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The pro tempore Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, and a delegation composed of the Honourable Senators Gérald Comeau, Claudette Tardif and Pierre Claude Nolin, undertook a visit to Paris, France, from March 6 to 8, 2008, to attend a symposium marking the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's settlement at Québec in 1608. The symposium, entitled Empreint de la ...

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 ...

From 9-13 August 2014, the Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Vice-Chair, led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group to the annual meetings of the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the CSG’s western region (CSG-WEST). The annual meetings, which were held concurrently in Anchorage, Alaska and had “New Frontiers, Big Ideas” as ...

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is an inter-parliamentary organization of legislators from the national parliaments of member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, as well as 14 associate members. It is completely independent of the official NATO structure.[1]As the Assembly’s website notes, “Its principal objective is to foster mutual understanding among Alliance parliamentarians of ...

Established in 1991, PNWER is a statutory, bilateral, regional, private-public sector group that includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The aims of the organization are to:

From 9-13 August 2014, the Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Vice-Chair, led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group to the annual meetings of the Council of State Governments (CSG) and the CSG’s western region (CSG-WEST). The annual meetings, which were held concurrently in Anchorage, Alaska and had “New Frontiers, Big Ideas” as ...

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 ...

During the annual summit, a variety of topics of interest to both Canada and the United States were discussed. These topics included transportation, invasive species, education and workforce development, trade and economic development, cyber security, disaster resilience, energy, agriculture, forestry, the environment, mining, water, tourism, innovation and public-private partnerships.

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 ...

The OSCE’s 2013 budget is €144,822,600 million, a decrease from the 012 budget of €3.23 million. Approximately 62% of the OSCE’s budget is dedicated to 17 field missions and other field activities in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The OSCE employs approximately 2570 individuals, the vast majority of whom are assigned to field missions ...