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CANA
Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
RUUK
Canada-United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association
CEUS
Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group
CAPF
Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
CAAF
Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association
ICCI
Joint Interparliamentary Council
CPAM
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas
May 17, 2022
61st Meeting of the Board of Directors of ParlAmericas
By videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
The 61st Meeting of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors occurred virtually on May 17, 2022. Three Canadian parliamentarians participated:
• Marc G. Serré, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM), Member of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors (North America) and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation;
• The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of CPAM, President of ParlAmericas’ Parliamentary Network on Climate Change (PNCC), 2nd Vice-President on ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors and Treasurer of ParlAmericas Corporation;
• The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Senator, Vice-President of ParlAmericas’ Parliamentary Network on Gender Equality (PNGE) (North America); and
• Randy Hoback, M.P., Member of CPAM and Member of the ParlAmericas Corporation.
Representative Bridgid Annisette-George, Speaker of Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives and Vice-President of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors, provided opening remarks and an update on ParlAmericas’ recent and upcoming activities; particular mention was made of ParlAmericas’ participation in the upcoming 9th Summit of the Americas.
Two representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS), Francisco Guerrero Aguirre, Secretary for Strengthening Democracy, and Maria Celina Conte, Director of the Summits of the Americas Secretariat, spoke to the members of the Board about the 9th Summit of the Americas and its events. As well, they stressed the importance of democracy and of integrating social justice considerations into all pandemic-response initiatives. Finally, the members of the board discussed ParlAmericas’ participation at the upcoming Summit of the Americas.
CAPF
Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
CAEU
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
May 12, 2022
Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
By videoconference
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU)
The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) met on 12 May 2022 via videoconference. Members from the Canadian delegation were Ms. Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament (MP) for Labrador and Mr. Bob Zimmer, MP for Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies.
At the meeting, members agreed to postpone the Conference of the Arctic Parliamentarians (CPAR) to 2024, at which time it will be held in Sweden. The idea of an Arctic Parliamentarians Summit – to be hosted by the Danish Parliament in Nuuk, Greenland in September 2022 – was approved.
Members reported on the priorities of the Arctic regions of their respective countries, including:
Support for Ukraine and for the inclusion of Sweden and Finland in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
Security of the Arctic and of Arctic residents;
Increased investments in Arctic infrastructure;
The transition of the leadership of the Arctic Council from Russia to Norway in May 2023;
Ensuring continued Arctic cooperation; and
Arctic food security.
The Chair, Ms. Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Denmark; the Vice-Chair, Mrs. Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska, United States’ Senate; and the Secretary General, Mr. Peder Pedersen, from the Danish Parliament, were all extended in their current positions until the next CPAR.
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