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CAFR Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association

On May 10, 2021, the Canada–France and France–Canada Inter-Parliamentary Association met virtually. The meeting was led by the Chairs, Canadian MP Marie-France Lalonde, and French MP Guillaume Kasbarian.

CPAM Canadian Section of ParlAmericas

On May 7, 2021, the Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM) and Treasurer of the ParlAmericas Corporation, virtually participated in the 55th Meeting of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors.

Francisco Guerrero Aguirre, the Organization of American States’ (OAS’s) Secretary for Strengthening Democracy, spoke to Board members about the OAS’s work during the COVID-19 pandemic and answered their questions.

The Board of Directors then ratified ParlAmericas’ Policy and Code of Conduct Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse. The policy and code apply to ParlAmericas’ staff, members of the Board of Directors, consultants, volunteers and participants in ParlAmericas’ activities. They also apply to entities, and their employees and individuals, that have entered into partnerships or agreements with ParlAmericas in order to carry out joint projects.

Finally, members of the Board of Directors considered ParlAmericas’ possible future actions.

CAPF Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie

Conference on Digitalization May 5-6, 2021 On May 5-6, 2021, the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) held a conference on how francophone parliaments can regulate digitalization. Mr. Francis Drouin, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Branch and First Vice-Chair of the APF, who acted as moderator, Ms. Marie-France Lalonde, Mr. Joël Godin and Mr. Chris d’Entremont participated in the various discussions. The conference served as a lead up to the drafting of the APF’s Opinion at the Francophonie Summit in Djerba in November. During this two-day event, francophone parliamentarians as well as several experts discussed: • parliamentarians’ interest in digital governance; • democracy in the digital age: fundamental freedoms and public accountability; • francophone parliamentarians and digital giants; • the public and digitalization: access, protection and use; and • discoverability of francophone content. Following discussions, the francophone parliamentarians made proposals for priority areas of francophone actions, including: • equitable access to the Internet and the urgent need to reduce the digital divide through incentives to fund infrastructure; • democratic transparency through digital technology; • the need to harmonize legislation on digital issues throughout the Francophonie; • the systematic integration of digitalization into public policy; and • training in new digital practices, innovation, IT and creativity.