Event Location: Ottawa

International Trade Minister Ed Fast (Abbotsford, BC) will speak about important developments on several free trade agreements. He will be accompanied by key foreign representatives and business stakeholders. Industry Minister Christian Paradis (Megantic-L'Erable, QC) will also speak about the progress of Canada’s job-creating pro-trade plan. The event will be held in the House of Commons … Read more

BQ MP Andree Bellavance (Richmond-Arthabaska, QC) will announce who he will endorse in the Bloc Quebecois leadership race in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-850-1942.

Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) and Wayne Smith, the Executive Director of Fair Vote Canada, will hold a press conference on the Supreme Court appeal of first past the post in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-614-4916.

Canadian Health Food Association president Helen Sherrard and Atrium Innovations executive vice president Yvan Bourgault will release the results of a national public opinion poll on natural health products and call for the creation of a new Natural Health Products Act consistent with the public opinion findings. The press conference will take place in the … Read more

The House of Commons will take a Christmas break. It will sit again Jan. 30, 2012.

Industry Minister Christian Paradis (Megantic-L'Erable, QC) will announce a new initiative aimed at furthering the adoption and use of digital technologies by small and medium-sized businesses. The event will take place at Boomerang Kids Consignment Shop Inc., 255 Richmond Road, Unit 2. Call 613-991-1431.

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) and National Research Council president John R. McDougall will host a special Parliamentary breakfast series to learn more about Canadian research and technology. The topic is "Virtual reality brain surgery." The event will take place in Room 2-2, 165 Sparks Street. Email speakers.bureau@nrc.cnrc.gc.ca.

The Civil Liberties Association-National Capital Association, presents a public interest event and panel discussion on “Civil Rights and Liberties, Law Enforcement, Police Action and Police Conduct.” Panelists include Ottawa Police Chief Vern White, Police Board Chair Eli El-Chantiry, Honorary General Counsel Civil Liberties Association-National Capital Association Lawrence Greenspon and Criminology Professor at Carleton University Darryl … Read more

Speaker of the Senate Noël A. Kinsella is hosting a St. Andrew’s Day Reception with Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop. The event will take place in the Commonwealth Room, 237-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-947-7518.

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) and National Research Council president John R. McDougall will host a special Parliamentary breakfast series to learn more about Canadian research and technology. The topic is "A vaccine against cancer?" The event will take place in Room 2-2, 165 Sparks Street. Email speakers.bureau@nrc.cnrc.gc.ca.