Canada’s House Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia delivers remarks in Chelsea, Que., where he is hosting a three-day gathering with Presiding Officers of parliaments of the G7. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola are among the attendees.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. source
Following a merit-based recruitment process, Denese Espeut-Post has been appointed chair of the Mental Health Review Board for a four-year term effective Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. The review board is an independent tribunal established under Mental Health Act. The board conducts review panel hearings for patients admitted by physicians and detained involuntarily in provincial mental-health…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a news conference in Kitchener alongside David Piccini, the minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development. source
Premier David Eby has issued the following statement on Firefighters’ National Memorial Day: “In the midst of Canada’s second-worst wildfire season on record, we pause to thank all the firefighters on the front lines and to honour those who ultimately gave their lives to save those of others. “Firefighters are courageous, caring and committed. They…
Le premier ministre Mark Carney est à New York cette semaine pour participer à l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies. M. Carney a prononcé un discours lors d’un sommet mondial de dirigeants visant à relancer les perspectives de plus en plus fragiles d’une solution à deux États qui verrait coexister, en paix, un État israélien aux…
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