Event Location: Ottawa

Liberal party presidential candidate Sheila Copps will attend Laurentian Model Parliament. The event will take place in the House of Commons. Call 613-724-1478. 

A press conference on the subject of Kazakhstani Parliamentary election will be held by Ruslan Ayabov,  Charge des Affairs of the Embassy of Kazakhstan. The event will take place at 56 Hawthorne Avenue. Call 613-788-3705.

Liberal New Brunswick Senator Pierrette Ringuette and Liberal Ontario Senator Mac Harb will hold a press conference regarding Henk Tepper and the meetings in Lebanon during the week of December 19, 2011. The event will take place in the Charles Lynch Press Conference Room 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-943-2248. 

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario Greg Rickford (Kenora, ON), along with David Zimmer, Parliamentary Assistant to the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs for Ontario and Chief Peter Collins of Fort … Read more

India’s representative to the International Monetary Fund Arvind Virmani will present a lecture entitled "Averting a Euro-Meltdown: Sharing Global Responsibility." The event will take place at the International Development Research Centre, W. David Hopper Room, 150 Kent, 8th floor. Call 613-688-8830.

An event will take place to honour the Mission Transition Task Force Commander, Brigadier-General Charles Lamarre, upon his return to Canada. Lamarre and his staff are the last Canadian soldiers to leave Kandahar signifying the close out of Operation ATHENA, Canada's longest combat mission in Afghanistan, as Canada transitions towards its training mission in Kabul. In … Read more

Conservative MP James Bezan (Selkirk-Interlake, MB) will make an announcement concerning artificial tanning equipment and the cancer risks of indoor tanning, especially for youth under 18 years of age. Bezan will be joined by Director of Public Issues for the Canadian Cancer Society Dan Demers and president of the Canadian Dermatology Association Dr. Ian Landells. … Read more

Executive Director of FAIR David Hutton, managing director of Canadians for Accountability Ian Bron and coordinator of Democracy Watch Tyler Sommers will comment on the appearance of nominee for the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion before the Government Operations and Estimates Committee on December 13, 2011. The press conference will take place in the Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block. Call 613- … Read more

Staff member of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON), Garry Keller has been facing a difficult struggle with kidney failure for the last six years. A clinic will be set up in the Speaker’s Lounge, Room 216-N, to help find a living donor match. The Kidney Foundation of Canada will also be on hand to answer questions … Read more

Liberal Multiculturalism critic Jim Karygiannis (Scarborough-Agincourt, ON) will hold a press conference with respect to the recent election in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its subsequent outcome. Karygiannis will be joined by members of the Canadian Congolese community. The event will take place at in the Charles Lynch Theatre, room 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-992-4501.