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The delegates also met with the Honourable Anthony Rota, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and Greg Peters, the Usher of the Black Rod. In addition, they attended Question Period and conducted a site visit to the Centre Block of Parliament, currently undergoing renovations as part of the Long-Term Vision and Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct.

He emphasized recent developments in Canada, including the enactment of the Gender Equality Week Act in 2018, legislation which he had introduced in the House of Commons during the 42nd Parliament.

From the House of Commons: Mike Wallace, Head of Delegation, Peter Braid, Pierre Lemieux, Alex Atamanenko, Alexandrine Latendresse, Hon. John McCallum. The delegation was assisted by Roger Préfontaine, Executive Secretary of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group and the Canada-China Legislative Association.

Participants heard presentations by: the Honourable Juan Watterson, Speaker of the Isle of Man’s House of Keys; Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, Secretary-General of the Board of Brazil’s Senate; and Matthew Hamlyn, Strategic Director of the Chamber Business Team of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons.

From March 9 to 11, 2015, His Excellency Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, led a parliamentary delegation to Ottawa at the invitation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons.

He emphasized recent developments in Canada, including the enactment of the Gender Equality Week Act in 2018, legislation which he had introduced in the House of Commons during the 42nd Parliament.

Participants heard presentations by: the Honourable Juan Watterson, Speaker of the Isle of Man’s House of Keys; Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, Secretary-General of the Board of Brazil’s Senate; and Matthew Hamlyn, Strategic Director of the Chamber Business Team of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons.

He emphasized recent developments in Canada, including the enactment of the Gender Equality Week Act in 2018, legislation which he had introduced in the House of Commons during the 42nd Parliament.

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation to the America Region Mission Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 6-7, 2007 - Diplomacy - Parliament of CanadaTravel Cost

In her remarks, she noted that Canada has made progress in increasing women’s political participation, particularly in terms of nearly achieving a critical mass of women parliamentarians in the House of Commons (29.5%) and gender parity in the Senate (49.5%).