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The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) met on 12 May 2022 via videoconference. Members from the Canadian delegation were Ms. Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament (MP) for Labrador and Mr. Bob Zimmer, MP for Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies. At the meeting, members agreed to postpone the Conference of the Arctic Parliamentarians (CPAR) to 2024, at ...

Parliamentary Officers' Study Program (POSP) An English session of the Parliamentary Officers’ Study Program was held from October 16 to 20, 2023. 13 parliamentary officers from the following legislatures participated: Parliament (Republic of Austria); Legislative Assemblies of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan (Canada); Parliament (Republic of Ghana); National Assembly (Hungary ...

In his reply, RUUK chair, the Honourable John McKay, P.C., MP, welcomed the High Commissioner to her new role and highlighted areas of mutual interest for Canada and the U.K. A wide-ranging discussion in which all delegates participated followed.

On May 1st 2020, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi – Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – participated in a meeting on the topic of “Virtual parliamentary sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The virtual meeting was co-hosted by CPA and ParlAmericas; it was chaired by Bahamian Senator Ranard Henfield, Vice-President (Caribbean) of ParlAmericas’ Open ...

MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION The Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association was represented by: · The Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, Senator and Co-Chair · The Honourable Mauril Bélanger, P.C., MP and Co-Chair · Lois Brown, MP and Vice-Chair · Cheryl Gallant, MP · Linda Duncan, MP The delegation was accompanied by: · Alexandre Roger, Secretary of the Association OBJECTIVES

MP Francis Drouin, President of the Canadian Branch and First Vice-President of the APF, chaired the meeting on behalf of the APF’s President. The members of the permanent delegation discussed the political situations in Armenia, Lebanon and Mali.

Visit of the Honourable George J. Furey, K.C., Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, Republic of Latvia and Republic of Croatia From March 12 to 17, 2023 the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, K.C., led a parliamentary delegation to the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Croatia. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Tony Dean, Senator, the ...

From October 3 to 6, 2006, His Excellency Víctor Alcides Bogado González, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Paraguay, led a delegation of Members of the Chamber of Deputies on an official visit to Ottawa and Québec at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Peter Milliken. The delegation was composed of Mr. Juan Darío Monges, Deputy, Mr ...

From August 19-21, 2011, Mr. Rick Dykstra, M.P., Vice-Chair, represented the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) at the annual meeting of the Southern Governors’ Association (SGA) in Asheville, North Carolina. He was accompanied by Ms. June Dewetering, Senior Advisor to the Canadian Section. THE EVENT

It is targeted at parliamentarians; Secretaries General; and parliamentary staff involved in social media. It will be held on the final day of the Assembly. We strongly encourage all delegations to send MPs and parliamentary personnel to this day-long event.