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The panellists were Ambassador Washington Abdala, Uruguay’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Chair of the OAS Permanent Council; Senator Kenneth Pugh, chair of the committees on Ethics and Transparency and National Defense of the Senate of Chile; and Cecilia Danesi, researcher at the Institute for ...

In Ottawa, they toured the Parliament of Canada, attended Question Period in the House of Commons, Senators' Statements in the Senate and visited the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

The Executive Committee noted the list of Branches containing: the membership fees, those in abeyance or suspension, the number of delegates and secretaries that each was entitled to send to a Plenary Conference, the geographical regions into which they were grouped and the location of Officers and Regional Representatives.

From September 7 to 16, 2012, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, led a parliamentary delegation on a visit to Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The delegation was composed of Mrs. Ann Kinsella; the Honourable James Cowan, Senator, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; and the Honourable Leo Housakos, Senator. Accompanying the delegation were Ms. Janelle Feldstein ...

The delegation then travelled to Dublin, Ireland from 5 to 10 October, 2012 to participate in meetings related to Ireland’s upcoming term as rotating President of the Council of the European Union beginning in January 2013. In Ireland, Ms. Annick Papillion, M.P. also joined the delegation. However, Senator Tkachuk was unable to participate in the mission to Ireland. In addition, the ...

The Senate of Canada was represented by the Senators Raynell Andreychuk, Marcel Prud’homme, P.C., Pierrette Ringuette and Terry Stratton. FIPA’s sixth Plenary Meeting was attended by 80 parliamentarians from 22 countries. Each of the four FIPA sub-regions was represented: North America; Central America; the Caribbean; and South America.

The Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons are fourth and fifth respectively on the Order of Precedence of Canada, with the first three being the Governor General, the Prime Minister, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Thus, in addition to their traditional and ceremonial duties as the head of their respective institutions, the Speakers also perform their ...

The new Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Greg Fergus, was in attendance, along with several senators, Members of Parliament, and former staff. Former Senator Andreychuk and Ms. Bélanger highlighted how the Association has played an important role in the co-founders’ lives and has had a positive influence on Canadian and ...

The Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Dan Hays, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Peter Milliken, led a joint parliamentary delegation which attended the XIIIth Mexico-Canada Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, held in Mexico City from January 24-27, 2005.

September 24 - 25, 2025 17th Gathering of ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality Brasília, Brazil Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)