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Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation respecting its participation at the Election Observation Mission of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly – Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Kyrgyzstan – July 21-24, 2009.

From March 10 to 13, 2019, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., led a parliamentary delegation on a visit to Malaysia. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Larry W. Smith, Senator and the Honourable Marty Deacon, Senator. Accompanying the delegation were Mr. Stuart Barnable, Chief of Staff to the Speaker, and Ms. Evelyne Côté, Secretary to the delegation.

Conference on Multi-Ethnic Societies, Standing Committee Meeting, and Mediterranean Forum of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Montenegro

From 23-25 February 2008, Mr. Rob Merrifield, M.P., co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), led a delegation to the winter meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) in Washington, D.C. The delegation included Senators Wilfred Moore and Len Gustafson as well as Mr. James Rajotte, M.P. The theme for the NGA’s activities this year – including the ...

From October 16 to 21, 2017, the Honorable George J. Furey, QC, Speaker of the Senate, and the Honorable Geoff Regan, PC, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, received His Excellency Gordan Jandrokovic, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, and a parliamentary delegation during an official visit to Ottawa and Toronto.

The delegation was composed of Senator Jean-Marc Todeschini, First Questeur of the Senate and Vice-Chair of the France–Canada Friendship Group, as well as senior officials from the Senate. His Excellency Philippe Zeller, Ambassador of France to Canada, also accompanied the delegation. In Ottawa, the delegation visited Parliament and met:

The Seventh Conference was hosted by the Swedish Parliament and it was held in the mining town of Kiruna, located at latitude 67° 49’ 19” north of the equator. The Conference was attended by thirty three elected representatives from seven of the eight member states of the Arctic Council and three from the European Parliament as well as approximately 80 observers, invited guests, and ...

A key element of the OSCE’s mandate is the promotion of democratic elections. To this end, the Canadian delegation to OSCE PA has participated in numerous international election observation missions. As a community of countries committed to democracy, the OSCE has placed great emphasis on promoting democratic elections as a key pillar of stability. All OSCE participating States have ...

Mr. Harsha Vardhana Singh, Deputy Director-General of the WTO appeared before Members of the Steering Committee. He stressed the importance of parliamentary participation at the WTO and how relations between parliamentarians and the WTO have grown since 1999. WTO depends upon the involvement and support of the legislatures of its 153 members, not only to share information with their ...

The parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Branch that participated in the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) held in Brussels, Belgium, on February 19 and 20, 2008, has the honour to present its report. Composed of the Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Senator and Chair of the Network, the ...