Members of the Algonquin First Nation of Barriere Lake, activists and human rights groups will meet at Parliament Hill to challenge the Harper government to honour an environmental agreement concerning Barriere Lake. Call 819-860-4121.
The Canadian Medical Association will launch a national initiative on the future of Canada's health care system in the Ottawa Hospital's second floor auditorium. Call 613-731-8610.
The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, in collaboration with the National Capital Commission, will announce the opening of a new exhibition called the The National Capital Commission Official Residences Crown Collection at Rideau Hall. Call 613-993-8158.
The Canadian Labour Congress will present funds raised by a speaking tour to Abousfian Abdelrazik in honour of of International Human Rights Day at the Westin Hotel. Abdelrazik is a Canadian who has faced human rights infringements and been black-listed by the UN Security Council despite never being charged with a crime. Call 613-878-6040.
NDP MPs Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Valley, BC) and Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, MB) will be joined by two members of the Solidarity Delegation from Asia to Quebec to urge the government to pass legislation banning Asbestos exports from Canada in Room 130-S, Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Call 613-720-6400.
Pakistani social activist Khawar Mumtaz will deliver a lecture at Canada’s International Development Research Centre in which she will examine how inequality, religion, and gender intersect to further women’s oppression in Pakistan and inhibit social change. Call 613-696-2343.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) will deliver remarks at the Conservative Caucus Christmas Party at the Crowne Plaza Ottawa. Call 613-957-5555.
Liberal MPs Siobhan Coady (St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL) and Alexandra Mendès (Brossard—La Prairie, QC) will hold a press conference to discuss government waste in the Hall of Honour in the House of Commons. Call 613-992-0927.
Governor General David Johnston will preside over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-9166.
NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe, ON), will table new legislation that will allow people to make a one-time, over-the-limit contribution of any severance pay to an RRSP in Room 130-S, Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Call 613-222-5048.
