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A Canadian delegation participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) parliamentary event organized with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), held during the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), on 11 March 2015 at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The IPU’s theme was Parliaments for Gender ...

· email and websites can be expensive forms of interaction, particularly in certain parts of the world · keys to success include: § interactivity § email management § the prevention of Internet abuse § rapid Parliamentary response to citizen emails

Colombier agreed, noting that campaigns focus more on form and personalities than on substance. Senator Conway Mouret added that, increasingly, major political rallies during campaigns resemble big political gatherings in the United States with bands, staged entries and multiple photo opportunities.

A delegation of three parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Stockholm, Sweden, for meetings on the upcoming Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and to Strasbourg, France, for the Second Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The delegation was led by Association President David Tilson ...

The session featured presentations by Mr. Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the IPU; Ms. Anita Bhatia, UN Women; Ms. Hilary Gbedemah, Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women Committee; and Ms. Carmen Alanis, Former Chief Justice of Mexico.

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

It is a daunting experience to follow Dr. Hovelsrud from Norway and Mr. Nakkalajarri from Finland, in connection with adaptation to climate change. It is doubly daunting because I am here pinch-hitting for Bob Mills, whom we all know, and who is the victim of the uncertainty as part of Canada’s minority government with the prospect that the government may be falling at any time, provoking a ...

It is a daunting experience to follow Dr. Hovelsrud from Norway and Mr. Nakkalajarri from Finland, in connection with adaptation to climate change. It is doubly daunting because I am here pinch-hitting for Bob Mills, whom we all know, and who is the victim of the uncertainty as part of Canada’s minority government with the prospect that the government may be falling at any time, provoking a ...

The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign states. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and cooperation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. To this end, it: o Fosters contacts, co-ordination, and the exchange of experience among parliaments and ...

It is a daunting experience to follow Dr. Hovelsrud from Norway and Mr. Nakkalajarri from Finland, in connection with adaptation to climate change. It is doubly daunting because I am here pinch-hitting for Bob Mills, whom we all know, and who is the victim of the uncertainty as part of Canada’s minority government with the prospect that the government may be falling at any time, provoking a ...