Rodger Cuzner gets roasted and toasted in Ottawa on June 5

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 House Sitting—This is it. The House is sitting from June 3-June 21, the final three weeks before it adjourns and Parliament is later dissolved for the October 2019 election. Senate Sitting—The Senate will sit June 4-June 6, and could sit on Friday, June 7. It could possibly sit on Monday, June 10, but is scheduled to sit June 11-June 13, and could sit on Friday, June 14. It it scheduled to sit June 17-June 21 and June 25-June 28. Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in West Block on Parliament Hill. For more information, please contact Liberal Party media relations at media@liberal.ca or 613-627-2384. Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives will gather for their national caucus meeting in West Block. For more information, contact Cory Hann, director of communications with the Conservative Party of Canada, at coryhann@conservative.ca. NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in West Block. For more information, please contact the NDP Media Centre at 613-222-2351 or media@ndp.ca. Bloc Québécois Meeting—The Bloc Québécois caucus will meet on Wednesday morning starting at 9:30 a.m. in Room 241A in the West Block. Tim Horton Foundation Camps invites parliamentarians to celebrate Camp Day—Members of Parliament are invited to Tim Hortons locations close to their parliamentary office (including Sparks Street), and in their ridings to celebrate and support Camp Day and help kids change their lives. This 24-hour event is the largest annual fundraiser for the Tim Hortons Foundation Camps and helps them sustain their leading youth development programs. Spend some time at a nearby Tim Hortons location on June 5 by pouring coffee or greeting and thanking guests for their donations. Your presence will help drive attention to this important cause. The best time for a drop-in is after the morning rush, just after 9 a.m. Please RSVP to hussain@blueskystrategygroup.com or call 613-241-3512, ext. 228. Ottawa Regional Trauma Programs Offers Training on the Hill—Every day, people die needlessly from uncontrolled bleeding. Trauma surgeons from the Ottawa Hospital, including those who responded to the recent OC Transpo collision, will be offering the Stop the Bleed training on managing uncontrolled bleeding to all interested Parliamentarians and staffers. This multi-partisan training session will be offered in two sessions on June 5, 2019 from 12 to 12:30 and 1 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 410 Wellington Building. Come speak to the surgeons and trauma experts to learn how to manage uncontrolled bleeding and how you can save lives. Please email mlebreton@toh.ca to RSVP and note which session you wish to attend. Transition in Government—Join the Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) and the National Capital Region (NCR) group of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) for an exclusive and non-partisan panel discussion on Transitions in Government. This joint event on June 5 aims to provide a comprehensive examination on the planning, preparation, and delivery of a government transition, whether it be a transition between the same political party with a new mandate or an entirely new government. Ottawa Art Gallery, 5:30-8:30 p.m. To buy tickets, go to: www.gric.ca OrKidstra End-of-Year Concert—Come celebrate the joy of music with OrKidstra. Join it on Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 13 for OrKidstra’s end-of-year concerts. Tickets not required. Donations welcome. Vanier Hub Concert: Wednesday, June 5 at 6 p.m. at Ottawa Technical Secondary School (485 Donald St.). OrKidstra’s mission is to empower kids and build community through music. These concerts will feature an array of classical, jazz, world music, and sing-along favourites. Toast and Roast of Rodger—An evening to celebrate outgoing Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, who's not running after nearly 19 years in the House. Wednesday, June 5, Brigid's Well, 310 St. Patrick St., corner of Cumberland and Murray streets. Reception: 6:30 p.m., light snacks & cash bar, followed by the Roast of Rodger Cuzner 7:35 p.m.-8:30 p.m., followed by music and entertainment until closing. MONDAY, JUNE 10 Osgoode Law's School's Deborah McGregor will talk about Indigenous environmental justice, knowledge, and law on Monday, June 10, at Carleton University as part of the 2019 Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Indigenous Policy. Photograph courtesy of Osgoode Law School, York University Indigenous Environmental Justice, Knowledge and Law—Deborah McGregor presents the 2019 Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Indigenous Policy. The event takes place from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. and is preceded by a reception (5-5:30 p.m.). The event takes place in Carleton University’s Richcraft Hall Conference Rooms and is free to attend and open to the public. More information and registration is available at carleton.ca/fpa. TUESDAY, JUNE 11 WE are emPOWERED to fight cancer—The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN) is hosting the breakfast event WE are emPOWERED to fight cancer on June 11 from 8-9:30 a.m. on Parliament Hill in Room 325 of the Wellington Building. Join CCSN, CARP, and the cancer community to discuss how to build our health system so that older Canadians, who are disproportionately affected by cancer, have the care and treatments they need to get better. Please RSVP to jmanthorne@survivornet.ca. Andrew Scheer Hosts a Garden Party—Conservative Official Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer welcomes members of the media to his official residence on June 11 for a garden party. The "strictly off-the-record" event takes place at Stornoway, 541 Acacia Ave., from 6-8 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 13 OrKidstra End-of-Year Concert—Come celebrate the joy of music with OrKidstra. Join in on Thursday, June 13 for OrKidstra’s second end-of-year concert. Tickets not required. Donations welcome. Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre at 355 Cooper St., Ottawa. OrKidstra’s mission is to empower kids and build community through music. These concerts will feature an array of classical, jazz, world music, and sing-along favourites. Canada-Korea Dialogue Series on the Hill—The Canada-Korea Interparliamentary Friendship Group (CKIFG) and the Canada Korea Society (CKS), in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (ROK), are hosting the eighth annual Canada-Korea Dialogue Series on the Hill. This year’s theme is Future Prospects for Security and Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and in Asia. Speakers include International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr and South Korean Ambassador Maeng-ho Shin. The event begins Thursday, June 13, with registration beginning at 5:30 p.m., dinner, opening remarks, panel presentations and a Q&A at 6 p.m., followed by a Korean buffet dinner and reception at 7:30 p.m.; Senate of Canada Building, Room C128. Tickets $30, by invitation only; RSVP by June 9. Women on the Ballot & Social Media. A discussion on women on the ballot in this year’s general election and the role of social media especially as experienced by women politicians. The speakers will include: social media industry representatives, an All-Party panel of MPs and scholars. Co-hosted with the All-Party Women’s Caucus, House of Commons and the participation of Famous 5 Ottawa; 7:30 to 9:00 am; Wellington Building, 197 Sparks St., Ottawa. RSVP is required by June 10: Send your name and affiliation to rsvp@thepearsoncentre.ca. Info: Anne Clarke: anne@thepearsoncentre.ca or www.thepearsoncentre.ca Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer and wife Jill will welcome members of the press to Stornoway on June 11 for a spring garden party, from 6 to 8 p.m. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Scheer WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 The Democracy Project: Race and Politics—You are invited to Race and Politics, a live event hosted by The Hill Times and CPAC’s The Democracy Project. What happens to democracy when the people in power don't reflect the people they're supposed to represent? Come be inspired, enlightened, and challenged when The Hill Times’ managing editor Charelle Evelyn sits down with some of the most interesting and provocative guests in Canada to talk about race and politics today, including Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Indigenous Reconciliation Group’s Rose LeMay, and former senior political staffer Alykhan Velshi. What are the barriers and what are the solutions? June 19, 2019, 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) at the National Arts Centre (Herndorf Place). Register via Eventbrite. FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Japan Hosts G20 Summit—On June 28 and 29, the leaders of the G20 will gather in Osaka as Japan hosts its first-ever G20 summit. Along with the leaders' summit, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting, the foreign ministers’ meeting, and other ministerial meetings will also be held at eight different locations throughout Japan this year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend the leaders’ summit. SATURDAY, JULY 27 Protect the Ottawa River Protest Flotilla—Old Fort William Cottagers' Association, Petawawa Point Cottagers' Association, and Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area will hold a protest flotilla on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at the Old Fort William Dock in Sheenboro, Que., 12 noon. Information, Facebook.com/OFWCARadioactive or RSVP to johanna@OFWCA.org MONDAY, OCT. 21 Federal Election—The federal election is scheduled to take place on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 Canadian Science Policy Conference 2019—This annual conference is coming back to Ottawa on Nov. 13-15, 2019 at the Westin Hotel. The conference will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, politicians, journalists, students, and many others from across the country to discuss, exchange ideas, and mobilize knowledge regarding the present and future of Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy. The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or governmental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@hilltimes.com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but we will definitely do our best. Events can be updated daily online too. The Hill Times

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