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From August 27-30, 2012, Mr. Gord Brown, M.P., House of Commons Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), and the Honourable Bob Runciman, Senator, represented the Canadian Section of the IPG at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Brown and the Honourable Janis Johnson, Senator, Senate Co-Chair of the IPG, represented the Canadian Section at ...

The ERC, which meets annually, is a regional association of state and provincial legislators from 19 member jurisdictions from the United States and Canada (see Appendix). By facilitating cooperation among its member jurisdictions, the ERC promotes multi-state and/or region-wide solutions to the problems and challenges facing state and provincial legislators. DELEGATION OBJECTIVES FOR THE EVENT

The Study Group on Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures was held at Bermuda College from October 30, 2006 to November 3, 2006. The meetings were chaired by Dennis Marshall, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The Secretary General expressed the view that this study was one of the most important tasks undertaken by the CPA. The members of the study group were ...

My name is Senator Joseph A. Day from Canada. I am accompanied by my colleague, Mr. Bryon Wilfert, Member of the House of Commons of Canada. We are delighted to participate in the 27th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) in Cebu City, Philippines. Thank you for allowing Canada to be here as an observer at this meeting of AIPO.

From 9-13 August 2014, the Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Vice-Chair, led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group to the annual meetings of the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the CSG’s western region (CSG-WEST). The annual meetings, which were held concurrently in Anchorage, Alaska and had “New Frontiers, Big Ideas” as ...

The Canadian Section of ParlAmericas attended the annual Gathering of the ParlAmericas Group of Women Parliamentarians, entitled “Citizen Security for women: a parliamentary task”. The Canadian parliamentary delegation was led by the Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, Senator, and was accompanied by Ms. Susan Truppe, M.P., and Ms. Mylène Freeman, M.P. Mr. Leif-Erik Aune assisted the ...

From December 6-9, 2013, the Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Vice-Chair and Mr.John Williamson, M.P., Vice-Chair led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to the 2013 Annual Meeting and Regional Policy Forum of the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference (ERC). The other delegates were Senators Terry Mercer and ...

At the Second Plenary Assembly of ParlAmericas, held in Panama City in 2003, participating women parliamentarians held a breakfast meeting to discuss their role in parliament, politics and within the organization. Argentinean Parliamentarian Margarita Stolbizer proposed that the group be established as a permanent body. The suggestion was unanimously approved by the Plenary Assembly. The ...

In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian Section of the IPG have attended meetings of private-public sector groups, such as PNWER. At events such as these, Canadian delegates take the opportunity to engage in conversations that will help achieve the Canadian Section’s objectives, and to communicate the nature and scope of the ...

The Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association has the honour to present its report on the Meeting of the Standing Committee, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on March 31, 2012.