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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 ...

Report From the Senate: Hon. Paul Massicotte, Senator and Hon. Michel Rivard, Senator. From the House of Commons: Hon. Bryon Wilfert, P.C., MP (Leader of the delegation) and Mr. Merv Tweed, M.P. Staff: Ms. Elizabeth Kingston, Delegation Secretary. The Hon. Bryon Wilfert, P.C., M.P., led the Canadian parliamentary delegation that participated in the 14th Annual Assembly of the Asia Pacific ...

Corneliu Chisu, MP, delegation Chair; Hon. Michel Rivard, Senator; Ms. Marjolaine Boutin‑Sweet, MP; Mr. Sean Casey, MP; and Ms. Stella Ambler, 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 ...

The Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Senator, and Brenda Shanahan, MP, attended this webinar, intended to train parliamentarians who recently joined the association and its Executive Committee. It also served as a refresher for those who have been in office for some time already. The session was divided into two components.

·There were several delegates who came with significant experience in dealing with the issues, for example, Dr. Wilmot Godfrey James MP, from South Africa, who is an opposition member, a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, and a post-doctoral fellow from Yale. Also, Charles Peter Mok, an opposition member from the Hong Kong Legislative Council who has degrees in engineering.

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.

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:

Robert Aubin, MP (Canada), presented a summary of a draft report on women and the cooperative movement in La Francophonie on behalf of Senator Pierrette Ringuette (Canada), who serves as co-rapporteur with Lydienne Epoube, Member (Cameroon).

Meeting of the Network of Women Parliamentarians – October 6, 2020 In 2002, the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) created the Network of Women Parliamentarians to encourage women to participate more in political, economic, social and cultural life, both at a national level and across all francophone countries. Member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde attended the ...

La rencontre visait principalement à galvaniser l’élan en faveur de la participation politique des jeunes femmes, à prendre conscience des difficultés que vivent les jeunes femmes quand elles souhaitent assumer des responsabilités politiques, à permettre aux participants de témoigner de leurs expériences et de renforcer leurs capacités, à trouver des solutions stratégiques et à ...