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The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a delegation of senators visited Rome, Vatican City, Skopje, Podgorica and Belgrade from September 2 to 12, 2013.

Nothing precludes an independent Senator or MP from being a member of the executive. To the extent that it is possible given the desirability that each political party should be represented on the executive and the size of these parties, members should not be eligible to serve on more than one association’s executive committee.

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Nothing precludes an independent Senator or MP from being a member of the executive. To the extent that it is possible given the desirability that each political party should be represented on the executive and the size of these parties, members should not be eligible to serve on more than one association’s executive committee.

Report The Canada–Africa Parliamentary Association was represented by the Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, Senator, Co-Chair of the association; the Honourable Mauril Bélanger, PC, MP, Co-Chair of the association; the Honourable Paul J. Massicotte, Senator; Mr. Ted Menzies, MP; Ms. Johanne Deschamps, MP, Vice-chair; and Mr. Pat Martin, MP. The delegation was assisted by Mr. Rémi Bourgault ...

The primary focus of the visit was meetings with US Senators and Representatives to discuss bilateral cooperation and collaboration regarding such key concerns as management of the shared border (including security issues), energy trade and free trade agreements. In this regard, the visit was similar in intent to previous Congressional visits in respect of such issues as bovine spongiform ...

Members heard from the candidates for the chair of the 12+ Group and proceeded to vote in a virtual secret ballot election. Ms. Arda Gerkens from the Netherlands was elected Chair of the Group for a two-year term. The Group also reviewed proposals for future Group activities, examined the financial situation of the Group and discussed matters that will be on the agenda of the upcoming session ...

Members heard from the candidates for the chair of the 12+ Group and proceeded to vote in a virtual secret ballot election. Ms. Arda Gerkens from the Netherlands was elected Chair of the Group for a two-year term. The Group also reviewed proposals for future Group activities, examined the financial situation of the Group and discussed matters that will be on the agenda of the upcoming session ...

For over 25 years, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has held post-election seminars for national and sub-national parliaments. The seminars provide parliamentarians with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities including those relating to parliamentary practices, procedures, legislation, scrutiny, oversight, and representation. They also ...

As a concrete example of the esteem in which Canadian delegates are regarded within the CPA, two of the federal delegates, the Hon. Raynell Andreychuk, Senator and Russ Hiebert, MP, Chair of the Canadian Branch, participated as panel discussion leaders in two of the workshops.