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“The NGA’s meeting provided us with an unparalleled opportunity to speak with U.S. governors about a range of issues that are important to Canada and the United States, and – more specifically – to their state. I know that I speak on behalf of my colleagues in saying that we value the relationships with governors that we’ve been building over time, and always look forward to getting ...

Du 31 août au 7 septembre 2011, neuf parlementaires canadiens se sont rendus en France pour participer à la 38e Réunion annuelle de l’Association interparlementaire Canada-France. La sénatrice Claudette Tardif dirigeait la délégation composée du sénateur Gérald Comeau, du sénateur Jean-Claude Rivest, ainsi que des députés Lois Brown, Jacques Gourde, Bernard Trottier, Yvon Godin ...

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting and extended a particular welcome to Mr Daniel Reisiegel (Czech Republic) who was attending the Steering Committee for the first time as part of the rotating membership system between Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Mr Reisiegel’s colleague Ms Hana Sediva was also welcomed as an observer.

· I would like to begin by congratulating and thanking our hosts for organising this conference, for their choice of in topic, and for allowing us the opportunity to continue the debates and discussion on such a timely issue and which we began in Oslo during our Annual Session.

· There is general agreement with the conclusion reached by the leaders of the Group of Twenty nations at the recent Seoul Summit: “When we first gathered in November 2008 …, we pledged to support and stabilize the global economy, and … to lay the foundation for reform … . Over the past four Summits, we have worked with unprecedented cooperation to break the dramatic fall in the ...

“A great many of the sessions at the CSG’s annual conference were very interesting and have relevance for both Canada and the United States,” said Senator Moore. “The cybersecurity presentations were most timely. I believe there’s an immediate need for state and provincial governments, as well as our federal governments, to take actions to protect data. They should have plans to ...

Le Comité s'est mis d'accord pour une série de réunions. Les 7 et 8 mai, une réunion au sommet concernant la crise économique aura lieu à Genève. Des experts seront invités à y donner des présentations sur une variété de sujets. A l’Assemblée de Addis il sera demandé au Conseil de fournir une répartition du budget pour les coûts de l'interprétation et autres, se montant à ...

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation on the I. Parliamentary Mission to Sweden, the Country that Will Next Hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union II. Second Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Stockholm, Sweden, and Strasbourg, France April 23 - 30, 2009 - Diplomacy ...

From July 10-12, 2011, the Honourable Senator Janis Johnson led a delegation of members of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to the 35th Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The other members of the delegation were the Honourable Senator Wilfred Moore and Mr. Terence Young, M.P ...

From May 16 to 21, 2008, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, led an official delegation composed of the Honourable Senators Gerald J. Comeau, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate; Serge Joyal, P.C.; Jean-Claude Rivest; W. David Angus, Q.C.; Pierre Claude Nolin and Lise Bacon, President of the Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association. The delegation also ...