Event Location: Ottawa

Governor General David Johnston will welcome Aga Khan, 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network at Rideau Hall.

Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre, ON) and Immigration Consultant MacDonald Scott will speak at room 130-S in Centre Block, in support of the safe return to Canada of the Tabaj family, whose application for protection was accepted and then revoked by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Call 613-947-5000.

 Justice Minister Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls, ON) and Conservative MP Shelly Glover (Saint-Boniface, MB) will make a justice-related funding announcement at the Old City Hall. Call 613-992-4621.

Chief Government Whip Gordon O'Connor (Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON) will announce a repayable government investment in a research and development project being undertaken by D-TA Systems Inc. at the company's offices at 2500 Lancaster Road. Call 613-995-9001.

Bloc Québécois MP Carole Freeman (Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC) will present the Bloc's ideas to improve the guaranteed revenue supplement program at room 130-S in Centre Block. Call 613-947-2495.

The second annual report of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman, J. Paul Dube, is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament by National Revenue Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB). The report highlights the activities and achievements of the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman during its second year in operation. Call 613-946-2722.

NDP Agriculture Critic Malcolm Allen (Welland, ON) will hold a press conference at room 130-S in Centre Block to discuss his new “National Local Food Day” Bill. Call 613-222-5048.

Bloc Québecois leader Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC) will be at the launch of the new book Gilles Duceppe, Entretiens avec Gilles Toupin with the author Gilles Toupin at room 200 in the West Block. Call 613 947-2495.

Liberal MP Keith Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC) will host a discussion on the technology of the NEPTUNE Canada and VENUS ocean observatories at 131 Queen Street. Call 613-996-8092.

NDP MP Peter Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS) will be discussing the future of shipbuilding in Canada in light of the Conservative government’s recent decision to eliminate customs tariffs on imported vessels at the National Press Theatre. Call 613-720-6400.