A protest outside the biotech industry meeting to stop GM alfalfa will be held. The event will be held in front of the Loews Hotel Le Concorde, 1225 Cours du Général de Montcalm in Quebec City. Call 514-582-1674.
Minister of Veterans Affairs and La Francophonie Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, Que.) and provincial representatives will attend an infrastructure event. The event will be held at the Laval University Sports and Physical Education Pavilion (PEPS), 2300 de la Terrasse Street. Call 613-960-9251.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence Chris Alexander (Ajax-Pickering, Ont.) will make remarks at the official send-off ceremony of Valcartier troops for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. The event will be held at the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Roger Demers Building, 700, 7e Rue de l'Aéroport. Call 418-844-5000 x 4688.
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) and the MPs from the Québec City Region, Denis Blanchette (Louis-Hébert, Que.), Annick Papillon (Québec, Que.) and Alexandrine Latendresse (Louis-Saint-Laurent, Que.) will hold a press conference to discuss the regional caucus’ parliamentary session. The event will be held at Atrium de l’Édifice de la Fabrique, 295, boulevard Charest Est. … Read more
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) will be in Québec City where he will meet with Véronique Lalande from Initiative citoyenne de vigilance du Port de Québec. Mulcair will also meet with Hubert Desgagnés, former director of the Québec Search and Rescue Centre. The event will be held at the Jacques Cartier monument, Cartier-Brébeuf Park. Call … Read more
June 13 through 15, 2013 the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) will host its 74th Annual Convention in Québec City, Que. This year’s CPA Annual Convention has attracted more than 1,400 researchers, practitioners and students who share the latest discoveries and developments about the science and practice of psychology. More information is available online.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver (Eglington-Lawrence, Ont.) will highlight the importance of the natural resource sectors in remarks to the 38th Convention of the Association des economistes quebecois. The event will be held at the Hilton Quebec, Kent / St-Louis Room, 1100, boulevard Rene-Levesque Est. Call 613-996-2007.
Economist Peter Hall, chief economist for Export Development Canada (EDC), will be in Quebec City to deliver EDC's 2013 forecast for the Global and Quebec economies. The theme of this forecast is "Gearing up for growth." Hall will discuss global economic and trade trends, including a regional and industrial outlook to help Canadian companies identify … Read more
Minister of Veterans Affairs and La Francophonie Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, Que.) will take part in a commemorative ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic in Québec City. The event will be held at Pier 21, Port of Quebec, 170 Dalhousie Street. Call 613-992-7468.
Acting on behalf of Economic Development Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.), Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) invites representatives of the media to a news conference during which he will make an announcement concerning the Centre recreatif St-Francois-d'Assise Inc., otherwise known as the Centre communautaire Jean-Guy Drolet. The event will be held at Centre communautaire … Read more
