Minister of National Defence David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu (Brampton East, Ont.) will travel to Poland from Sept. 7-8 to attend the International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO). Contact muntaha.ahmed@forces.gc.ca.
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will travel to Poland to announce progress on a significant clean electricity project. Details are available online. Contact Charlotte.Power@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
While in Poland for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will be in Kraków to meet with Canadian Holocaust survivors and then in Oświęcim to tour the Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER at House 88). He’ll also … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) announced that he will travel to Poland from January 26-28 to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. He will be accompanied by Canadian Holocaust survivors as well as Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons. Details available … Read more
National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) is in Poland from December 17-18 to hold a bilateral meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Details are available online. Contact Andrew.Green@forces.gc.ca
National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre will visit Poland from Dec. 17-18 to meet with Polish officials, and thank Canadian Armed Forces members deployed abroad for their service. Contact Diana.Ebadi@forces.gc.ca.
Governor General Julie Payette will visit Poland to take part in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Call 613-957-5555.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.), co-chair of the Global Greens Parliamentarian Association, will hold a press conference with her Global Green colleagues including James Shaw, New Zealand’s Minister of Climate, and Lisa Badum, Green Member of the German Parliament and speaker for Climate policy. This event will take place at Press Room Warszawa, Area B, at … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will speak at a Powering Past Coal Alliance announcement at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) in Katowice. She will be joined by the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry, alongside other key leaders as they join forces to make the … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will attend two events as part of COP24 today. First, she will be joining the Canadian Labour Congress and the Just Transition Centre, at the event Unions in Action on Just Transition. Following this, McKenna will participate in the Leadership Dialogue on Carbon Pricing. McKenna and others … Read more
