Actually, it's Wilfrid Laurier's birthday on November 20. (He'd be, ah,... 167.)
To mark the event, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada is hosting a lunchtime panel: André Pratte, Senator Serge Joyal, John Duffy, and me, considering "What would Laurier do?"
If you are in Montreal next Thursday, here's the 411 on it.