December 17, 2022
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU)
The Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU) hosted the 41st Interparliamentary Meeting (IPM) with the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Canada (D-CA) in Ottawa on 17 December 2022.
The IPM consisted of four panels and question-and-answer sessions on the following subjects: • the Fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement; • the regulation of large technology firms; • Canada-EU energy security and climate change cooperation; • global displacement. The CAEU participants were: Mr. Francesco Sorbara, M.P. and President; the Hon. Tony Loffreda, Senator; the Hon. Victor Oh, Senator; the Hon. Lucie Moncion, Senator; the Hon. David Wells, Senator; Stéphane Bergeron, M.P.; and Marie-France Lalonde, M.P. The D-CA participants were: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Chair, France); Damian Boeselager (Germany); Ondrej Kovarík (Czechia); Dorien Rookmaker (Netherlands); and Hildegard Bentele (Germany). The following external participants also took part in the IPM: • Patrick Leblond, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa; • Achim Hurrelmann, Political Science Professor and Co-Director of Centre for European Studies, Carleton University; • Robert Hage, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, former Director General for Europe at Global Affairs Canada; • Brad Callaghan, Associate Deputy Commissioner of the Policy, Planning and Advocacy Directorate at the Competition Bureau; • Vanessa Corkal, Senior Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development; and • Rema Jamous Imseis, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canada Representative.
Jessica Kulka
Association Secretary
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