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On 20 October 2020, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU )hosted a virtual briefing for parliamentarians on “UN processes: Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) and the UN definition of poverty.” Presenters included former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, Dr. George Gray Molina from the United Nations Development Programme and Barbara ...

From 4-7 August 2006, members of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group attended the 2006 Annual Meeting of the National Governors Association in Charleston, South Carolina. This report summarizes selected presentations that were made at the meeting, which had the theme of Healthy America. OPENING PRESS CONFERENCE Governors Huckabee (Arkansas), Napolitano ...

Le GIP participait pour la première fois à une conférence parrainée par cette organisation. Fondée en 1986, la BTA – une organisation différente de la Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance qui organise deux conférences par année auxquelles participe le GIP – est une coalition sans but lucratif d’organisations privées et publiques qui s’intéressent aux grands enjeux du ...

From 4-7 August 2006, members of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group attended the 2006 Annual Meeting of the National Governors Association in Charleston, South Carolina. This report summarizes selected presentations that were made at the meeting, which had the theme of Healthy America. OPENING PRESS CONFERENCE Governors Huckabee (Arkansas), Napolitano ...

Mr. Corneliu Chisu, MP, Head of delegation; Senator Michel Rivard; Mr. Bev Shipley, MP; Ms. Nycole Turmel, MP; and Ms. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, MP; travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the first part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE or Assembly), in which Canada enjoys observer status, along with Israel and Mexico. They were accompanied by Association ...

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 ...

Du 17 au 20 février 2015, une délégation de six parlementaires canadiens a assisté à la réunion de l’hiver de l’Assemblée parlementaire de l’OSCE[1] à Vienne, en Autriche. M. Dean Allison, député, a dirigé la délégation, qui comprenait les sénateurs David Tkachuk et Grant Mitchell ainsi que les députés David Tilson, Matthieu Ravignat et Hedy Fry. Accompagneront la ...

Du 31 août au 4 septembre 2008, le député M. Rob Merrifield, coprésident du Groupe interparlementaire Canada-États-Unis, a dirigé une délégation au congrès national du Parti républicain qui s’est tenu à Minneapolis, Minnesota. L’honorable John McKay, C.P., député, le sénateur Bert Brown et M. Gord Brown, député, faisaient également partie de la délégation.

Meeting of the Network of Women Parliamentarians – October 6, 2020 In 2002, the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) created the Network of Women Parliamentarians to encourage women to participate more in political, economic, social and cultural life, both at a national level and across all francophone countries. Member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde attended the ...

The Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association conducted a bilateral visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt from March 4 to 6, 2007. The purpose of the Association’s visit was to further the relations with Africa. In addition, other purposes were to engage in dialogue with members of the Egyptian parliament; to strengthen the relationship between Canadian and Egyptian parliamentarians; to further ...