PAGSE presents a talk “When Failure is not an Option: New Lessons for Making Canada’s Buildings and Bridges Safer” with Denis Mitchell, McGill University, at the Government Conference Centre. Call 613-991-6369.
The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians invites all Senators and Members to a reception to mark the resumption of the parliamentary session in Room 256-S, Centre Block. Call 613-947-1690.
Canada 2020 presents a panel discussion “Pre-Budget Debate 2011” with moderator Don Newman, and panelists including Kevin Page, PBO and Jim Stanford, CAW, at the Chateau Laurier. Email info@canada2020.ca.
Carleton University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte welcomes India High Commission S.M. Gavai, Deputy High Commissioner Narinder Chauan, and Pradeep Merchant, Indo-Canada Business Centre for the launch of The Year of India in Canada and a celebration of a major investment in the university’s Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy. Email Amy_Guest@Carleton.ca.
Infrastructure Canada invites media to attend an important infrastructure event at the Orleans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre, 105-240 Centrum Boulevard. Call 613-834-1800.
The Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care is holding its annual general meeting at Saint Vincent Hospital, 60 Cambridge Street North. Call 613) 241-3663 Ext: 229.
Governor General David Johnston hosts a public winter celebration at Rideau Hall. The Embassy of Finland will be there offering an opportunity to try out a Finnish kick sled. Call 613-998-0287.
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) will be joined by Bashir Makhtal’s wife Asiso Osman Abdi, his lawyer Lorne Waldman and Amnesty International’s Alex Neve in Room 130-S, Centre Block, to demand the Prime Minister take action to secure Makhtal’s release from an Ethiopian prison. Call 613-850-3448.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre (Nepean-Carleton, ON) ill meet with high school students to discuss ways to prevent young Canadians from taking up smoking at St. Joseph High School. Call 613-957-2983.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, AB) director of communications, along with senior government officials will hold a briefing on the Prime Minister's visit to Switzerland and Morocco at the National Press Theatre. Call 613 995-1851.
