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The delegation also met with Members and officials from the House of Commons Administration at a luncheon hosted by Speaker Regan. The visit was an opportunity to strengthen bilateral relations between the Parliaments of Switzerland and Canada and to discuss numerous topics, including free-trade, the current challenges posed by the refugee ...

The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons; Mr. Rob Nicholson, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform;

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.

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.

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.

On January 9 and 10, 2017, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., conducted an official visit to Norway. Accompanying the Speaker were Mr. Brian Underhill, Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker, and Ms. Marlene Sandoval, Secretary to the delegation.

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.

From November 17 to 24, 2004, the Speaker of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation and Mr. John Clerc, Assistant Secretary-General of the Federal Assembly visited Ottawa and Regina at the invitation of the Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons.

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.