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The Presidents explained that since the last general election of 2010, there are 41 Members of Parliament directly elected by the population and 31 Senators, 16 appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, nine are appointed by the President and six appointed by the President on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.

The interaction with state legislators enables members of the Canadian Section of the IPG to achieve better the aim of finding points of convergence in respective national policies, initiating dialogue on points of divergence, encouraging exchanges of information and promoting better understanding on shared issues of concern. Moreover, the meetings with state legislators provide members of the ...

The Canadian Section of the IPG has a long association with the Can/Am BTA, and typically attends both the fall meeting in Washington, D.C. and its spring meeting in Ottawa. The Can/Am BTA is a coalition of businesses, public-sector organizations and individuals with an interest in bilateral trade and tourism. Its mission is to maximize commercial activity and ensure continued growth in cross ...

The Assembly itself meets in plenary at the Annual Session held in July and hosted by the parliament of a participating State. The Annual Session is the most important event in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calendar where the Assembly debates a number of OSCE matters and resolutions, receives reports, adopts the Session’s declaration, and ...

The purpose of this annual meeting is to engage senior EBRD officials in discussions of ongoing and future EBRD activities in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The results of the meeting and information provided by EBRD officials form the basis of the Committee’s annual report on “The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Focus ...

The Assembly itself meets in plenary at the Annual Session held in July and hosted by the parliament of a participating State. The Annual Session is the most important event in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calendar where the Assembly debates a number of OSCE matters and resolutions, receives reports, adopts the Session’s declaration, and ...

The OSCE election observation mission in Ukraine was a common endeavour, involving the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE PA, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament (EP) and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA). The mission was deployed at the invitation of the Government of Ukraine, pursuant to commitments ...

In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian Section of the IPG have attended meetings of private-public sector groups, such as PNWER. At events such as these, Canadian delegates take the opportunity to engage in conversations that will help achieve the Canadian Section’s objectives, and to communicate the nature and scope of the ...

A delegation of four parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in which Canada enjoys observer status along with Israel and Mexico. The delegation was led by Association vice-president the Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, and included from the House of ...

The Assembly itself meets in plenary at the Annual Session held in July and hosted by the parliament of a participating State. The Annual Session is the most important event in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calendar where the Assembly debates a number of OSCE matters and resolutions, receives reports, adopts the Session’s declaration, and ...