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This report provides an overview of the delegation’s participation in the 34th Annual Inter-parliamentary meeting between the Canadian Parliament and the European Parliament, as well as meetings attended in Copenhagen focussing on Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

From 18–22 August 2014, Senator Michael L. MacDonald, Vice-Chair, led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to the annual legislative summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The delegation also included Senator Joseph Day, the Honourable Rob Merrifield, P.C., M.P ...

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 ...

Le Programme d’études des hauts fonctionnaires parlementaires (PEHFP) Une séance en anglais du Programme d’études des hauts fonctionnaires parlementaires a eu lieu du 24 au 28 février 2020. Quatorze hauts fonctionnaires parlementaires des assemblées suivantes y ont pris part : province de l’Alberta (Assemblée législative); les Territoires du nord-ouest (Assemblée législative ...

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.

Conference of Presidencies of the Americas Region – October 5, 2020 MPs Francis Drouin and Chris d’Entremont both participated in the Conference of Presidencies of the Americas Region of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) on October 5, 2020. The chargé de mission for the Americas Region reported on the past year’s activities and financial situation. Parliamentarians ...

Aperçu L’Association vise à étendre les liens bilatéraux traditionnels entre le Canada et le Royaume-Uni par des relations plus modernes et plus dynamiques. Elle a pour mandat de mieux faire comprendre les différences dans le fonctionnement des parlements des deux pays et d’accroître la coopération entre les parlementaires au sujet des questions nationales d’intérêt commun ...

Le 16 juin 2022, plusieurs députés du Parlement canadien, dont la présidente de la Section canadienne de l’Association parlementaire du Commonwealth, Mme Alexandra Mendès, députée, ont rencontré l’hon. Gavin Short et l’hon. Leona Roberts, députés de l’Assemblée législative des îles Falkland. Les députés ont été heureux d’obtenir des précisions sur l’histoire des ...

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation respecting its participation at the 37th Annual Meeting Canada-France Interparliamentary Association Edmonton and Calgary, Canada August 29 th to September 4 th, 2010

On April 21, 2021, the Hon. Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, chaired a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on gender-sensitive parliaments and gender-responsive legal reforms. The Hon. Kim Pate, Senator, Ms. Iqra Khalid, MP, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, MP, and Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen, MP, also attended the meeting, which was moderated by Ms. Sandra Pepera of the National Democratic Institute. In ...