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Mr. Spengemann acknowledged that, while Canada has a high global ranking regarding UHC, the system is not perfect. Among the challenges Canada faces as it strives to implement UHC more broadly is the country’s vast geography and the related difficulty of accessing remote communities.

In their presentations, the High Commissioners covered topics including trade, foreign policy, cybersecurity and climate change, among others. To further enrich the dialogue, participants then heard from parliamentarians from both countries on each of the three agenda items.

Mr. Salazar spoke about the double impact of COVID-19 and climate disasters – such as heavy rain, powerful tropical storms and droughts that are more intense, frequent and widespread – in numerous countries in the western hemisphere.

The CPTPP and Agriculture topic was presented by Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; Tori Morgan and Isabelle Rayner from the U.K.’s National Farmers’ Union; and Ken Ash, former Director of the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The session ...

AIPA Webinar on The Growing Challenge of Confronting Fisheries Crime in ASEAN By videoconference Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN) and Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CAJP)

A high-level dialogue was held virtually on June 1st, 2022, on the theme ''Promoting multilateralism through parliamentary diplomacy''. It provided an opportunity for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean, prior to the 9th Summit of the Americas, to discuss the importance of the role of legislative powers in the Summit processes with a view to advancing multilateralism, regional ...

She also provided an update on the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian women generally, and on care workers, refugees, members of the Indigenous and underrepresented communities specifically, as well as an update on the vaccination rollout.

AIPA Webinar on The Growing Challenge of Confronting Fisheries Crime in ASEAN By videoconference Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN) and Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CAJP)

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 online sitting of the 286th session of the International Executive Committee which took place on November 2, 2021. The meeting provided the ...

Participants also discussed the impact of the U.S. election on Canada and the EU’s bilateral and multilateral relations with that country, notably with respect to trade and climate change. Finally, they also discussed the forthcoming European Digital Services Act and other initiatives to fight terrorism and violent extremism online.