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The Winter Meeting provides an opportunity for OSCE parliamentarians to hold discussions on timely issues, to be briefed by high-level OSCE officials, and to meet with representatives of the OSCE's governmental side.

Participants included parliamentarians, technical staff and representatives of civil society organizations from the Americas and the Caribbean.

Parliamentary Associations Associations promote the country’s interests abroad on a continuing basis and are composed of both members of the Senate and of the House of Commons. There are 8 Multilateral Associations and 5 Bilateral Associations.

The Representative Aspects of Parliament · Election of legislators · Candidate eligibility · Representatives of committees · Parties and Party Groups · Constituent relations Ensuring the Independence, Effectiveness and Accountability · Legislator immunity · Sessions · Committee organizations and powers · Legislative function ...

The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign states. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and cooperation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. To this end, it: · Fosters contacts, co-ordination, and the exchange of experience among parliaments and ...

From February 17 to 19, 2008, the Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Honourable Senator Gerald J. Comeau, led a delegation to the XVth Canada-Mexico Interparliamentary Meeting composed of:

Following this meeting, Canada’s term on the executive committee, as a representative of the Americas sub-region of the APPF, was renewed for another four years. Senator Kutcher served as head of delegation; the other parliamentarians who participated were Senator McPhedran, Senator Oh, Senator Ringuette and Senator Woo.

It heard from an expert from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie on the Sahel youth radio project, a representative from the Inter-Parliamentary Union on its most recent report on youth representation in national parliaments, and from three young francophone entrepreneurs.

The event brought together approximately 50 participants, including parliamentarians and representatives from various international organizations.

The members of the delegation actively participated in debates in the Assembly and in a number of committee meetings, in particular, the Political Affairs Committee, the Economic Affairs and Development Committee, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and the Committee on Refugees, Migration and Population. The Canadian delegates also attended meetings of the various political ...