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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.

The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C., M.P., President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee Vice-President for the Twelve Plus geopolitical group, participated in a session of the International Executive Committee by videoconference on 18 January 2021. The meeting was the first one chaired by the new IPU ...

From March 15 to 20, 2015, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., led a parliamentary delegation to Brazil. The delegation consisted of the Honourable John McCallum, M.P.; Mr. Dave Van Kesteren, M.P.; and Ms. Alexandrine Latendresse, M.P. Accompanying the delegation were Ms. Kenzie Potter, Chief of Staff to the Speaker, and Mr. Simon Larouche, Delegation ...

Nothing precludes an independent Senator or MP from being a member of the executive. To the extent that it is possible given the desirability that each political party should be represented on the executive and the size of these parties, members should not be eligible to serve on more than one association’s executive committee.

Ambassador Simon Smith of the United Kingdom noted that the way the Iranian case was handled by the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) was flawed: instead of ensuring implementation of Iran’s commitments, BoG entered into de facto negotiations with Iran.

The Honourable Ann Meetkitjuk Hanson, Commissioner of Nunavut; Mr. Simon Awa, Deputy Minister of Environment; Mrs. Sheila-Watt-Cloutier, Environmental Activist and Nobel Prize Nominee; Mr. John E. Quirke, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut; and Mr. Claus Vogel, Teacher, Photographer and Journalist and his students of the Attagoyuk School.

The other members of the Canadian delegation were the Honourable Pierre-Claude Nolin, Senator (De Salaberry, Québec); the Honourable Geoff Regan, MP (Halifax-West); Mr. Réal Ménard, MP (Hochelaga); Mr. Luc Harvey, MP (Louis-Hébert) and Ms. Audrey O'Brien, Clerk of the House of Commons.

The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C., M.P., President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee Vice-President for the Twelve Plus geopolitical group, participated in the second sitting of the 285th session of the International Executive Committee which took place virtually on 22 January 2021. Members agreed to a ...

Mr. Simon Burton, Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords; Ms. Alison Giles, Director of Security for Parliament; and Ms. Meg Russell, Professor of British and Comparative Politics and Director of the Constitution Unit, University College London. The delegation met with the following official in Windsor, England: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mr. Corneliu Chisu, MP, Head of delegation; Senator Michel Rivard; Mr. Bev Shipley, MP; Ms. Nycole Turmel, MP; and Ms. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, MP; travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the first part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE or Assembly), in which Canada enjoys observer status, along with Israel and Mexico. They were accompanied by Association ...