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May 7, 2020
Webinar: NATO's Response to COVID-19
By videoconference
Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (CANA)
May 6, 2020
Meeting of the AdHoc Committee on Migration
By videoconference
Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)
Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., attended the very first virtual meeting of the AdHoc Committee on Migration on May 6, 2020. Dr. Fry discussed how the pandemic affected the migrants and refugee situation in Canada and participated in discussions with other members of the Committee.
May 1, 2020
Virtual Parliamentary Sittings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
Participants heard presentations by: the Honourable Juan Watterson, Speaker of the Isle of Man’s House of Keys; Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, Secretary-General of the Board of Brazil’s Senate; and Matthew Hamlyn, Strategic Director of the Chamber Business Team of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons. They discussed the technical and political challenges associated with implementing virtual sittings and committee meetings in their legislatures.
Jarvis Matiya, the CPA’s Acting Secretary-General, updated participants about the CPA’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the launch of the CPA Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and delivering parliamentary democracy.
The Honourable Bridgid Annisette-George – Speaker of Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives, ParlAmericas Board Member and a member of CPA’s International Executive Committee – delivered closing remarks.
May 1, 2020
Virtual Parliamentary Sittings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)
April 27, 2020
Bureau Meeting
By videoconference
Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)
Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., attended the Parliamentary Assembly’s Bureau Meeting to represent the Canadian Delegation. The elected leaders of the OSCE PA met online for the annual spring Bureau meeting. The meeting commenced with a presentation from the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic. Others also reported on recent events. PA President George Tsereteli, Secretary General Roberto Montella, as well as reports by Chairs of Committees and OSCE PA Special Representatives made successive presentations. Finally, Treasurer Peter Juel-Jensen presented the Assembly’s proposed budget for the upcoming financial year for discussion and noted that efforts would be made to relieve the financial burden on parliaments that may be facing revenue shortfalls due to the economic impact of COVID-19.
April 16, 2020
Organizing Virtual Parliamentary Sessions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
Participants heard presentations by: Gustavo Vasconcellos, Technology and Information Analyst in the Innovation and ICT Directorate of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies; Miguel Landeros, Secretary General of Chile’s Chamber of Deputies; and Claudio Prieto, General Coordinator of Technology and Information of Ecuador’s National Assembly. These panellists provided a detailed account of technical and procedural measures being implemented in their country to enable legislatures to meet virtually.
April 15, 2020
Meeting with the European Parliament's Delegation responsible for Relations with Canada
By videoconference
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU)
April 8, 2020
Informal Leadership Meeting
By videoconference
Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)
Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., attended a Parliamentary Assembly’s Bureau meeting to discuss future business. Given the uncertainty surrounding the global pandemic of COVID-19, Bureau members concluded that the Annual Session planned in Vancouver in July 2020 would need to be cancelled. Dr. Fry reiterated Canada’s wish to host an upcoming Annual Session of the OSCE PA but could not commit at this point to a future date.
March 11, 2020
Annual General Meeting
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (CANA)
6:30 p.m.
To be eligible to vote at the AGM the deadline for membership for this association is 30 days before the meeting. Room 200, Sir John A. Macdonald Building
6:30 p.m.
To be eligible to vote at the AGM the deadline for membership for this association is 30 days before the meeting.
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