Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Canadian branch of the Canada-France Inter-parliamentary Association, it is my pleasure to draw your attention to the presence in this chamber of a delegation of the French branch of our inter-parliamentary association.
The French delegation is led by French branch chairman François Loncle, the member for l'Eure, who is accompanied by fellow member François Deluga and Senator Jean-Marie Poirier.
The purpose of the meeting our association's standing committee is currently holding in Ottawa is to establish our schedule for the coming year and come to an agreement on the next steps to be taken in strengthening both the parliamentary and governmental partnership and co-operation between our two countries.