Event Location: Ottawa

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will meet with mayors from British Columbia who are in Ottawa for the 2025 FCM Conference. Contact media@greenparty.ca.

Leaders from the Frontier Duty Free Association and Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley will hold a press conference to announce the release of an urgent open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney (Nepean, Ont.) and Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.). The letter, backed by border community mayors, calls on the federal government … Read more

Medtech Canada presents Canada’s Regulatory & Quality Medtech Conference 2025 on June 10-12. At this event, attendees will hear from and be able to engage with Health Canada and other stakeholders in an open-dialogue environment. This event will be held at the John G. Diefenbaker Building, 111 Sussex Dr. Details online.

Auditor General Karen Hogan and Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner Jerry V. DeMarco will jointly deliver eight performance audit reports to the House of Commons. Copies of the reports of the special examinations of the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority are also included in this release. Contact infomedia@oag-bvg.gc.ca.

The Canadian Club hosts an exclusive luncheon with His Excellency Peter Hoekstra, the new United States Ambassador to Canada. The event will take place in the Chateau Laurier Ballroom, 1 Rideau St. Register online.

Governor General Mary Simon will recognize the outstanding contributions of Canada’s top innovators during the Governor General’s Innovation Awards at Rideau Hall. Contact media@gg.ca.

A group of MPs and Senators from all parties will call on the Canadian government to grant citizenship to Hong Kong political prisoner and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai. Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, and his international legal team will join the parliamentarians for the announcement. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact april@ridgelywalsh.com.

Leading Canadian and international humanitarian organizations will hold an urgent press conference on Parliament Hill to sound the alarm about Israel’s new mechanism in Gaza for aid delivery. This event will be held in Room 135-B Press, West Block. Contact soumaya@humanconcern.org.

Liberal MP Mona Fortier (Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester, Ont.), on behalf of Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, and Official Languages Steven Guilbeault (Laurier–Sainte-Marie, Que.), will participate in a Parks Canada and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the historic significance of Rockcliffe Park Historic District. This event will be held at The Jubilee Garden in Village … Read more

Governor General Mary Simon and Whit Fraser will attend a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the entombment of Canada’s Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial, 30 Wellington St. Contact Media@gg.ca.