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The objectives of the visit were as such: · discuss the current political dynamic in the United Kingdom and Canada · compare and contrast parliamentary systems · explore the functioning of minority parliaments · discuss the relationship between the federal and provincial governments within Canada and the powers of the Welsh Assembly and Westminster · discuss the role of party politics and ...

The delegation has the honour to table its Report The delegation was comprised of the following members: The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Senator, Speaker of the Senate Mrs. Ann Kinsella The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Senator The Honourable George Furey, Senator The Honourable Michael MacDonald, Senator Ms. Janelle Feldstein, Chief of Staff Mr. Charles Robert, Principal Clerk, Chamber ...

Cameroon is situated on the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the equator. Its neighbours are Chad to the north, Nigeria to the west, the Central African Republic to the east, and the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south. Its rugged terrain covers approximately 475,440 km2 (approximately the area of the Yukon). Yaoundé, a city located in the interior, serves as the ...

Founded in 1975, the National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization serving the legislators and legislative staff of the 50 U.S. states as well as its commonwealths and territories. The NCSL provides research, technical assistance and a venue for the exchange of ideas on state issues. It also advocates state interests before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies. The ...

The delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association which attended the 55th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Arusha, Tanzania from September 28 to October 6, 2009, has the honour to present its report.

I am very honoured to be chairing this session on Trade and Economic Cooperation in the Mediterranean at this year’s OSCE PA Mediterranean Forum. As you know, I have a very strong and longstanding interest in both the Mediterranean and in trade and economic issues. I have attended many meetings of the Mediterranean Forum; I also attended the special hearing organized by Mr. Alcee Hastings ...

Mr. Ted Opitz led a Canadian delegation of two, including Mr. Dennis Bevington, to the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (the Standing Committee) held in Stockholm, Sweden, 14 February 2012. Accompanying the delegation was Mr. Tim Williams from the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament as advisor to the delegation.

The Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group aims to find points of convergence in respective national policies, to initiate dialogue on points of divergence, to encourage the exchange of information, and to promote better understanding among legislators on shared issues of concern. In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian ...

Members of the European Parliament, of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, of the Baltic Assembly, of the Nordic Council, and of the network of Barents parliamentarians, met at the Parliamentary Conference on the Northern Dimension in the European Parliament in Brussels on 28 February - 1 March 2007 to debate the new Northern ...

A delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from February 19-24, 2011. The Canadian Branch was represented by the following delegation: · Mr. Russ Hiebert, MP, Chair of the Canadian Branch, Leader of the delegation · The Honourable Elizabeth Hubley, Senator · The Honourable Donald Plett, Senator · Mr. Merv ...