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North and South America
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May 8–9, 2012
Annual Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians; ParlAmericas (Valparaíso, Chile)
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July 15–19, 2012
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Annual Summit; Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (Saskatoon)
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September 7–9, 2012
11th G8 Speakers’ Conference (Washington, D.C.)
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September 23–25, 2012
Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance Conference; Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (Washington, D.C.)
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October 6–13, 2012
Visit to Chile and Costa Rica by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation
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October 22, 2012
Visit to Canada of the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica
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November 28, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President-Elect of the United Mexican States
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January 31 – February 3, 2013
30th Canadian Presiding Officers’ Conference (Victoria)
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Europe
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April 22–23, 2012
Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region; Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (Montréal)
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April 23–27, 2012
Bilateral visit to Canada; Canada-United Kingdom Interparliamentary Association (Ottawa, city of Québec, Fort McMurray)
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May 14, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
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May 28 – June 1, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Milorad Živković, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a parliamentary delegation
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August 16, 2012
Visit to Canada of Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
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May 19–26, 2012
Visit to Romania and Croatia by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation
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October 31 – November 7, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Hansjörg Walter, President of the National Council of Switzerland, and a parliamentary delegation
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November 9–13, 2012
58th Annual Session; NATO Parliamentary Association (Prague, Czech Republic)
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November 20–22, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Per Westerberg, Speaker of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sweden
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March 13–14, 2013
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Jean-Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister of the French Republic
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Asia and Australia
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May 19–25, 2012
8th bilateral meeting; Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (Tokyo, Japan)
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July 13–16, 2012
Visit to Canada of the Honourable John Hogg, President of the Senate of Australia
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August 31 – September 8, 2012
Bilateral visit to India; Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Mumbai, Bangalore and Kerala, India)
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October 12–17, 2012
16th bilateral meeting; Canada-China Legislative Association (Vancouver, Churchill, Ottawa)
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December 4, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Kim Hwangsik, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
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Middle East and Africa
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May 7, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
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October 4, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
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January 8–9, 2013
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Dr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin
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January 10–13, 2013
Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (Swakopmund, Namibia)
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January 19–26, 2013
Bilateral visits to Kenya and Malawi; Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association