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Subcommittee on the Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups (2022) -- Meeting #001 -- By videoconference Notice of Meeting Minutes SECO April 20, 2022

The CPA’s international executive committee (EXCO) meets twice a year, in the spring and just before the annual meeting. The CPA’s constitution authorizes it to control and manage the activities and business of the association. The international executive committee has about 35 members and is led by the chairperson of the CPA. The committee is made up of the officers of the CPA and three ...

On September 26, 2022, the Hon. Marilou McPhedran, Senator, attended a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Twelve Plus Group in her capacity as a Bureau member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Sustainable Development Committee. Participants discussed several matters relating to the Group’s activities, including its priorities at the 145th Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda ...

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 ...

The CPTPP and Agriculture topic was presented by Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; Tori Morgan and Isabelle Rayner from the U.K.’s National Farmers’ Union; and Ken Ash, former Director of the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The session ...

October 26, 2022 Reception Celebrating 75 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Canada and Italy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada-Italy Interparliamentary Group (CAIT)

On June 23, 2021, a delegation from the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) comprising Senator Rob Black, Senator Brent Cotter, Senator Victor Oh, Mr. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, MP, and Mr. Yves Perron, MP attended the High-level parliamentary meeting: Transforming food systems for health, equity and sustainability. They were joined by over one hundred other parliamentarians ...

CPC Virtual Workshop - National Action Towards Climate Change: Role of Parliaments and Parliamentarians of the Commonwealth By videoconference Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)

On December 3, 2021, two Canadian parliamentarians participated virtually in the 58th Meeting of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors. The participants were: Marc G. Serré, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM), Member of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors (North America) and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation; and the Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of CPAM ...

Mr Donald Oliver (Canada) said that no business company would ever make such a vague suggestion to its shareholders. Mr de Donnea should state in his report that the draft strategic plan could not be circulated to all delegations until the Executive Committee had decided over a "business strategy" or "business plan".