OTTAWA, July 26, 2021 – Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette announces that the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) unanimously adopted a motion (click on the hyperlink) demanding the immediate release of Ms. Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian, who was sentenced to death in November 2010 for blasphemy. Ms. Bibi is currently being held in a prison cell that has been described as unsanitary and inhumane. (more…)
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Women in Power!
12 August 2021 at 15h21
I currently am in the capital of Ecuador, Quito at the National Assembly for a summit of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas. Our discussions revolve around the participation of women in politics, the means to promote their presence and the improvement of governance.
These meetings are part of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas, which I am a founding member and vice-president.
I invite you to sign my petition to support my Bill S-206 aiming to achieve parity between men and women in boards of administration for crown corporations and public companies.
Mexico 2010: interparliamentary discussions within the framework of the WTO
15 July 2021 at 15h39 
The Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) held a joint workshop for parliamentarians on May 20-22 in Mexico City, in which I participated. The event, entitled “The Doha Development Round: Challenges and Opportunities for the Region”, was attended by parliamentarians of 16 countries of the Americas. It sought to promote greater knowledge of the multilateral trade system, of WTO functioning and of the status of negotiations of the Doha Development Round in areas such as agriculture, trade in services and non-agricultural market access. The workshop also provided an opportunity to discuss the role of Parliaments in trade policy.
