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Presenters emphasized the gendered treatment of parliamentarians and other public figures online, noting that women face a higher degree of personal abuse and aggressive behaviour. As many presenters observed, beyond negatively impacting the lives of those who are targeted, online harassment undermines democracy and limits free speech by discouraging women and girls from being politically active.

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 ...

The national CSG conference provides members of the Canadian Section with an important opportunity to speak with state legislators and selected governors from throughout the United States. At this meeting, the delegation was particularly pleased to be able to support their provincial colleagues in advocating resolutions in two areas: the United States’ mandatory country-of-origin labelling ...

The Canadian Branch of the CWP is administered by a steering committee that represents the views and concerns of women parliamentarians throughout Canada and develops programs to support the objectives of the CWP in the region. This committee is composed of one representative from each province and territory and one from the federal Parliament. A chair oversees its activities and represents ...

The Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator, attended this Committee meeting on Civil Dimension of Security to learn about Estonia’s experience in building resilience to disinformation and cyberthreats.

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), gave the keynote address, highlighting how the pandemic has affected the economic situation in the Americas and Caribbean region and outlining proposals that could help mitigate its effects. She explained that ECLAC expects that, in 2020, the gross domestic product of the Americas and ...

More generally, the interaction with Governors, state legislators and federal counterparts enables members of the IPG to achieve better the aim of finding points of convergence in respective policies, initiating dialogue on points of divergence, encouraging exchanges of information and promoting better understanding on shared issues of concern. Moreover, the meetings provide the members of the ...

The meeting was attended by the Honourable Senators Jim Munson, Co-Chair; Salma Ataullahjan; René Cormier; Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia; and MPs Sven Spengemann, Co-Chair; Rob Oliphant; Terry Duguid, Yasmin Ratansi; and Gabriel Ste-Marie. First, they welcomed the Chargé d’affaires and a Minister representing the Kenya High Commission in Canada, who discussed current affairs in Kenya and answered ...

The Co-Chairs began their visit to Tokyo by receiving a briefing by Ambassador Jonathan Fried. Discussions with Japanese Parliamentarians focused on bilateral relations, domestic and international politics, trade and investment, including the recent signing of a declaration committing both groups to the promotion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the two legislatures, peace ...

La délégation parlementaire de la Section canadienne de l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) qui a participé à la réunion de la Commission politique de l’APF tenue à Strasbourg (France) les 10 et 11 avril 2008 a l'honneur de présenter son rapport. Composée de madame Vivian Barbot, députée, la délégation était accompagnée de monsieur Jean Michel Roy, secrétaire ...