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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 ...

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, remotely participated in the sixth sitting of the 286th session of the International Executive Committee of the IPU. The meeting took place on November 25, 2021 as ...

Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament, led a Canadian delegation of two to the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (the Standing Committee) held in Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund, Norway, 3-6 June 2013. The delegation also included Mr. Dennis Bevington, Member of Parliament. Ms. Shauna Troniak from the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library ...

The theme for the 52nd Conference was Enhancing Standards of Democratic Governance and Public Perceptions of Parliament in the Commonwealth. The Secretary General of the CPA, the Hon. Denis Marshall, QSO addressed the delegates in the afternoon session and used the opportunity to provide the delegates with a briefing on the activities of the Association since the 51stCPA Conference held in ...

The Bureau is the organizing committee of the APF’s Network of Young Parliamentarians. It sets the agenda and decides on other administrative matters for the main committee. At the Bureau’s videoconference meeting, MP Kristina Michaud, rapporteur of the Canadian Branch was among the members present to discuss the current and future studies of the main Commission, namely its report on youth ...

Découvert en 1596 par Wilhelm Barents, le Svalbard a été historiquement lié à la pêche à la baleine, au tourisme, au charbonnage ainsi qu’à l’exploration et à la recherche polaires. Les trois piliers de la société sont aujourd’hui le charbonnage, la recherche et le tourisme.

During this event, participants discussed the role of parliamentarians and public authorities during times of crisis. They also talked about the part played by the public sector as well as the relationship between public and private actors. Participants highlighted several of the challenges the world is facing, including the global water crisis, inequity and poverty, and climate change, and ...

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 ...

The newly elected members of the Bermuda House of Assembly participated in the post-election seminar, which is the oldest program run by the CPA. This was a virtual seminar and was attended by representatives from throughout the Commonwealth. The newly elected Members of the House of Assembly, chosen to represent Bermuda’s approx. 64,000 citizens, join the Parliament in a year that marks 400 ...

The deep and abiding links between Canada and the United Kingdom find expression in many forms, including through the declaration in Canada’s constitution that it is “similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom.” Though this constitutional commonality, Canada and the United Kingdom share, among other things, longstanding parliamentary practices that include parliamentary privilege.