The year, the African Union (AU) celebrated its 60 th anniversary. It has been a busy month around this event!  A high-level visit to Canada by the African Union Commission took place on May 16 for consultations with Global Affairs. 

Among other things, support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was a priority. On May 18, the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association celebrated its own 20th anniversary and at the same occasion, the Senate hosted a reception to commemorate Africa day on parliament hill.

The Canada for Africa Group and representatives of the African diaspora marked the 60 th AU anniversary by a reception on parliament hill on May 29 th .

Despite theirbusy schedules and other equally important events taking place at the same time, we wanted to say express our gratitude to all members of Parliament who came
to support us: 
–  MP Chandra Arya who has been a consistent supporter of CANAFGROUP
and the African diaspora 
–  MP Greg Fergus and his office who helped us organize this event. 
–  MP Arif Virani, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of international
Trade. We appreciated your remarks on the renewed Canada’s engagement
with Africa. 
–  MP Brad Reddekopp for your speech and taking time to discuss with us.
–  MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe and staff. Your time with us was appreciated.
– MP Shawn Chen for your interest in Africa 
–  Staff members from Parliament, all parties 
–  All community leaders, African Canadians and friends of Africa who came to celebrate this day: THANK YOU and keep the momentum alive!