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This year’s meeting focused on recent experiences in promoting legislation, policy and programs benefiting women, as well as on barriers to gender equality in politics and society. The meeting also included a strategic planning sessions on empowering parliamentarians as agents of change. The Gathering was attended by 58 parliamentarians from 25 countries across the hemisphere.

The high price of oil has certainly been a windfall, but not entirely given its vulnerability to demand and strong global economic performance. As a result, the global downturn and financial crisis is projected to slow the region’s economic growth rate to 3.3% in 2009.

The 19 states in the WGA (see Appendix) and Canada share a mutually beneficial relationship, and nine of those states have Canada as their primary foreign export market. According to recent figures, more than 2.3 million jobs in these19 states rely on Canada-U.S. trade; bilateral trade in a 12 month period was recently valued at nearly $126 billion US D: about $45.9 billion USD was exported ...

Joseph Kelliher, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · there are a variety of electricity issues that must be addressed, including transmission siting, inadequate infrastructure for generation and transmission, market manipulation, poor market rules and reliability, although progress is being made · with changes in 2005, there are now significant penalties for market manipulation · with ...

On December 3, 2020, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the European Parliament co-hosted a discussion on international trade policies that could help to mitigate the global economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event brought together approximately 50 participants, including parliamentarians and representatives from various international organizations. The webinar featured ...

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 ...

The idea for a Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group started in the United States. In May 1957, a report by US Representatives Frank M. Coffin and Brooks Hays suggested the establishment of some form of parliamentary consultation between our countries. In June 1958, the Prime Minister of Canada mentioned the concept in a speech, and in July the subject was discussed by the US ...

In its 1979 report, the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability (Lambert Commission) observed “deputy heads are not regularly held accountable in a systematic or coherent way for program management and departmental administration.”([3]) The Commission recommended that “the deputy minister as chief administrative officer account for his performance of specific ...

A delegation of 20 parliamentarians from 12 NATO member states and Sweden, an associate member, visited Austin and the Permian Basin around Midland, Texas from 24 to 28 June 2013. The main focus of the visit was to explore the boom in unconventional oil and gas production in the United States as a whole and in Texas in particular. The boom is not only radically altering the energy outlook of ...

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