TOPICS OF FOCUS • Canada’s defence priorities

• Canada and NATOo Contributions (including the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Latvia)o Centre of Excellence (COE) on Climate Change and Securityo NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) officeo Women, Peace, and Security

• Canada’s assistance to Ukraine

• Arctic security

• North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) modernisation and continentaldefence

• Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

CONTACTS DETAILS Andrius AVIZIUS, Director, Political Committee aavizius@nato-pa.int //+32 477 871 085 Ethan CORBIN, Director, Defence and Security Committee ecorbin@nato-pa.int // +32 472 888 405 Sarah-Claude FILION, Coordinator, Political Committee sfilion@nato-pa.int // +32 473 931 961

SUNDAY 16 APRIL – OTTAWA

Important notice All participants are required to carry their NATO PA badge and passport with them at all times.

Arrival of participants Individual transfers to the hotel

Accommodation THE LORD ELGIN HOTEL 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5K8 Phone: +1 613-235-3333 Contact: groups@lordelgin.ca

Rate: CDN 223 /night (classic guest room single occupancy), including breakfast and Wifi, excluding harmonised sales tax (13%) and municipal tax (4%).

Evening Free

MONDAY 17 APRIL – OTTAWA

7:30 – 8:00 Registration of participants in the lobby of the hotel

8:00 Departure by foot to the Parliament

Morning Meeting at the Parliament of Canada Address: 268 Valour Building, 151 Sparks Street, Ottawa

8:30 Welcome remarks by Julie DZEROWICZ, Head of the Canadian Delegation to the NATO PA

8:45 – 9:30 The Honourable Robert OLIPHANT, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

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