Rechercher

The others are Lois Brown, an MP from the government side who represents an Ontario riding and is also Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development; Yvon Godin, a member of the Official Opposition who represents a New Brunswick riding; Jim Hillyer, a government MP who represents a riding in Alberta; and Senator Jim ...

The workshop was attended by the following parliamentarians from the Canadian Branch of the CPA: The Honourable Robert Black, Senator, Mr. Randy Hoback, MP, and Mr. Daniel Blaikie, MP.

The CPTPP and Agriculture topic was presented by Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; Tori Morgan and Isabelle Rayner from the U.K.’s National Farmers’ Union; and Ken Ash, former Director of the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The session ...

The participants were Marc Serré, MP, Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, Canada’s representative on ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation Board of Directors; and Senator Rosa Galvez, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Section and Treasurer of the ParlAmericas Corporation.

As Mary Simon has stated: “ When we can no longer hunt on the sea ice, and eat what we hunt, we will no longer exist as a people.” Farley Mowat, a Canadian writer who loves the Arctic, used to remind us that it is more than a place; it is a state of mind. As Nuttal, Forest and Mathiesen put it so excellently:

From September 9 to 11, 2013, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., led a parliamentary delegation to France. The delegation was composed of the Honourable Judy Sgro, M.P.; Mr. Jacques Gourde, M.P.; and Ms. Anne-Marie Day, M.P. Accompanying the delegation were Mrs. Jill Scheer; Ms. Kenzie Potter, Chief of Staff to the Speaker; and Mr. Simon Larouche ...

Members of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union UIPU) participated, two of whom, Rachel Blaney, MP and Sven Spengemann, MP were featured presenters together with Dr. Pechdau Tohmeena from Thailand’s House of Representatives and David Clarke from the World Health Organization. Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia also attended.

Meeting between Her Excellency Melita Gabric, Ambassador of the European Union to Canada and Mr. Francesco Sorbara, MP, President of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association

MP Francis Drouin, President of the Canadian Branch and First Vice-President of the APF, chaired the meeting on behalf of the APF’s President. The members of the permanent delegation discussed the political situations in Armenia, Lebanon and Mali.

The Pan-African Parliament Bureau extended an invitation to the Honourable Mauril Bélanger, PC, MP, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, to take part in the opening ceremony for the Sixth Ordinary Session and to address Parliament.