Queen’s Park Calendar – June 21, 2017

Happy National Aboriginal Day!

 Read: Statement from Minister and Deputy Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation on National Aboriginal Day

         National Aboriginal Day Events in Ontario:

• Sunrise Ceremony and Flag Raising, presented by the City of Toronto Aboriginal Celebration Committee, June 21, Toronto City Hall, Toronto
• Thunder Bay National Aboriginal Day, June 21, Prince Arthur’s Landing (Marina Park),Thunder Bay
• National Aboriginal Day Celebration at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, June 21, Midland
• Indigenous Arts Festival, June 21- 25, Fort York National Historic Site, Toronto
• Na-Me-Res Traditional Pow Wow, June 24, Fort York  Toronto
• Dokis First Nation 17^th Annual Traditional Pow Wow, June 24-25, Dokis First Nation
• Rainy River First Nations Pow Wow, June 16-18, Manitou Rapids
• Oshawa Métis Heritage Festival, June 24-25, Memorial Park, Oshawa
• Aboriginal History Month Celebration, June 28, presented by the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto
• The CN Tower and Niagara Falls will be lit in the colours of the traditional Medicine Wheel on June 21.
  

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• Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Canada and Ontario Celebrate New Beginning through Historic Flooding Claim Settlement

Queen’s Park: Ministers’ Schedules and Events 

• 9:00 a.m. – Oakville: Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, will be joined by Kevin Flynn, MPP for Oakville, Indira Naidoo-Harris, MPP for Halton, and Eleanor McMahon, MPP for Burlington to make an announcement. UPDATED: New Courthouse Announced for Halton.
• 9:00 a.m. – Hamilton: Ted McMeekin, Member of Provincial Parliament for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, on behalf of the Honourable Chris Ballard, Ontario’s Minister of Housing and Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy and a representative from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. UPDATED: New Affordable Housing for Indigenous Peoples in Hamilton
• 9:30 a.m. – Toronto: Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation, and Han Dong, MPP for Trinity-Spadina, will make an announcement. They will be joined by John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, John Jensen, CEO of Metrolinx, Kevin Shannahan, CEO of Hines Canada and Daniel Fournier, Chairman and CEO of Ivanhoé Cambridge. UPDATED: Construction Begins on New Bus Terminal at Union Station
• 9:45 a.m. – Atlanta, Georgia: Premier Wynne to visit SIM Digital.
• 10:00 a.m. – Toronto: Press conference on protecting Ontario tenants sponsored by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo. Queen’s Park media studio.
• 11:00 a.m. – Ottawa: Marie-France Lalonde, Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs, on behalf of Eleanor McMahon, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, will make an announcement.
• 11:30 a.m. – Atlanta, Georgia: Premier Wynne to meet with Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia.
• 12:45 p.m. – Atlanta, Georgia: Premier Wynne to deliver remarks at a Women in Business roundtable luncheon. Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta.
• 2:00 p.m. – Hamilton: Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services and Social Services will be joined by Ted McMeekin, MPP for Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale, to make an announcement.
• 2:45 p.m. – Fayetteville, Georgia: Premier Wynne to visit the Pinewood Atlanta Studios

Queen’s Park: Bills

• Legislature adjourned until September 11, 2017

Queen’s Park: Committees 

• Nothing Scheduled