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Le Canada et le Chili entretiennent des relations diplomatiques depuis 1941, et, depuis le milieu des années 1990, ces relations s’intensifient régulièrement. Pourtant, cette visite officielle, à l’invitation du Président de la Chambre des représentants du Chili, M. Gabriel Ascensio était la première visite au Chili dirigée par le Président depuis 1996.

Third Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to Parliaments: Challenges and opportunities in parliamentary monitoring and evaluation By videoconference Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)

Francis Drouin, MP, Chair of the Canadian Branch and First Vice President of the APF; Chris d’Entremont, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Branch; and Joël Godin, MP and Chair of the APF Parliamentary Affairs Committee, attended the meeting virtually. Mr. Drouin also chaired the meeting.

From December 17 to 18, 2009, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, led an official delegation composed of Mrs. Ann Kinsella, Ms. Janelle Feldstein, Chief of Staff of the Speaker of the Senate, Ms. Catherine Piccinin, Secretary to the Delegation and Deputy Principal Clerk, Parliamentary Exchanges, to the United Nations in New York, United States.

Two members of the Canadian Branch of the APF participated in the meeting: Mr. Francis Drouin, MP, participated in his role as APF President, and Mr. Darrell Samson, MP, participated in his role as Vice-Chair of the Canadian Branch.

The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C.,M.P., president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee Vice-President for the Twelve Plus geopolitical group (12+), participated in a virtual Steering Committee meeting of the 12+ on June 9, 2020. Members discussed important matters that will be on the agenda of the upcoming ...

Participation of the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, C.M., O.M., Speaker of the Senate, at the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fifteenth Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, and at the Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary ...

Mr. Serré outlined some of the activities in which the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas has been involved since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Galvez highlighted that the pandemic has affected people differently, depending on such factors as age, gender and sector of employment. Some foreign participants expressed their gratitude for Canadian parliamentarians’ efforts to ...

On April 21, 2021, the Hon. Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, chaired a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on gender-sensitive parliaments and gender-responsive legal reforms. The Hon. Kim Pate, Senator, Ms. Iqra Khalid, MP, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, MP, and Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen, MP, also attended the meeting, which was moderated by Ms. Sandra Pepera of the National Democratic Institute. In ...

At the invitation of the Honourable Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, the Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P. and Speaker of the House of Commons, led a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to South Africa from August 27 to September 3, 2006. Report The official delegation was composed of the following persons: The Honourable Peter Milliken, M ...