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The House of Commons: Report to Canadians 2015

Report to Canadians 2015

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 10, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Ollanta Humala Tasso, President of the Republic of Peru

A
May 26, 2014

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Rufus Ewing, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

E
July 4–8, 2014

40th Annual Session of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (Ottawa) Learn more

D
September 9–11, 2014

11th Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (Whitehorse) Learn more

D
November 24–25, 2014

20th Canada-Mexico Interparliamentary Meeting (Ottawa)

B
December 9–10, 2014

Visit to Ottawa of Mr. Jacques Chagnon, President of the National Assembly of Quebec

D
January 29 – February 1, 2015

32nd Canadian Presiding Officers’ Conference (Winnipeg)

C
March 15–20, 2015

Visit to the Federative Republic of Brazil by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

E
March 23–25, 2015

United States congressional visit by the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Washington, D.C.

+

Europe

B
April 7–8, 2014

Visit to Canada of the Right Honourable Tricia Marwick, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, and a parliamentary delegation

C
May 16–20, 2014

Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

E
May 25–28, 2014

Election observation mission to the Ukraine by the Canadian Delegation to the Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)

D
August 28–31, 2014

5th Annual Meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network (Frascati, Italy)

C
September 1–3, 2014

Visit to the Republic of Macedonia by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

C
September 8–10, 2014

Visit to the Italian Republic by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

D
September 11–12, 2014

European Conference of Presidents of Parliament (Oslo, Norway)

A
September 17, 2014

Address to Parliament by His Excellency Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine

A
September 25, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany

A
September 26, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and His Excellency José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

A
October 9, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland

B
October 27–28, 2014

Visit to Canada of Dame Rosemary Butler, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, and a parliamentary delegation

A
November 3, 2014

Address to Parliament by His Excellency François Hollande, President of the French Republic

D
January 15–18, 2015

Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (Saint Helier, Jersey)

C
January 19–20, 2015

Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a parliamentary delegation

A
February 9, 2015

Visit to Canada of Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

B
March 9–11, 2015

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, and a parliamentary delegation

+

Asia and Australia

A
June 9–10, 2014

Visit to Canada of the Honourable Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia

E
June 9–12, 2014

18th Bilateral Meeting of the Canada-China Legislative Association (Ottawa and Vancouver)

A
September 22, 2014

Visit to Canada of Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea

B
December 1–4, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin Haji Mulia, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia, and a parliamentary delegation

E
January 10–15, 2015

23rd Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) (Quito, Ecuador)

E
March 28–April 1, 2015

132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (Hanoi, Vietnam)

+

Middle East and Africa

B
April 2–4, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Dr. Mustapha Ben Jaâfar, President of the National Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Tunisia, and a parliamentary delegation

B
September 13–20, 2014

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Kassa Tekeleberihan Gebrehiwot, Speaker of the House of the Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and a parliamentary delegation

E
October 2–10, 2014

Participation by the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (Yaounde, Cameroon)

E
January 19–23, 2015

Bilateral visits to Lesotho and Malawi by the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association

B
February 22–26, 2015

Visit to Canada of His Excellency Cemil Çiçek, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey, and a parliamentary delegation


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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