OTTAWA – On March 9 on Parliament Hill, Yvan Baker, member of Parliament for Etobicoke Center, Ontario, was elected chair of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group (CUPFG) during its annual general meeting. The CUPFG is one of Canada’s largest and most active parliamentary friendship groups, with over 100 members representing all political parties.
The purpose of the CUPFG is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between Canadian parliamentarians and their counterparts in Ukraine, and to promote and enhance the political, economic and cultural relations between Canada and Ukraine.