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From 10 to 11 May 2022, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association hosted a Seminar for Parliamentarians of the 12th Parliament of Guyana. Ms. Brenda Shanahan, Member of Parliament, was invited to provide remarks during a session on “Codes of Conduct, Transparency and Integrity” held on 10 May 2022. This session examined the importance of members maintaining high ethical standards ...

The Canadian Section of the IPG has a long association with the Can/Am BTA, and typically attends both the fall meeting in Washington, D.C. and its spring meeting in Ottawa. The Can/Am BTA is a coalition of businesses, public-sector organizations and individuals with an interest in bilateral trade and tourism. Its mission is to maximize commercial activity and ensure continued growth in cross ...

A delegation of three parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in which Canada enjoys observer status along with Israel and Mexico. The delegation was led by Association president the Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, and included from the Senate the Hon ...

Speaking in the debate on “External relations of the Council of Europe,” Mme. Lalonde emphasized the importance of the Parliamentary Assembly as a “true parliament of parliamentarians” whose work stands out among international and inter-parliamentary assemblies, not only in terms of the breadth of subject areas addressed in reports ...

As well, on 24 February 2014, the delegation met with representatives of the Canadian American Business Council. Issues that were discussed included the Keystone XL pipeline application, selected environmental concerns, the U.S. customs plaza at the Detroit-Windsor international crossing and other shared border topics, the safety of transportation of goods by rail, truck pre-clearance at the ...

The Parliamentary Conference on the Global Economic Crisis was organized on the initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to educate parliamentarians on the current economic upheaval and to give them the opportunity to meet with highly qualified experts and benefit from their knowledge. Another objective of the conference was to develop ideas for a parliamentary strategy.

Canada as a whole makes up one of the regions of the CPA, and its 14 branches correspond to the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies and the federal Parliament. Within the Canadian region, legislators can take part in a wide range of exchange programs, conferences and seminars.

Hausser briefed the delegation on the several specific issues such as the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, visas, the European Union’s Fuel Quality Directive, safe energy supplies for Europe, recent European Parliament elections, and the Permanent Representative’s Work with the Committee of Ministers of the ...

The Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) is a parliamentary body comprising delegations appointed by the national parliaments of the Arctic states (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States of America) and the European Parliament. The conference also includes Permanent Participants representing Indigenous peoples, as well as observers ...

From 29 June to 3 July 2008, four Canadian parliamentarians travelled to Astana to attend the seventeenth Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE. The Honourable Senator Consiglio Di Nino led the delegation, which was composed of the Honourable Senator Jerahmiel Grafstein, Bev Shipley and Peter Goldring, members of Parliament. The delegation was accompanied by Elizabeth Rody ...