Helen Sherrard, Acting President of the Canadian Health Food Association, is asking Parliamentarians and government officials responsible for regulating Canada’s NHP sector to have NHPs removed as a subset of drugs in the current Food and Drugs Act and be given a distinct category of their own. A press conference will be held in Room … Read more
Governor General David Johnston will present Military Valour Decorations and Meritorious Service Decorations (Military Division) to members of the Canadian and allied forces at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-9166.
Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger (Ottawa-Vanier, ON) Bloc Québécois MP Richard Nadeau (Gatineau, QC) and NDP MP Yvon Godin (Acadie–Bathurst, NB) will make brief statements and be available to answer questions from journalists at the National Press Theatre following the tabling of Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser's 2009-2010 Annual Report. Call 613-992-4766.
Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, AB) will attend the 10th National Diwali Celebration on Parliament Hill at the Government Conference Centre. He will be joined by Citizenship Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, AB) and Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB). Call 613-947-4567.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) will attend a Thanksgiving Service for Brother André at the Olympic Stadium. He will be joined by Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Call 613-957-5555.
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON) will welcome trick-or-treaters with Zsuzsanna Zsohar at his residence, Stornoway, located at 541 Acacia Ave. Call 613-996-6740.
Bloc Quebécois Leader Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC) will speak at the annual benefit dinner for Montreal's Unemployment Committee at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum. Call 613-947-2495.
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, will release findings from Volume II of his 2009–2010 annual report at the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery. Call 613-995-0374.
Yvon Long, formerly senior advance at the PMO, will move to New Brunswick where he will be deputy chief of staff for Premier Alward. There will be a goodbye party for Long at the Met. The event will also be a goodbye party for Catherine Loubier.
Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge,ON) will make an announcement related to the Government of Canada's commitment to northern research at Carleton University. Call 613-996-3861.
