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Brenda Shanahan, MP, presented some of the Parliament of Canada’s various mechanisms for holding parliamentarians responsible and accountable. She also stressed the importance of transparency as well as personal and institutional responsibility in building trust between parliamentarians and the public.

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On 20 October 2020, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU )hosted a virtual briefing for parliamentarians on “UN processes: Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) and the UN definition of poverty.” Presenters included former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, Dr. George Gray Molina from the United Nations Development Programme and Barbara ...

On 16 March 2022, the Executive Committee Meeting of the ParlAmericas Board met virtually. Along with the chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, Marc Serré, the following Members of Parliament were present: Richard Cannings, Randy Hoback, Stephanie Kusie, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Jamie Schmale, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné. Senators René Cormier, Rosa Galvez, and Michael L. MacDonald ...

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 ...

The main conclusion the delegation reached was that domestic politics continued to cause significant difficulties in the execution of coherent foreign and security policies and the continuation of reform processes; however, there was some prospect of greater stability and progress after the conclusion of the election process.

From 5-8 May 2006, the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group held its 47th Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. Attending the meeting were seven Canadian Senators and fifteen members of the House of Commons, as well as four American Senators and eleven members of the House of Representatives. The list of delegates is attached.

The 6th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network (OPN) included three virtual sessions that took place on March 9, 15 and 22, 2022. During the sessions, dialogues were held between parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, and civil society and youth representatives on key considerations for a robust public integrity strategy, recognizing its importance not only in preventing and ...

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A number of senators and MPs (including members of the Canada-Nordic-Baltic Parliamentary Friendship Group) during the official meal hosted by Speaker Scheer and during a dinner hosted by the Swedish Ambassador; Mr. Gerard Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade; Mr. Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada;