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PARLIAMENT OF CANADA / PARLEMENT DU CANADA PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGES ÉCHANGES PARLEMENTAIRES OTTAWA, CANADA K1A 0A6

From 18-21 May 2007, federal legislators from Canada and the United States participated in the 48th Annual Meeting of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group in Windsor, Ontario. The meeting included opening and closing plenary sessions as well as concurrent committee meetings. This report summarizes the discussions that occurred at the meeting. OPENING PLENARY

The Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Co mmons and a parliamentary delegation visited the Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia from April 18 to 27, 2008.

Ms. Lorber-Willis, Director of the Division of Support Services, gave a brief overview of the 2013 budget. In keeping with the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Finance, the draft budget was balanced and there was zero increase in Members’ assessed contributions. The decision had been taken to freeze reserves in order to achieve that result and use the expected operating surplus of CHF ...

A delegation of five parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in which Canada holds observer status along with Israel and Mexico. The delegation was led by Association president the Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, and included from the Senate the Hon ...

The delegation first visited Dubrovnik, the capital of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southern Croatia, to meet with the Prefect of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, the Deputy Mayor of Dubrovnik, the Mayor of Ston, as well as Croatian officials and Canadian-Croatian investors involved in various economic sectors in Croatia. Through their discussions, the Canadian delegates gained a better understanding ...

Mr. Ted Opitz led a Canadian delegation of two, including Mr. Dennis Bevington, to the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (the Standing Committee) held in Stockholm, Sweden, 14 February 2012. Accompanying the delegation was Mr. Tim Williams from the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament as advisor to the delegation.

As well, on 24 February 2014, the delegation met with representatives of the Canadian American Business Council. Issues that were discussed included the Keystone XL pipeline application, selected environmental concerns, the U.S. customs plaza at the Detroit-Windsor international crossing and other shared border topics, the safety of transportation of goods by rail, truck pre-clearance at the ...

Mr. Ted Opitz led a Canadian delegation of two, including Mr. Dennis Bevington, to the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (the Standing Committee) held in Stockholm, Sweden, 14 February 2012. Accompanying the delegation was Mr. Tim Williams from the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament as advisor to the delegation.