Event Location: Ottawa

The Public Policy Forum presents a luncheon with John Kao, who will discuss “The New Geography of Innovation" at the National Arts Centre. Visit www.ppforum.ca.

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada is celebrating the holiday season with members, friends and fellow public administration colleagues at Tosca Ristorante. Email nancy.faraday-smith@fin.gc.ca.

In conjunction with Spirits Canada, Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg South, MB) invites Parliamentarians to a Christmas cocktail toasting the closing of West Block in Room 310. Call 613-995-7517.

Liberal MP Ujaal Dosangh (Vancouver South, BC) will discuss “Defending Health Care: Public Solutions for a Public System" at the Chateau Laurier Hotel. Visit www.economicclub.ca.

On behalf of Human Resource Minister Diane Finley (Haldimand-Norfolk,ON), Parliamentary Secretary Ed Kormarnicki (Souris-Moose Mountain,SK) will announce Foreign Credential Recognition Program funding to four organizations at the Community Counselling Service in the University of Ottawa's Lamoureux Hall, Room 207. Call 819-994-2482.

On behalf of Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge,ON), Conservative MP Royal Galipeau (Ottawa-Orléans,ON) will make an economic development funding announcement for Southern Ontario at Salon Richelieu, Mouvement d'implication francophone d'Orleans, 6600 Carriere St. Call 613-943-7599.

Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North,ON) will announce a new Private Member's Bill on Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemic Disorders in Room 130-S, Centre Block. Call 613-995-4702.

NDP Leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth,ON) will convene with United Steelworkers Canadian Director Ken Neumann and political, labour and community leaders to unveil a new proposal to reform the Investment Canada Act at the national office of the Communications, Energy and Paperworks Union of Canada, 301 Laurier Avenue West. Call 416-434-2221.

Governor General David Johnston will present the 2010 Killam Prizes to five accomplished researchers at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Call 613-993-8158.

Members of the Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee, the Harkat family, supporters and lawyers will gather at the Human Rights Monument at Elgin and Lisgar streets to mourn the security ruling released against Mohamed Harkat. Call 613-276-9102.