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From 23-25 February 2008, Mr. Rob Merrifield, M.P., co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), led a delegation to the winter meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) in Washington, D.C. The delegation included Senators Wilfred Moore and Len Gustafson as well as Mr. James Rajotte, M.P. The theme for the NGA’s activities this year – including the ...

During this event, participants discussed the role of parliamentarians and public authorities during times of crisis. They also talked about the part played by the public sector as well as the relationship between public and private actors. Participants highlighted several of the challenges the world is facing, including the global water crisis, inequity and poverty, and climate change, and ...

The IPG 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. Members of the IPG’s Canadian Section meet regularly with their federal counterparts and, in recent years, have attended meetings of governors and ...

On July 22nd 2020, Mr. Marc Serré, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, and Senator Rosa Galvez, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas and Vice-President (North America) of ParlAmericas' PNCC, participated in a virtual meeting on the topic of “Gender-Responsiveness and Disaster Resilience during the COVID-19 Crisis.” Participants included parliamentarians ...

Aux parlementaires venus de tous les coins du monde pour assister à notre Conférence, se joignent des diplomates commerciaux, des représentants d’organismes internationaux, du monde universitaire et des médias de masse. Je souhaite la plus chaleureuse des bienvenues à tous les participants et observateurs, au nom du président de l’UIP, le Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab, qui ne peut ...

The 4th Industrial Revolution. Each day covered a different theme and consisted of panel sessions covering different topics. Presenters included parliamentarians, academics and industry experts. The objective of the conference was to challenge participants to think about how the Commonwealth, parliaments and democracies will evolve in the next 10, 50 or even 100 years. The conference was ...

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting and extended a particular welcome to Ms Asta Möller (Iceland) who was attending the Steering Committee for the first time as the 12+ Group’s representative on the IPU Executive Committee. He noted that it was the International Day of Democracy and that a number of events were planned in 12+ Group national parliaments to mark the occasion.

The 4th Industrial Revolution. Each day covered a different theme and consisted of panel sessions covering different topics. Presenters included parliamentarians, academics and industry experts. The objective of the conference was to challenge participants to think about how the Commonwealth, parliaments and democracies will evolve in the next 10, 50 or even 100 years. The conference was ...

The delegation also traveled to Xi’an and Shanghai, where they visited the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi’an National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Song Jiang University Town, the China Executive Leadership Academy (Pudong), the Oriental Pearl Tower, Yu Garden, the Shanghai Urban Planning ...

The NGA, which meets in the winter and summer each year, is supervised by a chair, vice chair and nine-person executive committee, and governors participate on five issue-related standing committees – Economic Development and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Natural Resources – and, on occasion, on special ad hoc ...