North and South America
May 8–9, 2012
Annual Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians; ParlAmericas (Valparaíso, Chile)
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.)
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
October 22, 2012
Visit to Canada of the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica
November 28, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President-Elect of the United Mexican States
January 31 – February 3, 2013
30th Canadian Presiding Officers’ Conference (Victoria)
Europe
April 22–23, 2012
Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region; Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (Montréal)
April 23–27, 2012
Bilateral visit to Canada; Canada-United Kingdom Interparliamentary Association (Ottawa, city of Québec, Fort McMurray)
May 14, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
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
August 16, 2012
Visit to Canada of Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
May 19–26, 2012
Visit to Romania and Croatia by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation
October 31 – November 7, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Hansjörg Walter, President of the National Council of Switzerland, and a parliamentary delegation
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
March 13–14, 2013
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Jean-Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister of the French Republic
Asia and Australia
May 19–25, 2012
8th bilateral meeting; Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (Tokyo, Japan)
July 13–16, 2012
Visit to Canada of the Honourable John Hogg, President of the Senate of Australia
August 31 – September 8, 2012
Bilateral visit to India; Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Mumbai, Bangalore and Kerala, India)
October 12–17, 2012
16th bilateral meeting; Canada-China Legislative Association (Vancouver, Churchill, Ottawa)
December 4, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Kim Hwangsik, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
Middle East and Africa
May 7, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
October 4, 2012
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
January 8–9, 2013
Visit to Canada of His Excellency Dr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin
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