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On the Seventeenth Bilateral Meeting with the Japan-Canada Diet Friendship League
The Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CJIG) hosted the 17th Bilateral Meeting from January 3 – 7, 2011 in Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler, British Columbia. Led by the Co-Chairs, the Honourable Bryon Wilfert, P.C., M.P., and the Honourable David Tkachuk, the delegation was composed of the following parliamentarians: Dennis Bevington, M.P., Tony Martin, M.P., Christian Ouellet, M.P., Mike Wallace, M.P., Terence Young, M.P., and accompanied by the Executive Secretary, Elizabeth Kingston. The visit culminated in the signing of a joint declaration by parliamentarians encouraging the governments of both Japan and Canada to undertake discussions leading to an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the two countries. The CJIG intends to encourage the Canadian Government to pursue such discussions at the earliest opportunity.
A copy of the declaration is found enclosed to the Report.
A summary of the expenditures incurred for this activity is appended.
Respectfully submitted,
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