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The topic was presented by Simon O’Connor, MP, and Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Committee in the Parliament of New Zealand; Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; and Emily Jones, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of ...

On 29 May 2023, the Executive Committee of the Canada–United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association (RUUK) hosted a meeting with the Speaker of the United Kingdom House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, M.P.; Deputy Speaker of the United Kingdom House of Commons, Nigel Evans, M.P.; and British High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Susannah Goshko. James Maloney, M.P., Chair of RUUK ...

CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments The Honourable Anthony Rota, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was a panelist at the CPA webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers along with participants from Trinidad and Tobago, the ...

The Conference occurred from January 31 to February 6 with sessions being held at the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K. for the first four days and the remaining two days hosted by the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast, Ireland. The meetings in Northern Ireland were held at the Stormont Building.

Meeting with The Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM) May 17, 2023

The Conference occurred from January 31 to February 6 with sessions being held at the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K. for the first four days and the remaining two days hosted by the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast, Ireland. The meetings in Northern Ireland were held at the Stormont Building.

The committee is made up of a number of senators and MPs reflecting the proportionate share of the operating budget of the Branch as contributed by the Senate and the House of Commons, respectively. Committee members are elected at the CPA’s General Assembly.

In her remarks, she noted that Canada has made progress in increasing women’s political participation, particularly in terms of nearly achieving a critical mass of women parliamentarians in the House of Commons (29.5%) and gender parity in the Senate (49.5%).

The Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) Network of Women Parliamentarians (Network) was formed in 2002 to promote greater participation of women in political, economic, social and cultural life across the francophone world. The Network met in Cotonou, Benin, from April 17 to 19, 2024. Member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde attended the meeting virtually for the Canadian Branch ...

Participants heard presentations by: the Honourable Juan Watterson, Speaker of the Isle of Man’s House of Keys; Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, Secretary-General of the Board of Brazil’s Senate; and Matthew Hamlyn, Strategic Director of the Chamber Business Team of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons.