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From 22–24 February 2022, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Mission 89, held a virtual workshop to explore techniques to prevent sports trafficking, a form of human trafficking where individuals are “exploited through the false promise of the opportunity to play sports professionally.” Sébastien Lemire, Member of ...

Governors Jan Brewer (Arizona), Sam Brownback (Kansas), Steve Bullock (Montana), Jack Dalrymple (North Dakota), Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota), Gary Herbert (Utah), Matthew Mead (Wyoming), Butch Otter (Idaho) and Brian Sandoval (Nevada) also attended the meeting, as did Gary Doer, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States and former Premier of ...

La rencontre visait principalement à galvaniser l’élan en faveur de la participation politique des jeunes femmes, à prendre conscience des difficultés que vivent les jeunes femmes quand elles souhaitent assumer des responsabilités politiques, à permettre aux participants de témoigner de leurs expériences et de renforcer leurs capacités, à trouver des solutions stratégiques et à ...

A Canadian delegation of two Members of Parliament, Mr. Larry Miller and Mr. Dennis Bevington, attended the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (the Standing Committee) held in Helsinki, Finland from 19 to 21 November 2014. Accompanying the delegation was Mr. Thai Nguyen from the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament ...

For over 25 years, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has held post-election seminars for national and sub-national parliaments. The seminars provide parliamentarians with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities including those relating to parliamentary practices, procedures, legislation, scrutiny, oversight, and representation. They also ...

On March 24, 2021, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) hosted a virtual event titled “We Have Your Back” - Breaking the cycle from online harassment to threats to violence against women and girl leaders, as a side event to the United Nations’ 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The Government of Canada was one of twelve event co-sponsors. During the discussion ...

The national CSG conference provides members of the Canadian Section with an important opportunity to speak with state legislators and selected governors from throughout the United States. At this meeting, the delegation was particularly pleased to be able to support their provincial colleagues in advocating resolutions in two areas: the United States’ mandatory country-of-origin labelling ...

Le Canada forme à lui seul une des régions de l’APC, et ses 14 sections correspondent aux assemblées législatives provinciales et territoriales et au Parlement fédéral. Au sein de la région canadienne, on offre aux législateurs un vaste programme d’échanges, de conférences et de colloques. La région canadienne a sa propre publication, intitulée la Revue parlementaire canadienne ...

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The plenary session provided a space for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean to discuss how legislatures are working to support their country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, while ensuring national climate plans are gender responsive, involve different sectors of society, and are effectively communicated with the public. A declaration was ...