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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 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.

April 16, 2024 Lunch between French Senator Chantrel, the Chair, and the Vice-Chairs Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association

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.

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 ...

On April 16th, 2020, Senator Rosa Galvez – Vice-Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas and Vice-President (North America) of ParlAmericas' Parliamentary Network on Climate Change – participated in ParlAmericas’ first meeting held since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. This virtual meeting in Spanish was designed for Parliamentary staff. At the meeting, which was ...

The French delegation was led by National Assembly Member Christopher Weissberg, Chair of the French Branch of the Association, and Senator Yan Chantrel, Chair of the France–Canada Friendship Group in the Senate.