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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%).

Parliamentary Officers' Study Program (POSP) An English session of the Parliamentary Officers’ Study Program was held from October 16 to 20, 2023. 13 parliamentary officers from the following legislatures participated: Parliament (Republic of Austria); Legislative Assemblies of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan (Canada); Parliament (Republic of Ghana); National Assembly (Hungary ...

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 October 8 to 11, 2018, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., led a parliamentary delegation on a visit to the Lebanese Republic (Lebanon) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan). The delegation consisted of Mr. David Christopherson, M.P., Mr. Ziad Aboultaif, M.P., and Mr. Fayçal El-Khoury, M.P. The delegation was accompanied by Mr. Brian ...

CPA Post-Election Virtual Seminar for the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago By videoconference Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)

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. There are 8 Multilateral Associations and 5 Bilateral Associations.

From September 26 to 30, 2011, His Excellency Jakup Krasniqi, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, led a parliamentary delegation to Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara-on-the-Lake at the invitation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons.

Attended by newly elected Members of the Anguilla House of Assembly, the Post-Election Seminar featured panelists presenting from across the Commonwealth. This seminar, which is the CPA’s longest running program, was delivered for the first time fully virtually due to travel restrictions in place during the COVID-19 global pandemic ...

Mr. Ognjen Tadic, Second Deputy Speaker, House of Peoples; His Excellency Jacob Finci, Leader of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Jewish Community and Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland;

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%).