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Visit of the Honourable George J. Furey, K.C., Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, State of Israel and Czech Republic From February 26 to March 3, 2023, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, K.C., led a parliamentary delegation to the State of Israel and the Czech Republic. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Senator Donald Neil Plett and the ...

CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments The Honourable Anthony Rota, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was a panelist at the CPA webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers along with participants from Trinidad and ...

CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments The Honourable Anthony Rota, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was a panelist at the CPA webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers along with participants from Trinidad and ...

On April 8, 2019, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., hosted a breakfast meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions in Canada. During the visit of the interim Chamber of the House of Commons in West Block, Speaker Regan provided an overview of the renovations and the challenges of moving a legislature to a new location. He was joined by Chief ...

Visit of the Honourable George J. Furey, QC, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, Democratic Republic of Nepal and Republic of India From February 10 to 14, 2020, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, QC, led a parliamentary delegation to the Democratic Republic of Nepal and the Republic of India. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Senator Donald ...

ParlAmericas held its 30th Meeting of the Board of Directors in the city of Medellin, Colombia. Participants expressed gratitude to the host, Mr. German Blanco, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, for the hospitality shown to them in Medellin. Mr. Randy Hoback, M.P. led a delegation representing the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, which also included the Hon. Michael L. MacDonald, accompanied ...

Parliamentary Officers' Study Program (POSP) An English session of the Parliamentary Officers’ Study Program was held from February 24 – 28, 2020. Fourteen parliamentary officers from the following legislatures participated: Province of Alberta (Legislative Assembly), Northwest Territories (Legislative Assembly); Province of Ontario (Legislative Assembly); Province of Saskatchewan ...

Ms. McPherson was a featured panellist. In her remarks, she noted that Canada has made progress in increasing women’s political participation, particularly in terms of nearly achieving a critical mass of women parliamentarians in the House of Commons (29.5%) and gender parity in the Senate (49.5%).

Ms. McPherson was a featured panellist. In her remarks, she noted that Canada has made progress in increasing women’s political participation, particularly in terms of nearly achieving a critical mass of women parliamentarians in the House of Commons (29.5%) and gender parity in the Senate (49.5%).

From April 15 to 19, 2013, Her Excellency Diloram G. Tashmukhamedova, Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, led a parliamentary delegation to Ottawa and Toronto at the invitation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons. The delegation was composed of Mr. Abdugafur Mamatov, M.P., Chair of the Canada-Uzbekistan ...