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It is a daunting experience to follow Dr. Hovelsrud from Norway and Mr. Nakkalajarri from Finland, in connection with adaptation to climate change. It is doubly daunting because I am here pinch-hitting for Bob Mills, whom we all know, and who is the victim of the uncertainty as part of Canada’s minority government with the prospect that the government may be falling at any time, provoking a ...

Diane Abbott (Labour MP) and Crispin Poyser (Clerk of the Overseas Office, House of Commons) hosted this session. An introduction to the Westminster system, delegates posed many questions regarding their experience, and how they would apply in a UK context. Delegates were reassured that the Executive is kept in check, with individual MPs expected to hold government to account, even MPs sitting ...

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Dr. Barton Scotland, O.R., C.C.H., M.P., Speaker of the National Assembly of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and a Parliamentary Delegation On May 28 to 31, 2018, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., Speaker of the Senate, and the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons received the Honourable Dr. Barton Scotland, O.R., C.C.H ...

Ms. McPherson was a featured panellist. 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%).

CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments The Honourable Anthony Rota, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was a panelist at the CPA webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers along with participants from Trinidad and Tobago, the ...

Representative Bridgid Annisette-George, Speaker of Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives and Vice-President of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors, provided opening remarks and an update on ParlAmericas’ recent and upcoming activities; particular mention was made of ParlAmericas’ participation in the upcoming 9th Summit of the ...

CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments The Honourable Anthony Rota, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was a panelist at the CPA webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers along with participants from Trinidad and Tobago, the ...

The purpose of the bilateral visits to Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados is to strengthen bonds with Commonwealth partners, in line with the Canadian Branch’s mandate to facilitate twinning between Canadian provincial-territorial legislatures and Caribbean legislatures. The delegation will discuss people-to-people ties, trade and investment, good governance and democracy, and climate change.

Mr. Spengemann participated in the panel on the role of men in advancing gender equality. 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.

Mr. Spengemann participated in the panel on the role of men in advancing gender equality. 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.