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Summit on the Rapprochement of Canadian Francophonies—June 12 and 17, 2021 The parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) that took part in the summit on the rapprochement of Canadian francophonies, held by videoconference on June 12 and 17, 2021, consisted of Members of Parliament Francis Drouin, Marie-France Lalonde, Darrell ...

The 206th Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Governing Council (Extraordinary Virtual Session) took place 1–3 November 2020. The Governing Council is the primary oversight body of the IPU and is made up of representatives from all member parliaments. It has a variety of subsidiary bodies which report to it, including the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, the ...

Le 22 juillet 2020, M. Marc Serré, député, président de la Section canadienne de ParlAmericas, et la sénatrice Rosa Galvez, vice-présidente de la Section canadienne de ParlAmericas et vice-présidente (Amérique du Nord) du Réseau parlementaire sur le changement climatique de ParlAmericas (RPCC), ont participé à une réunion virtuelle sur le thème «Sensibilité au genre et ...

Le 22 juillet 2020, M. Marc Serré, député, président de la Section canadienne de ParlAmericas, et la sénatrice Rosa Galvez, vice-présidente de la Section canadienne de ParlAmericas et vice-présidente (Amérique du Nord) du Réseau parlementaire sur le changement climatique de ParlAmericas (RPCC), ont participé à une réunion virtuelle sur le thème «Sensibilité au genre et ...

The 6th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network (OPN) included three virtual sessions that took place on March 9, 15 and 22, 2022. During the sessions, dialogues were held between parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, and civil society and youth representatives on key considerations for a robust public integrity strategy, recognizing its importance not only in preventing and ...

The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C.,M.P., president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee Vice-President for the Twelve Plus geopolitical group (12+), participated in a virtual Steering Committee meeting of the 12+ on June 9, 2020. Members discussed important matters that will be on the agenda of the upcoming ...

On June 14, 21, and 28, 2021, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) United Kingdom (U.K.) hosted a series of virtual seminars for newly elected parliamentarians from the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The series, which was requested by the BVI House of Assembly, was held more than two years after the country’s last election. The objective of the series was to ensure elected ...

The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) held a regular meeting on 10 February 2022 via videoconference. New members from the Canadian delegation – Ms. Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament (MP) for Labrador, and Mr. Bob Zimmer, MP for Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies – and other new members introduced themselves. This meeting marked Ms. Aaja ...

In accordance with the Statutes[2] of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a 17-member body of parliamentarians oversees the administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and provides advice to its Governing Council[3].

This workshop focussed on the role of parliamentarians in advocating, introducing, and implementing climate change policy as well as on how they can help close important policy gaps between the global, national, and local levels of governance. During this workshop, Mr. Terry Duguid, MP, gave a presentation that focussed on Canada’s domestic response to climate change and the challenges of ...