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The House of Commons: Report to Canadians 2014

Report to Canadians 2014

Members’ Activities: Internationally

The House of Commons regularly interacts with parliamentarians and dignitaries from many countries as well as from other Canadian legislatures. As illustrated in the table below, parliamentary diplomacy can be undertaken in a variety of ways:

A


Visits to Parliament by heads of state or heads of government
B


Visits to Parliament by parliamentary speakers or delegations
C


Official parliamentary delegations led by the Speaker of the House
D


Parliamentary conferences attended by the Speaker of the House
E


Interparliamentary association events that included Canadian participation
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North and South America

A

April 25, 2013

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

A

May 30, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile

E

July 14–20, 2013

Canadian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Edmonton, Alberta)

E

August 19–24, 2013

10th Plenary Assembly and 32nd Meeting of the ParlAmericas Board of Directors (San José, Costa Rica)

E

October 6–8, 2013

Participation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group in the Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance Conference (Washington, D.C.)

C

November 14–16, 2013

Participation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation in the 19th Canada-Mexico Interparliamentary Meeting (Mexico City, Mexico)

E

January 19–22, 2014

Meeting of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie Network of Women Parliamentarians (Quebec City, Quebec)

D

January 30 – February 2, 2014

31st Canadian Presiding Officers' Conference (Ottawa, Ontario)

E

February 24, 2014

Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region – Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (Ottawa, Ontario)

+

Europe

A
April 23, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia

A
May 2, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia

B
May 27–31, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Vangelis Meimarakis, Speaker of the Parliament of the Hellenic Republic

B
August 22, 2013

Visit to Canada of Mr. Jean-Pierre Bel, President of the Senate of the French Republic, and a parliamentary delegation

D
September 6–8, 2013

Participation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, in the 12th G8 Speakers' Conference (London, United Kingdom)

C
September 9–11, 2013

Visit to France of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

A
September 18, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Andris Bērziņš, President of the Republic of Latvia

A
September 23, 2013

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic

B
November 25–26, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Volodymyr Rybak, Chairman of the Parliament of Ukraine, and a parliamentary delegation

B
February 27–28, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Dr. Igor Corman, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, and a parliamentary delegation

+

Asia and Australia

B

April 15–19, 2013

Visit to Canada of Her Excellency Diloram G. Tashmukhamedova, Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and a parliamentary delegation

C

May 13–18, 2013

Visit to Japan of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

A

September 24, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan

E

November 9–17, 2013

17th Bilateral Meeting of the Canada-China Legislative Association (Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, China)

D

January 21–25, 2014

Participation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, in the 22nd Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (Wellington, New Zealand)
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C

March 10–14, 2014

Visit to Turkey of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

+

Middle East and Africa

A

May 1, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

B

June 3–7, 2013

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Sephiri Enoch Motanyane, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Lesotho, and a parliamentary delegation

E

August 28 – September 6, 2013

59th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Johannesburg, South Africa)

A

November 27, 2013

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa

B

March 24–26, 2014

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset of Israel, and a parliamentary delegation


Visit to Canada by the Aga Khan

On February 27, 2014, the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons were honoured to welcome His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. During his visit on Parliament Hill, the Aga Khan addressed Senators and Members of Parliament in the Chamber of the House of Commons—the first faith leader to ever be given this privilege. His historic speech covered a range of important topics, including the need to engage both Shia and Sunni Muslims in global conversations to reduce religious conflict and hostility, how the Canadian model of a peaceful and democratic society can help countries of crisis become countries of opportunity, and the strong partnership between Canada and the Aga Khan Development Foundation.



Interparliamentary Associations

The Parliament of Canada is involved in official interparliamentary associations that promote cooperation and understanding among nations and strengthen relations between Canadian parliamentarians and their counterparts around the world.



Joint Interparliamentary Council

Receiving its mandate from the Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the House of Commons Board of Internal Economy, the Joint Interparliamentary Council is responsible for determining all budgetary and administrative matters relating to parliamentary associations. It also determines the operating policies that ensure efficient and consistent support for interparliamentary activities—and that these activities are promoting the best interests of the Parliament of Canada.


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