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1. Introduction A Canadian delegation participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) parliamentary event organized with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and held during the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) on 11 March 2014 at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The IPU’s theme was At ...

A delegation of three parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Stockholm, Sweden, for meetings on the upcoming Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and to Strasbourg, France, for the Second Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The delegation was led by Association President David Tilson ...

The delegates reported regularly on their observations throughout the day by completing observation report forms at each polling station visited and submitting them to their assigned long-term observers.

The delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association which attended the 57th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London, United Kingdom from July 21 – 28, 2011 has the honour to present its Report.

The 2009 Conference on Women and Parliament was held on 28-29 September 2009 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. Parliamentarians from participating countries who deal with issues related to gender equality came together to obtain relevant and timely information on the progress made towards ensuring women’s full access to and participation in parliamentary ...

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 ...

It is a daunting experience to follow Dr. Hovelsrud from Norway and Mr. Nakkalajarri from Finland, in connection with adaptation to climate change. It is doubly daunting because I am here pinch-hitting for Bob Mills, whom we all know, and who is the victim of the uncertainty as part of Canada’s minority government with the prospect that the government may be falling at any time, provoking a ...

Colombier agreed, noting that campaigns focus more on form and personalities than on substance. Senator Conway Mouret added that, increasingly, major political rallies during campaigns resemble big political gatherings in the United States with bands, staged entries and multiple photo opportunities.

The aim is to exchange information and promote better understanding between Canadian parliamentarians and representatives of the National Peoples’ Congress of the Peoples’ Republic of China on issues of common interests and accomplishments, as well as differences and difficulties; and to propose initiatives likely to lead to a better mutual understanding of bilateral and multilateral ...

A delegation of three parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Stockholm, Sweden, for meetings on the upcoming Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and to Strasbourg, France, for the Second Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The delegation was led by Association President David Tilson ...