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Senators René Cormier, Rosa Galvez, and Michael L. MacDonald also attended. Executive Committee members discussed priorities for the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas. They reviewed the budget for 2022–2023 then discussed a number of thematic issues, operational considerations, and future activities for the section.

The Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons are fourth and fifth respectively on the Order of Precedence of Canada, with the first three being the Governor General, the Prime Minister, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Thus, in addition to their traditional and ceremonial duties as the head of their respective institutions, the Speakers also perform their ...

Associations promote the country’s interests abroad on a continuing basis and are composed of both members of the Senate and of the House of Commons. There are 8 Multilateral Associations and 5 Bilateral Associations.

Other members of this delegation included senators Pierre Cuypers, Marie-Pierre De la Gontrie and Catherine Morin-Desailly, and National Assembly Members Philippe Gosselin and Danièle Obono.

On May 16 and 17, 2024, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, participated in First Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, and the First Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fifteenth Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU ...

Parliamentary Associations Associations promote the country’s interests abroad on a continuing basis and are composed of both members of the Senate and of the House of Commons. There are 8 Multilateral Associations and 5 Bilateral Associations.

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 Canadian and ...

With regards to possible new legal agreements between the Arctic countries, Mr. Bloom underlined that the US has found the cooperation in the Council rewarding and is open to the idea of legal instruments where it makes sense. He further pointed to the positive interest in black carbon at the environmental ministers meeting.

From June 3 to 7, 2013, the Honourable Sephiri Enoch Motanyane, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Lesotho, led a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to Ottawa and Toronto at the invitation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons. The delegation was composed of the Honourable Mamonaheng Mokitimi, Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom of ...

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 Canadian and ...