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Rwanda was the first lower house to elect a majority of women parliamentarians. Outside of the Nordic states, most of the parliaments that have achieved the 30% target are developing countries, and six are in post-conflict countries. Many of these have adopted measures to promote women’s political participation (legislated and voluntary). Ms.

Twenty-three parliamentary officers from the following legislatures participated: Province of Alberta (Legislative Assembly); Province of Manitoba (Legislative Assembly); Province of New Brunswick (Legislative Assembly); Province of Ontario (Legislative Assembly); Cyprus (House of Representatives); Dominica (House of Assembly); Estonia ...

Members of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union UIPU) participated, two of whom, Rachel Blaney, MP and Sven Spengemann, MP were featured presenters together with Dr. Pechdau Tohmeena from Thailand’s House of Representatives and David Clarke from the World Health Organization. Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia also attended.

On May 6, 2019, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P., hosted a second breakfast meeting with 30 heads of diplomatic missions in Canada. The group visited the interim Chamber of the House of Commons in West Block, and Speaker Regan provided an overview of the renovations and discussed the challenges of moving a legislature to a new location. He was joined ...

From February 17 to 19, 2008, the Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Honourable Senator Gerald J. Comeau, led a delegation to the XVth Canada-Mexico Interparliamentary Meeting composed of:

From April 18 to 27, 2008, the Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, led an official delegation to the Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The delegation was composed of Mr. Ed Komarnicki, M.P., Mr. Dave MacKenzie, M.P., Mr. Lui Temelkovski, M.P., Mr. Robert Vincent, M.P., as well as Mr. Patrick Kennedy, Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker, and ...

The Committee’s mission to the United States, undertaken annually at the invitation of the U.S. House of Representatives, this year included dialogue with Congressional leaders of both Houses as well as senior officials from the Departments of State and Defense. The delegation also met with independent experts at the Council on Foreign Relations. Finally, the delegation travelled to San ...

Ms. McPherson was a featured panellist. In her remarks, she noted that Canada has made progress in increasing women’s political participation, particularly in terms of nearly achieving a critical mass of women parliamentarians in the House of Commons (29.5%) and gender parity in the Senate (49.5%).

“The 2013 annual summit covered a wide range of topics that affect both Canada and the United States,” said Mr. Rajotte. “Certainly, there are many opportunities for bilateral cooperation and the sharing of best practices in such areas as energy, the Arctic, the common border, innovation, disaster resilience, workforce development, trade and economic development, agriculture and invasive ...

October 26, 2022 Reception Celebrating 75 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Canada and Italy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada-Italy Interparliamentary Group (CAIT)