ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Hon. Art Eggleton, a member of the Parliament of Canada, will visit Cornell University Friday, Nov. 22, to give a talk on "Canada-U.S. Relations in the Post-9/11 Era."

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Eggleton served as Canada's minister of national defense from 1997 to 2002. He previously held the positions of president of the Treasury Board and minister responsible for infrastructure (1993 to 1996) and of minister of international trade from January 1996 to June 1997. Before entering federal politics, Eggleton was the mayor of Toronto for 11 years, the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.

Within the context that Canada is the United States' largest trading partner and the two countries share the world's longest undefended border, Eggleton will speak both about bilateral issues and major international political, security and legal concerns of the two countries.

Eggleton's talk is hosted by the Canadians at Cornell Club (CACC), which, with more than 225 members, may be the largest Canadian student association in the Ivy League. Student Daniel Braun, president of the CACC, said that Eggleton, who as a cabinet member, has been at the center of Canadian federal political decision-making for most of the past decade, is an ideal person to speak to the Cornell community about these vital bilateral and international issues.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students, Cornell Law School, the government department, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Institute for European Studies, the International Students Programming Board and the Student Assembly Finance Commission.