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On July 25, 2011 HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The Right Honourable Baroness Hayman, Lord Speaker and the Right Honourable John Bercow, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, UK, addressed the participants and extended a warm welcome to all.

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation visited the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the State of Qatar, from February 17-24, 2012.

The visit began with briefings at NATO Defence College (NDC) in Rome. Lt. Col. Mario Masdea, Chief of Public Affairs Office, briefly introduced the history, mission and organisational structure of the College. The NDC was opened in 1951 and its mission is to prepare selected officers and officials for important NATO and NATO-related multinational appointments and to conduct academic studies ...

Senior public servants have been designated “accounting officers” in the United Kingdom since 1872, and as such, they have specific, personal responsibility for financial administration in their departments. Canada, on the other hand, has had vigorous debates over whether to adopt the accounting officer model. There have been concerns that it runs contrary to the doctrine of ministerial ...

The Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association has the honour to present its report respecting its participation in the Spring Session 2011 of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, held in Varna, Bulgaria 27-30 May. Canada was represented by Senator Raynell Andreychuk, Senator Jane Cordy, Senator Joseph A. Day, Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, Mr. James Latimer, Executive Secretary and Mr. Wolgang Koerner ...

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation visited the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the State of Qatar, from February 17-24, 2012.

The delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association which attended the 54th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 1 to 10, 2008, and which participated in a bilateral visit to Singapore from August 10 to 14, 2008 has the honour to present its report.