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The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C., M.P., President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and the Union interparlementaire (UIP) Executive Committee Vice-President for the Twelve Plus geopolitical Group (12+), the Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator and President of the IPU Committee on Middle East Questions and Sven Spengemann, M.P. and member of the Bureau of the ...

The Study Group on Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures was held at Bermuda College from October 30, 2006 to November 3, 2006. The meetings were chaired by Dennis Marshall, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The Secretary General expressed the view that this study was one of the most important tasks undertaken by the CPA. The members of the study group were ...

The IPG aims to find points of convergence in respective national policies, to initiate dialogue on points of divergence, to encourage the exchange of information and to promote better understanding among legislators on shared issues of concern. Members of the IPG’s Canadian Section meet regularly with their federal counterparts and, in recent years, have attended meetings of governors and ...

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate; The Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons; A number of senators and MPs during two official meals hosted by the two speakers; Ms. Kerry-Leigh Burchall, Director General, and Mr. Franz Klingender, Conservator, Canada Agriculture Museum; and Swiss-Canadian businesspeople, notably in St. Albert, Ontario.

In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, emphasis was placed on parliament-to-parliament relations, discussing parliamentary diplomacy, accountability, and current political and constitutional reforms. The role of Jordanian parliamentarians in the context of current regional challenges was also examined. Further, the Association sought to deepen its understanding of Jordan’s role in addressing ...

At the Second Plenary Assembly of ParlAmericas, held in Panama City in 2003, participating women parliamentarians held a breakfast meeting to discuss their role in parliament, politics and within the organization. Argentinean Parliamentarian Margarita Stolbizer proposed that the group be established as a permanent body. The suggestion was unanimously approved by the Plenary Assembly. The ...

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 ...

“The NGA’s meeting provided us with an unparalleled opportunity to speak with U.S. governors about a range of issues that are important to Canada and the United States, and – more specifically – to their state. I know that I speak on behalf of my colleagues in saying that we value the relationships with governors that we’ve been building over time, and always look forward to getting ...

The Honourable Dan Hays, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, and a parliamentary delegation travelled to the United Arab Emirates, from January 13-16, 2005, to the Kingdom of Bahrain, from January 16-19, 2005, and to the United Kingdom, from January 19-21, 2005.

From July 28-August 1, 2012, Mr. John Carmichael, M.P., Vice-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the IPG to the 66th annual meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) of the Council of State Governments in Charleston, West Virginia. The other members of the delegation were Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette, P ...