#CAAF News Release: Statement of the Canadian-Africa Parliamentary Association on World Africa Day ow.ly/vBqI50RUsAn

#CANA is departing for the NATO PA Spring Session in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬. Led by Chair Julie Dzerowicz 🇨🇦🇺🇦, the delegation includes Senators Sen.Donna Dasko, Hon. Clément Gignac, ASC, Économiste, Claude Carignan, and Senator Rebecca Patterson and MPs @rablaney, Cheryl Gallant, and @christinenorm

After a briefing at the Embassy of Canada US, #CEUS met with its Congressional counterparts to discuss the #CUSMA trade agreement, security and defence commitments under NATO and NORAD, energy infrastructure, and the environment 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Co-Chair John McKay led a #CEUS delegation on a bilateral visit to Washington. Delegates included Senators Andrew Cardozo, Senator Marty Deacon, and Jim Quinn, and MPs James Maloney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦, Ziad Aboultaif, Randy Hoback, and Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

#CAJP visited the Okawa Elementary School ruins and memorial to pay homage to the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, being moved by the sight of a clock recovered from the wreckage whose hands bear witness to the moment when the school was engulfed

#CAJP visited Japan’s House of Councillors and met with Vice Speaker Nagahama Hiroyuki to underscore the importance of parliamentary exchanges and strong people-to-people ties in periods of global uncertainty 🇨🇦🇯🇵

#CAJP visited Japan’s House of Representatives and met with Speaker Nukaga Fukushiro and Vice Speaker Kaieda Banri, thanking the hosts for their hospitality and expressing gratitude for the bonds of friendship and trust between the two parliaments 🇨🇦🇯🇵

#CAJP met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko MOFA of Japan to express the importance of the bilateral relationship to Canada and to discuss cooperation in areas such as supply chains, energy, and food security

#CAJP met the Hon. Ito Shintaro, Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, to discuss energy security, climate change, renewables, and Japan’s path to net zero

#CAJP met with its Japanese counterparts to discuss cooperation in science and technology policy, energy, trade, disaster prevention and recovery, and peace and security in the Indo-Pacific 🇨🇦🇯🇵

#CAAF met the Honourable Hon. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Discussions focused on Nigeria’s foreign and domestic policy priorities and Canada-Nigeria relations 🇨🇦🇳🇬

A #CAJP delegation led by Co-Chairs Senator Stan Kutcher and Terry Sheehan will conduct a bilateral visit to Japan. Participating delegates include Michael L. MacDonald 🇨🇦 and MPs @iaconomp, Gord Johns, Sébastien Lemire, and Dan Mazier

#CANA News Release: Statement of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association on the 75th Anniversary of Canada’s NATO Membership ow.ly/VUov50RwaOK

Meetings with counterparts: a highlight at the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments.

.Éric Forest represented #CAPF as rapporteur to the APF. Francophonie Political Committee as it met at the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies, where he presented his draft report on alternative press financing models and countering misinformation

#CANA held its Annual General Meeting and elected an Executive Committee. Julie Dzerowicz 🇨🇦🇺🇦 continues as Chair, joined by Cheryl Gallant and John McKay as Vice-Chairs. Membership: ow.ly/upBV50RsB0i

President of the APF Francis Drouin and Éric Forest of #CAPF participated in the working group on the revision of APF. Francophonie statutes, a four-year effort which was completed yesterday in the Chambre des Députés

#CACN recently held an Annual General Meeting and elected its Executive Committee. @majidjowhari was elected Co-Chair, with Paul J. Massicotte continuing as the other Co-Chair. Membership: ow.ly/c2LC50Rsu88

APF President and #CAPF Chair Francis Drouin was received at the Cour Grand-Ducale and the Chambre des députés du Luxembourg 🇱🇺 to discuss the role of Francophonie in Luxembourg and thank them for the involvement of Luxembourg parliamentarians in the APF. Francophonie

In Algiers, our delegation visited the Martyr’s Memorial to pay our respects to those who gave their lives for Algerian independence in 1962. Canada and Algeria have enjoyed 60 years of diplomatic relations 🇨🇦🇩🇿