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Several panelists and participants highlighted the challenges faced by parliaments in shaping responses to the pandemic. Many also underscored the importance of striking a balance between the need for urgent action, protecting human rights, and parliament’s legislative, budgetary and oversight roles.

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The Parliament of Canada is a member of the APPF’s executive committee, and Canadian parliamentarians also participated in the meeting of that committee on 10 November 2021. Following this meeting, Canada’s term on the executive committee, as a representative of the Americas sub-region of the APPF, was renewed for another four years.

From May 31 to June 2, 2015 the Honourable Stephen Parry, Senator, President of the Senate of Australia, visited Ottawa at the invitation of the Honourable Leo Housakos, Speaker of the Senate and the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons. President Parry was accompanied by Mrs. Allison Parry and Ms. Leanne Holland, Counsellor to President Parry. His Excellency Tony ...

Canada is an observer parliament at AIPA and has participated in several meetings hosted by this forum in recent years. At this webinar, emphasis was placed on approaching the problem of violence related to the illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons through the lenses of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and the United Nations 2030 ...

The Canadian Branch of the CWP is administered by a steering committee that represents the views and concerns of women parliamentarians throughout Canada and develops programs to support the objectives of the CWP in the region. This committee is composed of one representative from each province and territory and one from the federal Parliament. A chair oversees its activities and represents ...

As well, she underscored the role that the Canadian parliament is playing in considering options to expand Canada’s health system to include a national pharmacare program and in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Spengemann acknowledged that, while Canada has a high global ranking regarding UHC, the system is not perfect.

The delegates had the privilege of witnessing the Opening Ceremony of the Second Session of the Fourteenth Parliament. Furthermore, Speaker Furey presented the keynote address at the Second Roundtable Session on Malaysian Senate reform in Port Dickson and following the address, all Canadian delegates were invited to participate in a Q and A ...

These obstacles include the dissolution of parliament, the constitutional changes enacted by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (granting legislative power to the army and stripping the President of powers in the field of the budget and foreign and defence policy) and the questionable independence and impartiality of the Constitutional Court.

The Presidents explained that since the last general election of 2010, there are 41 Members of Parliament directly elected by the population and 31 Senators, 16 appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, nine are appointed by the President and six appointed by the President on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.