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The primary focus of the visit was meetings with US Senators and Representatives to discuss bilateral cooperation and collaboration regarding such key concerns as management of the shared border (including security issues), energy trade and free trade agreements. In this regard, the visit was similar in intent to previous Congressional visits in respect of such issues as bovine spongiform ...

From October 10 to 14, 2006, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Peter Milliken, led a parliamentary delegation composed of Mr. Jim Abbott, M.P., the Honourable Larry Bagnell, P.C., M.P., Mr. Patrick Kennedy, Chief of Staff of the Speaker and Mr. Tõnu Onu, Secretary to the delegation.

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The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and a parliamentary delegation traveled to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas from March 2 to March 4, 2005. This visit was the result of an invitation from the Honourable Oswald Ingraham, Speaker of the House of Assembly of The Bahamas.

The delegation met senior officials from the US Department of Defence and the State Department, military leaders, independent experts, and managers of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The delegation received briefings and discussed themes including the transatlantic relationship, US defence priorities and policy, the impact of “sequestration” on defence policy, US participation in ...

Following the Association’s experience with the 2002 presidential election, the Executive Committee of the Canada–France Interparliamentary Association decided to repeat the experience during the 2007 election by sending a delegation of parliamentarians to France.

Visit of the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, Holy See, Romania and Slovenia From May 14 to 24, 2009, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, led an official delegation composed of the Honourable Senators George Furey and John D. Wallace to the Holy See, Romania and Slovenia. At the Holy See, the delegation met with: His ...

Le 26 octobre 2023, une cérémonie a eu lieu pour souligner à nouveau le 20e anniversaire de l’Association parlementaire Canada-Afrique (CAAF) et rendre hommage à ses cofondateurs, l’honorable Raynell Andreychuk, sénatrice de 1993 à 2019, et feu l’honorable Mauril Bélanger, député d’Ottawa-Vanier de 1995 à 2016. Les coprésidentes de CAAF, l’honorable Amina Gerba, sénatrice ...

The National Governors Association is the collective voice of U.S. governors from the 50 states, three territories and two commonwealths. It is also a public policy organization that represents the governors on Capitol Hill and before the U.S. Administration on federal issues that affect them, and that develops and implements solutions to public policy challenges.

“I was very pleased to be able to attend the ERC’s 53rd annual meeting, partly because I represent a province that is included in the ERC,” said Mr. Easter. “As well, I think it was fortunate that Canada’s federal parliamentarians were there to support their provincial counterparts during discussions of some of the ERC’s resolutions. Important motions were passed in relation to pre ...