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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 ...

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.

Interparliamentary August 1 - 10, 2008 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Upcoming Activities

MPs Karen McCrimmon and John McKay, along with Senator Pierre Dalphond, participated in this webinar at the beginning of the pandemic. This initiative was in response to the new reality of being unable to meet in person or travel to hold committee meetings and other activities normally scheduled throughout the year.

Visit of the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, Holy See, Romania and Slovenia From May 14 to 24, 2009, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, led an official delegation composed of the Honourable Senators George Furey and John D. Wallace to the Holy See, Romania and Slovenia. At the Holy See, the delegation met with: His ...

Senator Mobina Jaffer and Mrs. Pat Davidson, MP, represented the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the International Parliamentary Conference on Peace-Building: Tackling State Fragility (herein referred to as “The Conference”.)

From September 19-22, 2013, two Vice-Chairs from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) – Senator Michael L. MacDonald and Mr. François Lapointe, M.P. – led a delegation to the annual national conference of the Council of State Governments (CSG) in Kansas City, Missouri. The other members of the delegation were Senator Terry Mercer and Mr. Bob ...

Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Branch, participated as a panelist in this webinar organized by the CPA UK Branch, sharing her thoughts on how MPs can continue to engage their constituents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Co-chairs of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CCLA), the Honourable Joseph A. Day, Senator, and Mr. Bob Mills, M.P., conducted the CCLA annual Co-chairs visit to China from March 17 to 21, 2008. During the visit, the Co-chairs had the opportunity to visit Beijing, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Nanning, Guilin) and Hong Kong (China) and meet with their counterparts in the ...

Associations promote the country’s interests abroad on a continuing basis and are composed of both members of the Senate and of the House of Commons. There are 8 Multilateral Associations and 5 Bilateral Associations. Learn More