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From June 30 to July 5, 2016, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., led a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to France. The delegation was composed of Mrs. Karen Furey, as well as the Honourable Senators Elizabeth Marshall and Fabian Manning. Accompanying the delegation were Mr. Charles Robert, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments, Mr. Stuart ...

The visit served to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and allowed the delegates to meet with various Canadian officials. A number of topics were discussed, including the functioning of the Parliament of Canada, Parliamentary procedure in a bicameral Parliament and a provincial parliament, accountability, the role of parliamentary officers , trade, immigration, and education.

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Le discours principal, qui s’intitulait How corruption undermines democracy and development: the need for parliamentary engagement [les effets délétères de la corruption sur la démocratie et le développement : les parlementaires doivent agir], a été prononcé par la présidente du conseil d’administration de Transparency ...

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation respecting its participation at the Fourth Northern Dimension Parliamentary Forum and the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Reykjavik, Iceland May 10-12, 2015

The multiple members of the parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) that attended the seminar held by the APF Network of Women Parliamentarians, which addressed both the role of women parliamentarians in promoting a gender perspective while preparing national budgets and the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of ...

In Ottawa discussions covered a wide range of topics such as the situation in Afghanistan, the environment, the working holiday program for young people in Australia and Canada, agricultural issues, parliamentary reform legislation in Canada and the parliamentary budget process and service provided to parliamentarians.

As a member of the Swedish delegation to the IPU, he could express the point of view of his Parliament. The Union needed a pluri-annual strategy; if its action programme were limited to one year at a time, then it would not obtain financing from funders. A strategic plan had therefore been proposed, but to be applicable, it required financing.

Topics of common interests were deliberated upon, such as the security of the parliamentary precincts, work-life balance for parliamentarians, programs to support parliamentarians with disabilities, and the long terms plans for the renovation of the parliamentary precincts.

Le discours principal, qui s’intitulait How corruption undermines democracy and development: the need for parliamentary engagement [les effets délétères de la corruption sur la démocratie et le développement : les parlementaires doivent agir], a été prononcé par la présidente du conseil d’administration de Transparency ...