#CEUS met with Washington State Lieutenant Governor @LtGovDennyHeck, @CanadaWestFdn CEO Gary Mar, and Consul General of Canada in Seattle @CanCGSeattle Craig Weichel to discuss bilateral relations, trade, and shared regional interests
The delegations met with the Hon. Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster, Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for Suicide Prevention at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, and Solomon Awa, Mayor of the City of Iqaluit.
#CANA and the NATO PA have arrived in Iqaluit to consult with regional stakeholders, including Indigenous officials and defence entrepreneurs, to better understand how self-governance and resilience contribute to Arctic security.
During their visit to the Oireachtas, #CAEU met with @daracalleary, Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht as well as @timmydooley, Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries and the Marine.
1/2 #CAEU engaged with the Oireachtas, meeting with the Speakers of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, members of the Committees on European Affairs, Defence and National Security, and Foreign Affairs and Trade.
A #CAEU delegation, led by @j_maloney, is in Ireland for a bilateral mission as the country assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 🇨🇦🇮🇪
#CANA and the visiting @natopa delegation met with Minister of National Defence @DavidMcGuinty to discuss the Arctic’s strategic importance to Canada’s defence and its efforts to increase Arctic capabilities
#CANA’s @JulieDzerowicz and @cherylgallant welcomed a @natopress delegation to Parliament for meetings with officials, policy experts, Inuit governance leaders, and security and defence scholars.
#CANA News Release: Parliament welcomes a NATO Parliamentary Assembly fact-finding mission on Arctic security in Ottawa and Iqaluit https://t.co/dJA8VKCcuJ
A multinational delegation of the @natopa Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations, chaired by #CANA’s @cherylgallant, will conduct a fact-finding mission to Ottawa and Iqaluit to assess Canada’s strategic approach to Arctic security
The delegates spoke on several themes: Senator Moodie on strengthening democratic legitimacy through citizen engagement, @AndrewCardozo5 on improving openness and accessibility, and Ms. Mendès on parliamentary resilience in the face of polarization
#CAPF’s Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba, accompanied by Tatiana Auguste and @EricLefebvrePCC, presented a draft report to the APF Youth Network on the training programmes offered by French-speaking parliaments to familiarise youth with democratic institutions and processes
#CAPF’s @MonaFortier, rapporteur for the @APFfrancophonie Network of Women Parliamentarians, and Senator @AmiGerba discussed the state of gender equality in the Francophonie with their colleagues during their annual meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon
#CAPF Chair @MfLalonde and @JoelGodinpjc, Chair of the @APFfrancophonie Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, attended the APF Bureau meeting held as part of the 51st Annual Session at the Parliament of Cameroon in Yaoundé 🇨🇲
#CCOM’s Alexandra Mendès, @SenatorSalma, @iamiqrakhalid, and @MHGaudreauBQ met with their provincial and territorial counterparts at the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian conference, with Ms. Gaudreau speaking on the theme of support for elected women