Official Delegation of Japan-Canada Diet Friendship League of the Japanese Diet Visits Canada
(April 26 - May 1, 2015)
The Official Delegation of the Japan-Canada Diet Friendship League of the Japanese Diet (comprising Head of the Delegation Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki, President of the League and seven other members) visited Canada, from April 26 to May 1, stopping in Ottawa and Toronto, in order to attend the 19th Bilateral Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Groups of Canada and Japan. The participants discussed various issues such as politics, economy, trade and energy, with the members of Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group, including co-chairs the Honourable David Tkachuk, Senator and Mr. Mike Wallace, M.P.
The Official Delegation also met with some politicians, including The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Ms. Kelly Block, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources. After the Ottawa portion of the trip, most of participants visited Toronto, as well as Burlington, ON, Mr. Wallace’s riding.
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Mr. Tanigaki, second from left, chats with The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, far left
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Left to right, The Hounourable David Tkachuk,Senator, Mr. Tanigaki, Mr. Mike Wallace, M.P.
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Meeting with The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Meeting with The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
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Meeting with The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade
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Left to right, Mr. Wallace, Ms. Tsuchiya, Secretary General of the League, The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, Ambassador Monji |
