Sally Pipes, a Canadian who has critiqued health-care proposals, will speak at a forum sponsored by the Cascade Policy Institute.

The forum will be from noon to 1 p.m. March 28 in Hearing Room 50 of the Capitol. Admission is free; complimentary box lunches will be served if arranged by Monday. Contact: (503) 242-0900 or nancy@cascadepolicy .org

Pipes is a naturalized U.S. citizen and president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco. She is the author of a 2004 book, "Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer."

She is the author of articles about plans in Massachusetts and California. She was a member of the transition team for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003-04.