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CPAM Canadian Section of ParlAmericas

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.