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Mr. Serré outlined some of the activities in which the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas has been involved since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Galvez highlighted that the pandemic has affected people differently, depending on such factors as age, gender and sector of employment. Some foreign participants expressed their gratitude for Canadian parliamentarians’ efforts to ...

The Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group aims to find points of convergence in respective national policies, to initiate dialogue on points of divergence, to encourage the exchange of information, and to promote better understanding among legislators on shared issues of concern. Members of the Canadian Section of the IPG meet regularly with their federal counterparts and, in recent ...

The main objectives of the event were to increase the interest in participation of young women in politics, to recognize and understand the challenges faced by young women who are engaging in political leadership, to allow participants to share experiences and build capacity, to identify strategic solutions, and to develop a call to action. Following the opening session, the meeting was ...

The CPA’s International Executive Committee (EXCO) meets twice a year, in the spring and just before the annual meeting. This year, the fall meeting was held virtually. The CPA’s constitution authorizes it to control and manage the activities and business of the association. The international executive committee has about 35 members and is led by the chairperson of the CPA. The committee ...

From July 10-12, 2011, the Honourable Senator Janis Johnson led a delegation of members of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to the 35th Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The other members of the delegation were the Honourable Senator Wilfred Moore and Mr. Terence Young, M.P ...

This paper begins with a summary of the various recommendations for changing the accountability relationship between Parliament and deputy ministers in Canada over the last 30 years, and reasons why the government has resisted change. It then briefly outlines the accounting officer model currently in place in the United Kingdom and the requirements of the Federal Accountability Act, which ...

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The CSG serves all three branches of state government and provides regional fora – the western, midwestern, southern and eastern regional conferences – through which ideas and insights are exchanged with a view to shaping public policy. Each year, the CSG convenes a national conference, which is attended by selected governors and state legislators from throughout the United States. In ...

The CPTPP and Agriculture topic was presented by Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; Tori Morgan and Isabelle Rayner from the U.K.’s National Farmers’ Union; and Ken Ash, former Director of the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The session ...