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Visit of the Honourable Greg Fergus, P.C., M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, and a Parliamentary Delegation, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria From April 24 to 26, 2024, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Greg Fergus, P.C., M.P., led a parliamentary delegation to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. The delegation consisted of Mr. Peter Julian, M.P., and Ms ...

Founded 100 years ago when President Theodore Roosevelt gathered state governors in order to discuss the nation’s resources, the NGA is the collective voice of US 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 US Administration on federal issues that affect them, and ...

A CAAF delegation travelled to Ethiopia and Rwanda for meetings with parliamentarians, government officials, and members of civil society organizations and regional bodies. Meetings focused on parliamentary relations, peace and security, economic cooperation, and social and political issues. CAAF Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association October 7 - 12, 2018

Parliamentary Associations Associations promote the country’s interests abroad on a continuing basis and are composed of both members of the Senate and of the House of Commons.

The seminar was conducted over two days in each country. The members of the delegation made presentations to explain how parliamentary democracy works in Canada. The members of the national assemblies of each country visited were given the opportunity to provide input by asking questions about the topics covered in the seminar. In each country, the discussions were led by a moderator from the ...

On May 16, the new president of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, officially began his five-year mandate as Head of State. Sarkozy, representing the centre-right UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire) won 53.1% of the vote to defeat his socialist rival, Ségolène Royal, in the presidential election held on May 6. Record voter turnout (84 %) illustrated the importance the French public ...

From February 19 to 22, 2024, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, led a parliamentary delegation to the United Kingdom and Ireland. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator, the Honourable Percy Mockler, Senator, and the Honourable Colin Deacon, Senator.

From August 29th to September 4th, 2010, nine Canadian parliamentarians were in Alberta to take part in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association. Senator Claudette Tardif headed the Canadian delegation, which consisted of Senators Jean-Claude Rivest and Gérald Comeau, and Steven Blaney, Lois Brown, Paule Brunelle, Yvon Godin, Bernard Patry and Mario Silva ...

The purposes of this bilateral visit were many. In broad terms, the delegation held as an objective to convene meetings with a wide variety of groups and individuals, including Haitian parliamentarians, Canadian officials and stakeholders, and personnel and professionals providing services on the ground to Haitians. These meetings were meant to provide the delegation with a more complete ...

The parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) that attended the France-Canada Symposium, “L’empreinte de la France au Canada après 400 ans”, in Paris, France, on March 7 and 8, 2008 has the honour to present its report. The delegation was composed of the Honourable Pierre De Bané, Senator.