Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.) will hold a press conference to present her private member’s bill, Time to Change the Time Change. The bill calls for a pan-Canadian conference on the bi-annual time change and will be presented alongside members of the Sleep Consortium of Canada and fellow MPs. The event will take place in … Read more
A press conference on Chinese Communist Party–run residential schools in Tibet will take place, with speakers including President of the Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering; Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.); Bloc MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.); Liberal MP Karim Bardeesy (Taiaiko’n—Parkdale—High Park, Ont.); and Dr. Charles Burton. They will call on Canada to support the … Read more
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil-Chambly, Que.) will hold a press conference regarding Canada Post in the West Block foyer. Call 613-402-3538.
Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will table Budget 2025 in the House of Commons. Contact mediare@fin.gc.ca
Survivors of residential schools will hold a media availability for the “Re-raising of the Survivors’ Flag Ceremony” on Parliament Hill. Contact alec.wilson@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.
CLC Executive Vice-Presidents Siobhán Vipond and Larry Rousseau will stand alongside workers, allies, and other labour leaders to demand fairness, job security, and respect for Canada’s striking postal workers at a rally on Parliament Hill. Contact media@clcctc.ca.
Governor General Mary Simon will join residential school Survivors, Indigenous leaders and dignitaries at the national commemorative gathering on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour the thousands of lives lost or traumatically impacted by the residential school system. The gathering is hosted by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), in … Read more
Governor General Mary Simon will host residential school Survivors, health support workers, representatives from the Survivors’ Circle and Governing Circle of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and others, to reflect upon the 10 years since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report and look toward the next decade. This event will be held … Read more
On World Press Freedom Day, Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine (CJJP) will gather on Parliament Hill to deliver a blunt message to the federal government: Canada’s inaction is enabling the deliberate killing of Palestinian journalists; the deadliest assault on the press in modern history. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact movementmediahub@gmail.com.
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will attend the opening ceremonies at the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples 54th Annual General Assembly (AGA) being held from Sept. 26-27. This event will be held at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent St. Contact media@greenparty.ca.
