuss the winning entry of this year’s Create Your Canada contest. They will be accompanied by Elger Pikagnan, a grade 12 student from Saskatoon and winner of this year’s “Create Your Canada” contest that encourages constituents … Read more

We Are Golf (Golf Canada, Canadian Golf Superintendents Association, Professional Golfers’ Association of Canada, The Canadian Society of Club Managers and the National Golf Course Owners Association Canada) is launching a nation-wide campaign on “National Golf Day” to get Canadians to celebrate the sport. Special guests include Laurence Applebaum, Golf Canada CEO and We Are Golf Chair Kathryn Wood, … Read more

Leaders from the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science will hold a press conference to detail the growing impact of unfilled medical laboratory professional positions across Canada, its negative impacts on the healthcare system and practical steps that our governments can take to address these shortcomings now. Speakers include Christine Nielsen, CEO of Canadian Society for Medical … Read more

NDP House Leader Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) will hold a press conference in support of his Bill C-331, An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights). He will be joined by Mark Rowlinson, labour lawyer and Assistant to Steelworkers’ Canadian National Director. This event will take place at the National … Read more

NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.) will join the leadership and children from the remote northern community of Kashechewan, Ont. to call on the government to honour its 2017 promise to relocate the community to higher ground. This event will take place in Room 135B, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-992-3165.