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On September 26, 2022, the Hon. Marilou McPhedran, Senator, attended a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Twelve Plus Group in her capacity as a Bureau member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Sustainable Development Committee. Participants discussed several matters relating to the Group’s activities, including its priorities at the 145th Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda ...

The meeting was attended by the Honourable Senators Jim Munson, Co-Chair; Salma Ataullahjan; René Cormier; Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia; and MPs Sven Spengemann, Co-Chair; Rob Oliphant; Terry Duguid, Yasmin Ratansi; and Gabriel Ste-Marie. First, they welcomed the Chargé d’affaires and a Minister representing the Kenya High Commission in Canada, who discussed current affairs in Kenya and answered ...

The CPA’s international executive committee (EXCO) meets twice a year, in the spring and just before the annual meeting. This year, however, the meeting was held in August and was held virtually for the first time. The CPA’s constitution authorizes it to control and manage the activities and business of the association. The international executive committee has about 35 members and is led ...

The 61st Meeting of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors occurred virtually on May 17, 2022. Three Canadian parliamentarians participated: • Marc G. Serré, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM), Member of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors (North America) and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation; • The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of CPAM, President of ...

On May 1st 2020, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi – Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – participated in a meeting on the topic of “Virtual parliamentary sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The virtual meeting was co-hosted by CPA and ParlAmericas; it was chaired by Bahamian Senator Ranard Henfield, Vice-President (Caribbean) of ParlAmericas’ Open ...

Founded more than a century ago when President Theodore Roosevelt gathered state governors in order to discuss the nation’s resources, the NGA is the collective voice of U.S. governors from the 50 states, three territories and two commonwealths. It is also a public policy organization that represents the governors on Capitol Hill and before the U.S. Administration on federal issues that ...

Parliamentary Officers' Study Program (POSP) A virtual English session of the Parliamentary Officers’ Study Program was held from January 24 to 27, 2022. Twenty-three parliamentary officers from the following legislatures participated: Province of Alberta (Legislative Assembly); Province of Manitoba (Legislative Assembly); Province of New Brunswick (Legislative Assembly); Province of Ontario ...

From October 10 to 14, 2006, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Peter Milliken, led a parliamentary delegation composed of Mr. Jim Abbott, M.P., the Honourable Larry Bagnell, P.C., M.P., Mr. Patrick Kennedy, Chief of Staff of the Speaker and Mr. Tõnu Onu, Secretary to the delegation.

In Chile, the delegation met with: the President of the Republic, Mr. Ricardo Lagos; the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Gabriel Ascensio; the Speaker of the Senate, Mr. Hernán Larraín; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ignacio Walker; and the Chair of the Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Committee, Ms. Isabel Allende Bussi. The delegates also had the opportunity to visit ...

On May 18, 2023, the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, in collaboration with Mosaïque Interculturelle, held a reception to mark its 20th anniversary and celebrate Africa Day. The event brought together parliamentarians, members of the African diplomatic corps, and distinguished guests, including members of the African diaspora in Canada. The reception began with opening remarks by the ...