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Welcome message from the D-CA Chair
Je m'appelle Javier Moreno Sánchez et c'est pour moi un privilège et un honneur de présider la Délégation du Parlement européen pour les relations avec le Canada pour les cinq prochaines années.
Le Canada est un ami, un allié et un partenaire précieux de longue date de l'Union européenne. Comme je le dis souvent, les Canadiens sont les citoyens les plus européens hors de l'Europe.
We share common values such as democracy, rules of law, respect of human rights and gender equality. We stand firm in our support for the rules-based international order and are ready to defend it at this moment of geopolitical instability.
The EU-Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement and Strategic Partnership Agreement provide a framework for a further deepening of our policy dialogue, cooperation and convergence on issues of common concern. Through parliamentary democracy we will work with the Member States that have not yet ratified the Agreement to complete the ratification process.
We have a key role to play in enhancing EU-Canada relations. Interparliamentary meetings with our Canadian counterparts take place once a year and give an opportunity to exchange on a wide range of topics - trade, security and defence, energy security and critical raw material, foreign interference and artificial intelligence.
En outre, nous organisons régulièrement des réunions de la délégation du Parlement européen ainsi que de nombreuses rencontres informelles avec des professeurs universitaires, des journalistes, des représentants de la société civile et du secteur privé canadiens.
Je me réjouis des échanges parlementaires avec nos amis canadiens dans les années à venir!
On 9 June, the Chair of the Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA), Mr Javier Moreno Sánchez, welcomed a high-level delegation from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was part of a wider visit that focused on critical minerals, digital technologies and artificial intelligence, as well as ways to further strengthen EU-Canada trade and economic ties. Several D-CA Members participated in the meeting.
On 7 May 2026, the Committee on Foreign Affairs in association with the Delegation for Relations with Canada held an in camera exchange of views on the EU-Canada strategic partnership. Invited speakers were Mr John Hannaford, Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada to the EU, Mr Joost Korte, European Commission Special Envoy for the EU-Canada partnership, and Ms Delphine Pronk, Managing Director for the Americas, European External Action Service.
On 22 April, D-CA Chair Javier Moreno Sánchez met with Joanne Thompson, the Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, to discuss the EU’s Fitness Check of its rules on trade in seal products, as well as the sensitivities surrounding seal hunting for Indigenous and coastal communities in Canada
The 43rd EU–Canada Interparliamentary Meeting (IPM) took place in Ottawa on 27–28 October 2025. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the Canadian Parliament discussed key issues in EU–Canada relations, including trade, energy, security and defence cooperation, and the responsible governance of artificial intelligence. A joint statement was signed at the end of the IPM reaffirming the strong will to enhance the EU-Canada partnership.