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The Honorable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Jane Cordy, Senators, and MP Cheryl Gallant participated in this webinar. Senator Cordy was a moderator for the first panel, on the topic “10 years After the Arab uprisings.” The first session provided an update on the uprisings and identified lessons NATO countries could learn from the situation. Participants heard about the case of Tunisia and the ...

Le Colloque parlementaire régional canadien de l'Association parlementaire du Commonwealth (APC), organisé depuis 1973, a réuni des délégués de la section fédérale, ainsi que des sections provinciales et territoriales de l’APC dans le cadre d'une formation et d'échanges annuels liés à leur travail de législateur. Le thème du 43 e colloque était : Gouvernement représentatif ...

Au cours de la session du printemps de l'Assemblée parlementaire de l'OTAN, des parlementaires de pays membres de l'OTAN et de pays partenaires se réunissent pour examiner des projets de rapport et entendre des représentants de gouvernements, des responsables de l'OTAN et des experts sur un large éventail de questions concernant l'Alliance.

Le 5 février 2024, les membres du Comité exécutif de l’Association interparlementaire Canada—Royaume-Uni ont offert un déjeuner en l’honneur des membres du Comité spécial de la procédure de la Chambre des communes du Royaume-Uni en visite au Canada. Dans le cadre d’une étude sur la constitution territoriale du Royaume-Uni qu’il réalise présentement, le Comité de la ...

Interparliamentary Activities and Reports - Parliament of Canada The new Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Greg Fergus, was in attendance, along with several senators, Members of Parliament, and former staff. Former Senator Andreychuk and Ms. Bélanger highlighted how the Association has played an important role in the co-founders’ lives and has had a positive influence on ...

The CPA’s International Executive Committee (EXCO) meets twice a year, in the spring and just before the annual meeting. This year, the fall meeting was held virtually. The CPA’s constitution authorizes it to control and manage the activities and business of the association. The international executive committee has about 35 members and is led by the chairperson of the CPA. The committee ...

Discussion also included an evaluation of the state of poverty alleviation around the world, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the steps necessary to make the achievement of SDG 1 – “End poverty in all its forms everywhere” – a reality.

On 9 March 2021, the honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 45th Session of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. She joined other members of the Bureau from Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sweden, and Thailand among others, as well as its President, Ms. Susan Kihika (Kenya), to review the IPU’s recent and upcoming activities on gender equality ...

The main objectives of the meeting were to discuss the 2010 work plan – which included preparations for the 7th Plenary Meeting, a regional trade workshop, a meeting of the Group of Women Parliamentarians and initial activities of the new project financed by the Canadian International Development agency (CIDA) – and to address administrative matters. In response to the January 12 ...

PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS' STUDY PROGRAM An opportunity for senior parliamentary staff from foreign legislatures and Canadian jurisdictions to learn about the functioning of the Parliament of Canada.