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From February 18–21, 2018, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., and the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., led a parliamentary delegation to the XXIst Mexico–Canada Interparliamentary Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico.

Held in a virtual format for the first time, the theme of this year’s annual hearing was Fighting corruption to restore trust in government and improve development prospects. Senator Salma Ataullahjan, Senator Marilou McPhedran, Hon. David McGuinty, PC, MP, Ms. Marilène Gill, MP, and Ms. Stephanie Kusie, MP participated in the event .

The first Executive Committee meeting was held prior to the General Assembly. The Executive Committee deliberated on the meeting agenda, the IPSS Charter, and the nominations of IPSS President and two Vice-Presidents. The Canadian delegate was re-elected to one of the two international vice-presidents positions.

The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign states. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and cooperation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. To this end, it: o Fosters contacts, co-ordination, and the exchange of experience among parliaments and ...

On November 1st, 2010, the Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Senator, Speaker pro tempore and Chair of the Canadian IPU Group, addressed the participants at the International Parliamentary Conference, on the theme of Parliaments, minorities and indigenous peoples: Effective participation in politics. Chief Wilton Littlechild, former Canadian MP, former member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, Vice-president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on Middle East Questions (MEQ), called an extraordinary meeting of this committee to discuss recent developments in Palestine and in Libya.

The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Senator, Q.C., was Canada’s representative at this workshop. During the session entitled Enhancing Accountability, he presented a paper that examined the adoption of the accounting officer model in Canada.

The Senate of Canada has an agreement with the university to host a number of students each year for a six week placement as interns in the Office of the Senate Speaker or in a senator’s office on Parliament Hill. The Speaker presented a certificate of achievement to the following students who recently completed their placement.

At the meeting, honourable Éric Forest, Senator and rapporteur of the Canadian Branch, presented his work on the draft report on the four areas of international cooperation for climate change. These four areas are financial support, technology transfer, sharing information and best practices, and technical support for developing countries.

The delegation was led by Mr. James Rajotte, M.P. and included the following members of the delegation: Hon. Ghislain Maltais, Senator, Hon. Terry Mercer, Senator, Mr. John Carmichael, M.P., and Mr. Malcolm Allen, M.P. The delegation was accompanied by Elizabeth Kingston, Executive Secretary of the Canada-United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association. The prescribed themes of the visit were ...