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It shall function within the mandate of the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons, with the support of the office of the Executive Secretary, and in affiliation with other NATO Parliamentary groups and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, whose headquarters is in Brussels. Consultation will be maintained with the Atlantic Council of Canada and with other groups working to foster a strong ...

The Political Committee of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) considers policy issues and the rule of law in francophone countries, relations with the institutions of La Francophonie, the APF’s overall priorities, and legal issues concerning its statutes and enforcement provisions. With Senator Dennis Dawson, rapporteur of the Canadian Branch, in attendance, the committee ...

Members heard from the candidates for the chair of the 12+ Group and proceeded to vote in a virtual secret ballot election. Ms. Arda Gerkens from the Netherlands was elected Chair of the Group for a two-year term. The Group also reviewed proposals for future Group activities, examined the financial situation of the Group and discussed matters that will be on the agenda of the upcoming session ...

La rencontre visait principalement à galvaniser l’élan en faveur de la participation politique des jeunes femmes, à prendre conscience des difficultés que vivent les jeunes femmes quand elles souhaitent assumer des responsabilités politiques, à permettre aux participants de témoigner de leurs expériences et de renforcer leurs capacités, à trouver des solutions stratégiques et à ...

This workshop focussed on the role of parliamentarians in advocating, introducing, and implementing climate change policy as well as on how they can help close important policy gaps between the global, national, and local levels of governance. During this workshop, Mr. Terry Duguid, MP, gave a presentation that focussed on Canada’s domestic response to climate change and the challenges of ...

The main purpose of the visit was to enhance relations and cooperation between the Parliament of Canada and Stortinget of Norway, and to highlight the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Norway. The visit provided opportunities to discuss topics of common interest such as the restauration and renovation of the parliamentary precincts, climate change, the Arctic ...

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), gave the keynote address, highlighting how the pandemic has affected the economic situation in the Americas and Caribbean region and outlining proposals that could help mitigate its effects.

Associations Select All CAAF Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association CACN Canada-China Legislative Association CAEU Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association CAFR Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association CAJP Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group CANA Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association CAPF Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie CCOM Canadian Branch of the ...

Luís Amado, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Minister of Portugal, also spoke to the Assembly and responded to questions, two of which came from Senator Raynell Andreychuk and Senator Pierre Claude Nolin. Addresses from the Prime Minister of Macedonia and the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia followed.

From 22–24 February 2022, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Mission 89, held a virtual workshop to explore techniques to prevent sports trafficking, a form of human trafficking where individuals are “exploited through the false promise of the opportunity to play sports professionally.” Sébastien Lemire, Member of ...