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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 ...

Mr. Larry Bagnell, Member of Parliament for Yukon and Mr. Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, Manitoba, represented the Canadian Parliament at the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) held virtually on February 25, 2021.

The CPA webinar provided a timely and unique opportunity to examine the nature of parliaments as independent institutions in the context of COVID 19. Speaker Rota discussed the Canadian Parliament’s experience with virtual proceedings during the pandemic and the importance of a healthy and functioning parliament to democracy.

The event served as an opportunity to officially launch ODIHR’s guide for parliaments on Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament. The Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., head of the Canadian delegation to the OSCE PA and the OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues, participated as a speaker.

From January 17 to 24, 2007, the Speaker of the Senate led a parliamentary delegation composed of the Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, Senator and the Honourable William Rompkey, Senator. This delegation visited Panama from January 17 to 20 and Costa Rica from January 20 to 24.

Select All ICCI Joint Interparliamentary Council SCCI Subcommittee on Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups Search Results: 1 - 10 of 973 Sorted in reverse chronological order Expand All Collapse All CAPF Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie May 20 - 21, 2025

Spengemann presented a selection of activities by Canada’s parliament related to the implementation of the most recent UPR recommendations; he also pointed out the role that the IPU and its Committee on Democracy and Human Rights can play to strengthen parliamentary engagement regarding the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

Reportof theCanadian ParliamentaryDelegation to theMid-YearEXCOMeeting CanadianBranchof theCommonwealth ParliamentaryAssociation (CPA) Ezulwini, Lobamba, Swaziland May 8 – 13, 2010

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation regarding the Bilateral Visit to the Caribbean Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) St. George, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands April 21 – 26, 2014

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 ...