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Senator Forest proposed that a new project be developed on the impact of climate change on island, coastal and waterfront territories in francophone areas. The Committee approved this proposal. The Committee also discussed the economic situation in La Francophonie.

At the 68th annual meeting, each of the SLC’s six committees – Agriculture & Rural Development, Economic Development, Transportation & Cultural Affairs, Education, Energy & Environment, Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations, and Human Services & Public Safety – met. As well, plenary sessions were held and a food packaging community service project occurred. DELEGATION OBJECTIVES FOR THE ...

From 19 – 20 February 2009, five Canadian parliamentarians attended the Winter Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE in Vienna, Austria. The Honourable Senator Consiglio Di Nino led the delegation, which included the Honourable Senator Jerahmiel Grafstein, Mr. David Tilson, Member of Parliament and President of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, Mr. Dean Allison, Member ...

The Committee also addressed various topics, including the issue of digital technology and fake news, and the impact of fake news on parliamentarians’ work. It also discussed the subjects of its next reports and the APF’s future Avis on the Summit of heads of state of the Francophonie.

In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian Section of the IPG have attended meetings of private-public sector groups, such as PNWER. At events such as these, Canadian delegates take the opportunity to engage in conversations that will help achieve the Canadian Section’s objectives, and to communicate the nature and scope of the ...

The Working Group of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) is mandated to develop a policy to prevent and manage harassment within the APF. The Working Group met by videoconference on 4 May 2021. Marie-France Lalonde, Member of Parliament, participated in this meeting on behalf of the Canadian Branch of the APF. At the meeting, the ...

In 2001, growing concern about the apparent drift in transatlantic attitudes, perceptions and policies, prompted the Assembly's Standing Committee to instigate a "Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum" to help identify the precise nature of the divergence in transatlantic thinking and to explore ways in which these differences could be redressed. The programme includes discussions with senior US ...

During the second panel, Eduardo Stein – Joint Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants with the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – mentioned that, of the 5.1 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants, 4.3 million are hosted in Latin American countries. According to him, during the COVID-19 ...

The Administrative Secretary General, Damien Cesselin, discussed the consideration of branch contributions to the upcoming APF strategic framework 2023–2026. Methodology will be developed to enable branches to actively participate in the next framework. Joël Godin and Marie-France Lalonde reiterated the Canadian branch’s desire for better defined, measurable objectives and for the latest ...

She also provided an update on the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian women generally, and on care workers, refugees, members of the Indigenous and underrepresented communities specifically, as well as an update on the vaccination rollout.