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Mr. Salazar spoke about the double impact of COVID-19 and climate disasters – such as heavy rain, powerful tropical storms and droughts that are more intense, frequent and widespread – in numerous countries in the western hemisphere. In his view, governments must take an integrated, intersectional approach to risk management. He also described actions that could reduce vulnerability and ...

The main objectives of the event were to increase the interest in participation of young women in politics, to recognize and understand the challenges faced by young women who are engaging in political leadership, to allow participants to share experiences and build capacity, to identify strategic solutions, and to develop a call to action. Following the opening session, the meeting was ...

The Conference of Branch Chairs (CBC) of the America Region of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) oversees the implementation of decisions made by the Regional Assembly of the America. These decisions seek to promote the French language and francophone culture among the member branches. The CBC met by videoconference on 13 March 2023. Two members of the Canadian Branch of ...

Hon. Joan Cook, Senator represented the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) as an observer at the 40th Conference of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands from June 15th – 19th, 2009 Report

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation respecting its participation at the Parliamentary Panel within the Framework of the WTO Public Forum 2011 and the 24th Session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Geneva, Switzerland September 19-21, 2011

This session provided a space for parliamentarians and civil society and youth representatives to dialogue and learn from each other on practices to improve communication and citizen participation in parliamentary work around climate objectives. Discussions focused on strategies to provide a space for the diverse perspectives that should be considered to ensure that climate strategies help ...

Meeting of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee (PAC) – June 26, 2020 Joël Godin, Member of Parliament, chairs the Parliamentary Affairs Committee, which considers parliamentary issues of common interest, the overall direction of interparliamentary cooperation, legal issues in the French-speaking world, and rights, freedoms and democratic development. At this meeting held by videoconference ...

On March 16, 2021, Honourable Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, Senator, Member of the Canada-China Legislative Association and the Canada-Japan Interparliamentary Group, participated in a webinar organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons. As part of their preparations for an upcoming ...

La délégation aimerait également remercier M. Claude Laverdure, ambassadeur du Canada en France, ainsi que tous les représentants de l’ambassade canadienne à Paris, notamment Marc Berthiaume et Julie Normand de la Section politique des efforts que ceux-ci ont déployés pour faire de cette visite un grand succès. Les membres de la délégation ont quitté la France en étant certains ...

The Plenary Assembly of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) delegates authority to the Bureau to oversee the execution of its decisions. The Bureau is responsible for implementing the Plenary Assembly’s motions, resolutions, opinions and recommendations and may make any decision that will be helpful in that regard. Based on reports from the Secretariat General, it considers ...