Event Location: Ottawa

NDP Innovation, Science and Economic Development Critic Brian Masse (Windsor West, Ont.) will hold a media availability to discuss his Private Member’s Bill that aims to modernize the current crown copyright by making almost all government documents and publications public, opening up government. Masse will be joined by Amanda Wakaruk (Copyright Librarian University of Alberta), Katherine MccColgan (Executive Director of the Canadian Federation of … Read more

A press conference will be held following the release of a unanimous report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on its study of Canada’s Sovereignty in the Arctic. Recommendations and executive summary of this report presented in the House, for the first time, in four different Indigenous languages (Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Gwich’in and … Read more

A press conference will be held to launch a Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation, and Prevention Month campaign. The event is being hosted by the Armenian National Committee of Canada; Project Abraham; Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs; Romanipe; the Rwandan Humura Association; Ukrainian Canadian Congress; and Yezidi Human Rights Organization. This event will be held at 135-B West … Read more

International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) will meet with business leaders working in high-tech at the Kanata North Business Association. This event will be held at 555 Legget Dr. Call 343-203-7332.

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) will deliver opening remarks at the National Conference on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This event will be held at the Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Call 613-957-0200.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) will celebrate Canada’s Intellectual Property Strategy at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s World IP Day reception. To open the event, Bains will speak to patent agents, trademark agents and lawyers practising IP law about the strategy’s latest successes, including the Patent Collective pilot program … Read more

First Nations women leaders will gather to demand an end to Indian Act sex discrimination before the election. The sex discrimination can be removed by Order-in-Council, because provisions are already included in Bill S-3 that will have the effect of removing the core of the sex discrimination. Speakers include: Sharon McIvor, a Thompson Indian and a member of … Read more

  The 2018 Annual Report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians will be tabled in Parliament. The report contains the findings and recommendations of two extensive committee reviews completed in 2018: the first external review of Canada’s defence intelligence activities; and a review of the complex mechanisms used by Government to establish … Read more

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture will launch their national campaign leading up to federal election 2019. Participants include Mary Robinson, President, PEI; Marcel Groleau, Director, Quebec; Keith Currie, Vice President, Ontario; and Chris van den Heuvel, Second Vice-President, Nova Scotia. This event will take place in Room 135-B Press Conference Room, West Block, Parliament Hill. Call 905-715-2788.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) and Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) will unveil Supporting Canada’s Public Safety Personnel: An Action Plan on Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries. This event will take place at the Delta Hotel City Centre, 101 Lyon St. N. Call 613-998-5681.