Starting soon: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill

At a news conference in Ottawa, Marisol Guerra and Marta Muñoz, two Xinka women from Guatemala, call on the Canadian government to support the closure of Vancouver-based Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine. Also speaking with reporters are Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, Viviana Herrera, Latin America program coordinator and program manager…

At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Lindsay Brumwell, the interim executive director of Equal Voice, discusses her organization’s efforts aimed at achieving equal gender representation in Canadian politics. The news conference coincides with Gender Equality Week in Canada. source

Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s policy lead for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, attends a news conference in Ottawa to share firsthand accounts of the situation in Gaza City. She is joined by Oxfam Canada executive director Lauren Ravon, NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice, and Yipeng Ge, a primary care doctor and public health practitioner. source

At a news conference in Ottawa, representatives from the Montreal Economic Institute unveil a new a index looking at which provinces have the best policies for encouraging social mobility. Speaking with reporters are Renaud Brossard and Justin Callais. source