Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (CANA)

The Standing Committee performs a wide range of both political and administrative tasks. It determines the rights and obligations of nonmember delegations and evaluates applications for non-member status which, if approved, are forwarded for the consideration of the full Assembly. It coordinates the overall work of the Assembly: it must approve all planned meetings and provides guidance to the committees on the treatment of subjects to avoid duplication and ensure that the overall work of the Assembly is coordinated. The Standing Committee also serves as the Assembly’s finance committee

To better understand international security issues in the Pacific, a delegation composed from 18 NATO member States of the Defense and Security Committee (DSC) visited Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) from March 19 to March 21, 2019

The Joint Committee meetings held in Brussels in February each year which bring together the Assembly’s Defence and Security, Economics and Security and Political Committees and the officers from Science and Technology Committee and Civil Dimension of Security Committee. The meetings are for member delegations only and their main purpose is to meet senior NATO officials in an off-the record format. During the February Meetings, the Standing Committee meets with NATO’s North Atlantic Council.

In 2001, growing concern about the apparent drift in transatlantic attitudes, perceptions and policies, prompted the Assembly's Standing Committee to instigate a "Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum" to help identify the precise nature of the divergence in transatlantic thinking and to explore ways in which these differences could be redressed. The programme includes discussions with senior US administration figures and academic experts.