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Delegates discussed three topic areas: border infrastructure and trade, as well as North American competitiveness; security; and North American energy. At the end of the trilateral meeting, the Canadian delegation met with Ambassador Gary Doer, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.

Meeting of the Political Committee (PC) – June 29, 2020 The Political Committee of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) considers political issues, the rule of law in francophone countries, relations with francophone institutions, the APF’s overall priorities, and legal issues concerning its statutes and enforcement provisions. With the honourable Dennis Dawson, Senator ...

The group heard from OSCE PA Vice-President Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), Acting Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, from Mr. Dimitrios Markopoulos (MP, Greece), Member of the Committee and from Ms. Sofia Voultepsi (MP, Greece), Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum in charge of Integration.

Members from the Canadian delegation were Ms. Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament (MP) for Labrador and Mr. Bob Zimmer, MP for Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies. At the meeting, members agreed to postpone the Conference of the Arctic Parliamentarians (CPAR) to 2024, at which time it will be held in Sweden.

In accordance with the Statutes[2] of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU), a 17-member body of parliamentarians oversees the administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and provides advice to its Governing Council[3].

The purposes of the delegation’s visit to Peru were to discuss Canada’s and Peru’s mutual involvement in FIPA, and to participate in the Trade Knowledge Workshop for Parliamentarians with Peruvian Members of Congress. Peru had been a longstanding and active member of FIPA; Members of the Peruvian Congress were present at the inaugural Plenary Assembly in Ottawa in 2001 and at every ...

On 13 and 14 October 2021, the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), represented by Marie-France Lalonde, Member of Parliament, participated in “ Le parlementarisme féminin en France et au Québec : où en sommes-nous?”, a symposium about women in parliament in France and Quebec hosted by the Commission de la mémoire franco-québécoise.

Au cours de la session du printemps de l'Assemblée parlementaire de l'OTAN, des parlementaires de pays membres de l'OTAN et de pays partenaires se réunissent pour examiner des projets de rapport et entendre des représentants de gouvernements, des responsables de l'OTAN et des experts sur un large éventail de questions concernant l'Alliance.

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.

L’hon. Mohammad Khair Al Zaibak, sénateur L’hon. David Arnot, sénateur L'hon. Salma Ataullahjan, sénatrice L’hon. Robert Black, sénateur L'hon. Victor Eric Boudreau, sénateur L’hon. Andrew Cardozo, sénateur L'hon. Claude Carignan, C.P., sénateur L’hon. René Cormier, sénateur L'hon. Mary Coyle, sénatrice L’hon. Rodger Cuzner, sénateur L’hon. Pierre Dalphond, sénateur L ...