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The Canadian Section of the IPG has a long association with the Can/Am BTA, and typically attends both the fall meeting in Washington, D.C. and its spring meeting in Ottawa. The Can/Am BTA is a coalition of businesses, public-sector organizations and individuals with an interest in bilateral trade and tourism. Its mission is to maximize commercial activity and ensure continued growth in cross ...

These could range from safeguarding sea lanes in the High North to dealing with future conflicts or humanitarian disasters in Africa. Consultations on security under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty remain a key principle and the very existence of this mechanism makes conflict less likely, but Article 4 consultations are underutilized.

From 16-19 May 2008, members of the Canadian and American sections of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) met in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the IPG’s 49 th annual meeting. The US was represented by four Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives, while the Canadian delegation included four Senators and thirteen members of the House of Commons (see Appendix).

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The 19 states in the WGA (see Appendix) and Canada share a mutually beneficial relationship, and nine of those states have Canada as their primary foreign export market. According to recent figures, more than 2.3 million jobs in these19 states rely on Canada-U.S. trade; bilateral trade in a 12 month period was recently valued at nearly $126 billion US D: about $45.9 billion USD was exported ...

This year’s meeting focused on recent experiences in promoting legislation, policy and programs benefiting women, as well as on barriers to gender equality in politics and society. The meeting also included a strategic planning sessions on empowering parliamentarians as agents of change. The Gathering was attended by 58 parliamentarians from 25 countries across the hemisphere.

From 15-17 November 2007, members of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group attended the Economic Leadership Forum of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region in Whistler, British Columbia. This report summarizes the points that were made during the plenary and selected concurrent sessions.

Joseph Kelliher, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · there are a variety of electricity issues that must be addressed, including transmission siting, inadequate infrastructure for generation and transmission, market manipulation, poor market rules and reliability, although progress is being made · with changes in 2005, there are now significant penalties for market manipulation · with ...

On December 3, 2020, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the European Parliament co-hosted a discussion on international trade policies that could help to mitigate the global economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event brought together approximately 50 participants, including parliamentarians and representatives from various international organizations. The webinar featured ...

In its 1979 report, the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability (Lambert Commission) observed “deputy heads are not regularly held accountable in a systematic or coherent way for program management and departmental administration.”([3]) The Commission recommended that “the deputy minister as chief administrative officer account for his performance of specific ...