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This report provides an overview of the delegation’s participation in the 34th Annual Inter-parliamentary meeting between the Canadian Parliament and the European Parliament, as well as meetings attended in Copenhagen focussing on Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

It shall function within the mandate of the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons, with the support of the office of the Executive Secretary, and in affiliation with other NATO Parliamentary groups and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, whose headquarters is in Brussels. Consultation will be maintained with the Atlantic Council of Canada and with other groups working to foster a strong ...

The purpose of this bilateral visit was to strengthen parliamentary ties between Canada and Venezuela, to promote ParlAmericas, and to discuss issues of mutual importance between the two countries. Canada and Venezuela enjoy strong historical ties, having held unbroken diplomatic relations since February 1948 when the Canadian Consulate General was opened in Caracas. Five years later, that ...

The Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, represented the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association at meetings at the Fourth Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg, France. She was accompanied by association secretary Philippe Méla. Sirine Hijal, Canada’s Deputy Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe, joined the delegation in ...

During its visit, the Canadian delegation had an opportunity to attend the opening ceremony, which was attended by a number of ambassadors and high commissioners. The Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament opened with the swearing-in of 14 new members. During the visit, the delegation attended a presentation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya ...

From 15–16 October 2015, Senator Percy Downe represented the Canadian Section of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) at the 2015 annual meeting of the Southern Governors’ Association (SGA) in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bilateral relations between Canada and France have been diversifying and growing in importance for several years now. Canada is a partner of choice for France on key issues of foreign policy and good governance and in economic, trade and cultural matters. The partnership is enriched by cooperation agreements between government departments and by numerous governmental and parliamentary ...

Throughout the 23rd Annual Meeting of the APPF, members of the Canadian delegation engaged in dialogue and shared perspectives and ideas with their counterparts on a range of issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. Delegates also addressed matters pertinent to Canadian foreign policy, including the promotion of trade and investment and the advancement of maternal, newborn and child health ...

Bilateral relations between Canada and France have been diversifying and growing in importance for several years now. Canada is a partner of choice for France on key issues of foreign policy and good governance and in economic, trade and cultural matters. The partnership is enriched by cooperation agreements between government departments and by numerous governmental and parliamentary ...

The purposes of this bilateral visit were many. In broad terms, the delegation held as an objective to convene meetings with a wide variety of groups and individuals, including Haitian parliamentarians, Canadian officials and stakeholders, and personnel and professionals providing services on the ground to Haitians. These meetings were meant to provide the delegation with a more complete ...