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On Feb. 12, 2025, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, C.M., O.M., participated in the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, and the Preparatory Committee for the Fifteenth Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in New ...

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate; The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons; The Honourable John Baird, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Deepak Obhrai, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; The Honourable Donald Oliver, Q.C., Senator and President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and ...

In addition to the Inter-Parliamentary Group’s annual meeting, association members continue their bilateral efforts by travelling to Washington for meetings with US Senators and members of the House of Representatives to discuss such issues as trade, softwood lumber, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other border concerns, energy ...

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.

Ms. Anne-Marie Lizin, Speaker of the Senate of Belgium; Mr. Herman De Croo, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belgium; Ambassador Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General; General Raymond Henault, CMM, CD, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee; and Representatives to the Canadian Joint Delegation to the North Atlantic Council.

Many Canadian delegates also participated in this event including Senators Patricia Bovey, René Cormier, Josée Forest-Niesing and Rosa Galvez. On June 15, 2020, Dr. Hedy Fry, M.P., hosted a web dialogue in her capacity as Special Representative on Gender Issues to the OSCE PA entitled: "Gendered Impacts of COVID-19". Dr.

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.

From September 10 to 15, 2017, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., led a parliamentary delegation on a visit to France and Latvia. The delegation was composed of the Honourable Norman E. Doyle, Senator, the Honourable Patricia E. Bovey, Senator, Ms. Gudie Hutchings, M.P., and Ms. Nicole Proulx, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments. Accompanying the ...

The other Executive Committee members in attendance were senators Jean Guy Dagenais and Pierre Dalphond, and Steven Blaney, MP. The Ambassador began by providing an overview of the relationship between Canada and France, noting that the relationship is excellent, but that trade between the two countries could be increased.

From October 12 to 16, 2016, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., conducted an official visit to Scotland and England, United Kingdom. Accompanying the Speaker were Mrs. Karen Furey, Mr. Charles Robert, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments, Mr. Michel Patrice, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel and Chief Parliamentary Precinct Services Officer, and Ms ...