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June 28, 2021
CPA-UK Branch Workshop: CPTPP and Agriculture and CPTPP and Creative Industries
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)
The fourth workshop, which took place on 28 June 2021, was divided in two parts: CPTPP and Agriculture and CPTPP and Creative Industries.
PART 1: CPTPP AND AGRICULTURE
The CPTPP and Agriculture topic was presented by Randy Hoback, MP, former Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade of the Parliament of Canada; Tori Morgan and Isabelle Rayner from the U.K.’s National Farmers’ Union; and Ken Ash, former Director of the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The session examined the benefits and risks of joining CPTPP from an agricultural perspective as well as the process for negotiating specific exceptions for local farming industries to accommodate differences in national standards for food safety and animal welfare.
In addition to Mr. Hoback, the workshop was attended by the following parliamentarians from the Canadian Branch of the CPA: the Honourable Robert Black and Mr. Dan Mazier, MP.
PART 2: CPTPP AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
The second topic was presented by Garry Neil, author of Canadian Culture in a Globalized World: The impact of trade deals on Canada’s cultural life; and Reema Selhi, Legal and Policy Manager at the U.K.’s Design and Artists Copyright Society. The session focused on intellectual property provisions within the CPTPP particularly as they relate to creative industries such as music, radio, television, visual arts, photography, crafts and design.
June 27 - 28, 2021
Meeting of the APF Education, Communication and Cultural Affairs Committee
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the "Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie" (CAPF)
June 25, 2021
5th Gathering of ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change (plenary session)
By videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
June 25, 2021
Meeting of the Permanent Delegation of the APF Bureau
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the "Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie" (CAPF)
June 23, 2021
High-level parliamentary meeting: Transforming food systems for health, equity, and sustainability
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
June 21, 2021
56th Meeting of the Board of Directors of ParlAmericas
By videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
• The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of CPAM and Treasurer of the ParlAmericas Corporation; and
• Randy Hoback, M.P., Member of CPAM and Member of the ParlAmericas Corporation. ParlAmericas’ President, Paraguayan Senator Blanca Ovelar, highlighted ParlAmericas’ activities since March 2021 and answered questions posed by members of the Board of Directors. ParlAmericas’ International Secretariat provided a financial update, following which members reviewed the draft declaration to be presented at the 5th Gathering of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change’s (PNCC) plenary session. During a discussion about elections for the PNCC, Senator Galvez indicated her intention to seek to become the network’s president.
June 21, 2021
CPA Virtual Training for British Virgin Islands Parliamentarians
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)
Over the three-day series, Members of Parliament from across the Commonwealth were invited to give presentations. Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, MP, Chair of the Canadian Branch of the CPA, gave a presentation on June 21, 2021. Her presentation focused the roles and responsibilities of standing committees in both chambers of the Parliaments of Canada. She also discussed the role of the Chair, the opposition and the staff that assist standing committees. Ms. Ratansi also drew parallels between Canada and BVI’s system of governance and answered questions from the audience.
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