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Visit of the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., Speaker of the Senate, Republic of Korea On May 10 and 11, 2022, at the request of the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., travelled to the Republic of Korea to attend the inauguration of President Yoon Suok-Yul. Speaker Furey was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Vince MacNeil. In addition to the ...

Bureau Meeting and Spring Session Luxembourg, Luxembourg Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (CANA) The Bureau’s main function is to ensure the overall guidance and coherence of the Assembly’s policies and activities in the interval between meetings of the Standing Committee; it also acts as the “first responder” when internal or external events require a decision or statement by ...

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 ...

Panama has enjoyed democratic governments since the expulsion of the Noriega administration in 1989. Panama’s location as a geographic crossroads between Atlantic and Pacific has allowed it to develop an economy based largely on services. The upcoming Panama Canal expansion is expected to have a strong impact on the country’s economy. Canada established an embassy in Panama in 1995. Canada ...

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting and extended a particular welcome to Mr Daniel Reisiegel (Czech Republic) who was attending the Steering Committee for the first time as part of the rotating membership system between Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Mr Reisiegel’s colleague Ms Hana Sediva was also welcomed as an observer.

In addition, the Chair informed participants that the Canadian Section of FIPA had elected Mr. Randy Hoback, M.P, as its new Chair at its annual general meeting, and asked that the he be designated as the parliamentary delegate of Canada to the FIPA Executive Committee in replacement of outgoing Chair of the Canadian section, Mr. James Bezan, M.P. This request was submitted to the ...

From July 30 to August 2, 2013, Mr. Rick Dykstra, M.P., Vice-Chair and Mr. Brian Masse, M.P., Vice-Chair led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to the 66th annual meeting of the Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST), in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting, which was focused on “Bright Lights: Shining on the Progress of the ...

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 ...

From May 19 to 23, 2017, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., led a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to Haiti. The delegation was composed of Mrs. Karen Furey, as well as the Honourable Jim Munson, Senator, Paul E. McIntyre, Q.C., Senator, and Honourable Françoise Mégie, Senator. Accompanying the delegation were Mr. Stuart Barnable, Chief of Staff to ...

From May 27 to 31, 2013, His Excellency Vangelis Meimarakis, Speaker of the Parliament of the Hellenic Republic, visited Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal at the invitation of the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons. Speaker Meimarakis was accompanied by senior officials of the Parliament of the Hellenic ...