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From June 5 to 12, 2005, the Honourable Dan Hays, Speaker of the Senate, led a parliamentary delegation to China comprised of the Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., the Honourable Pat Carney, P.C., the Honourable Marie-P. Poulin, and the Honourable Mac Harb, Senators in reply to an official invitation from Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chair of the National People’s Congress.

A Canadian delegation participated in an event at the United Nations (UN) organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women. This event took place on the occasion of the 55th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). The theme was: “The Role of Parliaments in Promoting Access and Participation of Women and Girls to Education, Training, Science and ...

Canadian delegates were also briefed by Canada’s Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Kerry Buck and the Military Representative of Canada to NATO, Vice-Admiral Bob Davidson. The meetings in Brussels were conducted under the Chatham House rule.

From December 17 to 18, 2009, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, led an official delegation composed of Mrs. Ann Kinsella, Ms. Janelle Feldstein, Chief of Staff of the Speaker of the Senate, Ms. Catherine Piccinin, Secretary to the Delegation and Deputy Principal Clerk, Parliamentary Exchanges, to the United Nations in New York, United States.

Exchange information related to Canada’s experience with respect to the work of the Senate, relationships between the Senate and the House of Commons and between the Senate and the executive branch of government while inquiring about the electoral procedures governing Cameroonian Senate seats as well as the rules and procedures of the Cameroonian Senate. This visit was undertaken further to ...

On December 10, 2012, Mr. Jacques Chagnon, President of the National Assembly of Quebec, visited Ottawa at the invitation of the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons. He was accompanied by Ms. Johanne Whittom, Chief of Staff, Office of the President; Ms. Ariane Mignolet, Executive Director of Legal and ...

Members of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union UIPU) participated, two of whom, Rachel Blaney, MP and Sven Spengemann, MP were featured presenters together with Dr. Pechdau Tohmeena from Thailand’s House of Representatives and David Clarke from the World Health Organization. Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia also attended.

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a delegation of Senators visited Albania, Italy, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Holy See and Malta from October 11 to 18, 2009.

From May 16 to 20, 2014, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., conducted an official visit to the United Kingdom. Accompanying the Speaker were Mrs. Jill Scheer, Ms. Kenzie Potter, Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker, and Ms. Elizabeth Rody, Chief of Protocol of Parliament.

Luncheon in Honour of the United-Kingdom House of Commons Procedure Committee Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada-United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association (RUUK) RUUK November 13 - 17, 2023