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This workshop centred on the importance of drafting disability-sensitive legislation and improving the accessibility of legislative institutions. Mr. Mike Lake, MP, discussed the importance of creating supportive environments for people with disabilities. He provided personal examples of his autistic son thriving in contexts where a supportive environment was fostered. This webinar was also ...

From August 31st to September 7th 2011, nine Canadian parliamentarians were in France for the 38th Annual Meeting of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association. Senator Claudette Tardif led the delegation, comprised of Senator Gérald Comeau, Senator Jean-Claude Rivest, and Members of Parliament Lois Brown, Jacques Gourde, Bernard Trottier, Yvon Godin, Robert Aubin, and Mauril Bélanger ...

On April 7, 2021, the Hon. Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, the Hon. Kim Pate, Senator, Ms. Iqra Khalid, MP, and Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, MP, attended a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on women’s economic empowerment during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Ataullahjan highlighted that Canadian women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. She also noted that the ...

On 28 and 29 April 2021, a delegation from the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) comprising Ms. Iqra Khalid, MP, Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen, MP, and Ms. Michelle Rempel Garner, MP attended the Seventh Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians. The theme of the virtual conference was Post-COVID-19 recovery: A youth-responsive approach. Over 120 ...

In addition to Mr. Hoback, the workshop was attended by the following parliamentarians from the Canadian Branch of the CPA: the Honourable Robert Black and Mr. Dan Mazier, MP.

This workshop centred on the importance of drafting disability-sensitive legislation and improving the accessibility of legislative institutions. Mr. Mike Lake, MP, discussed the importance of creating supportive environments for people with disabilities. He provided personal examples of his autistic son thriving in contexts where a supportive environment was fostered. This webinar was also ...

The CBC met by videoconference on 13 March 2023. 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.

On November 21, 2022, the Co-Chair of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, Brenda Shanahan, met with the Honorable Thomas D’Acquin Masela Kiluty Zury and the Honorable Simon Mulamba Mputu, members of Parliament at the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Canadian Parliamentary Delegation to the Meeting of the Cooperation and Development Committee of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome from June 8 to 9, 2010, has the honour to present its report. The delegation was composed of Ms. Monique Guay, MP and substitute rapporteur to the Committee, and was accompanied by Mr. François Michaud ...

From August 1 to 12, 2005, the Speaker of the House of Commons led a parliamentary delegation composed of Mrs. Karen Redman, M.P., Mr. Jay Hill, M.P., Mr. Bernard Bigras, M.P. and Ms. Libby Davies, M.P., to New Zealand and Australia. The visit was in reply to an official invitation from the Speaker of the Parliament of New Zealand, the Honourable Margaret Wilson and the two Presiding Officers ...