Joined the Commonwealth: 19 November 1926

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1912

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral – Senate (105); House of Commons (338)

Parliament/Legislature website: Parliament of Canada

CPA Canada Federal Branch website: click here

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 14 (Senate), 23 (House of Commons)  

Senate:

• Standing Committees on:- Aboriginal Peoples; Agriculture and Forestry; Banking, Trade and Commerce;  Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources; Fisheries and Oceans; Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Human Rights; Legal and Constitutional Affairs; National Finance; National Security and Defence; Official Languages; Social Affairs, Science and Technology; and, Transport and Communications   

House of Commons:

• Standing Committees on:- Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics; Agriculture and Agri-Food; Canadian Heritage; Citizenship and Immigration; Environment and Sustainable Development; Finance; Fisheries and Oceans; Foreign Affairs and International Development; Government Operations and Estimates; Health; Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities; Indigenous and Northern Affairs; Industry, Science and Technology; International Trade; Justice and Human Rights; National Defence; Natural Resources; Official Languages; Public Accounts; Public Safety and National Security; Status of Women; Transport, Infrastructure and Communities; and, Veteran Affairs  

Number of Joint Committees (bicameral): 2 - The Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament; The Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees:

• Senate:- Committee of Selection; Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament; Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators; Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
• House of Commons:- Procedure and House Affairs; Liaison Committee

Standing Orders:

• Senate
• House of Commons
• Constitution of Canada: Please click here

CPA Blogs

• Being a 2SLGBTQI+ Canadian Parliamentarian: a privilege and a responsibility

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian 

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One - Hon. Anthony Rota, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, The Canadian experience of e-Parliaments and technology
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Hon. Anthony Rota, MP, CPA President (2019-2022) and Speaker of the House of Commons, The House of Commons of Canada's response to COVID-19: Step-by-step 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three - Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP, COVID-19 and Canada's response to sustainable investment and green recovery
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Four - Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP, The Relationship Between Social Media and Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth: A View from Canada 
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Hon. Chrystia Freeland, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defending Media Freedoms in the Commonwealth (Global Conference on Media Freedom)
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Three - Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP, 100 years of the vote for women in Canada
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three - Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP, Celebrating 150 years of Canada's confederation and Parliament's recognition of indigenous peoples
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Two - Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP, A View of the CPA from CPA Canada
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Four - Mr Russ Hiebert, MP, Reform Act of Canada
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Three - Senator David Smith, Canadian Electoral Finance in the 21st century
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Two - Mr Devinder Shory, MP, Immigrant Rights
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Two - Senator Raynell Andreychuk, Developing an Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code in the Senate of Canada

Recent CPA Programmatic Activities/News

• The CPA Canada Federal Branch has kindly offered support in the development of the CPA Parliamentary Academy, contributing to a number of video lectures including: - Regional and International Engagement, Gender Budgeting; and Overview of Committees. 
• On 25 November 2020, the Hon. Anthony Rota, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, was a panellist at the CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments, where discussions looked at the importance of maintaining parliamentary sovereignty and legislative supremacy in the light of the ongoing COVI-19 pandemic.
• Parliamentarians from the CPA Canada Branch have contributed as resource team members during CPA Post-Election Seminar, delivered for the following Legislatures: Anguilla House of Assembly; Dominica House of Assembly; Bermuda House of Assembly; Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. 
• On 21 February 2021, Hon. Anthony Rota, MP joined the Hon. Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly in recording messages for International Mother Language Day. 
• The CPA Canada Federal Branch supported the delivery of a suite of Virtual Commonwealth Parliamentary Workshops from 23 February - 8 March 2021. Notably a Member of the Senate of Canada spoke at the online session titled 'Promote and Respect for International Humanitarian Law - Placing Humanity First', on 25 February 2021, whereas a member of the Canadian House of Commons spoke at the session titled 'Leading the Way: How the Commonwealth can Empower Persons with Disabilities', on 4 March 2021.