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From August 26 to September 1, 2011, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, led a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to Ireland and Scotland. The delegation was composed of Mrs. Ann Kinsella, the Honourable Senators Lowell Murray, P.C., George Furey and Michael MacDonald. Accompanying the delegation were Mr. Charles Robert, Principal Clerk, Chamber Operations ...

A delegation of five parliamentarians from the Canada Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in which Canada enjoys observer status along with Israel and Mexico. The delegation was led by Association president the Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, and included from the Senate the Hon ...

In addition to Mr. Hoback, the workshop was attended by the following parliamentarians from the Canadian Branch of the CPA: the Honourable Robert Black and Mr. Dan Mazier, MP.

“The ERC meeting was a valuable opportunity for us to meet with state legislators and discuss a variety of regional and national issues,” said Senator Dawson. “We were particularly pleased to discuss the benefits of improving the Canada-US transportation corridors in the eastern region. Better regional transportation will lead to better trade, more tourism and more job opportunities ...

From November 30-December 3, 2012, the Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Vice-Chair, and Senator Michael L. MacDonald, Vice-Chair, led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group to the national conference of the Council of State Governments (CSG) in Austin, Texas. The other members of the delegation were Senator Terry Mercer, Mr. LaVar Payne ...

On May 1st 2020, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi – Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – participated in a meeting on the topic of “Virtual parliamentary sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The virtual meeting was co-hosted by CPA and ParlAmericas; it was chaired by Bahamian Senator Ranard Henfield, Vice-President (Caribbean) of ParlAmericas’ Open ...

Several Senators and MPs on the occasion of an official dinner hosted by Speaker Kinsella and a luncheon hosted by Mr. Devinder Shory, M.P., Vice-Chair of the Canada-United Kingdom Inter‑Parliamentary Association; Mr. Gary W. O’Brien, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments;

A delegation of three parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Stockholm, Sweden, for meetings on the upcoming Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and to Strasbourg, France, for the Second Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The delegation was led by Association President David Tilson ...

THE EVENT The ERC is a regional association of legislators from 18 member legislatures from the United States and Canada (see the Appendix). By facilitating cooperation among its member jurisdictions, the ERC promotesmulti-state or region-wide solutions to the problems and challenges facing U.S. state and Canadian provincial legislators. Each year, the ERC holds an annual meeting and regional ...

Several Senators and MPs on the occasion of an official dinner hosted by Speaker Kinsella and a luncheon hosted by Speaker Scheer; Mr. Gary W. O’Brien, Clerk of the Senate; and Dr. Roseann Runte, President of Carleton University.