Deepak Obhrai, M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with a visiting delegation of Burmese Parliamentarians on Monday in the House of Commons and discussed Canada’s parliamentary system of governance.

(April 23, 2013, Ottawa) Deepak Obhrai, M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, met with a visiting delegation of Burmese Parliamentarians on Monday in the
House of Commons and discussed Canada’s parliamentary system of governance. 
A delegation of nine senior Burmese M.P.s are visiting Ottawa this week to get a first-hand lookat the Canadian parliamentary process including its division of powers between federal,
provincial and municipal levels.  
The visit comes two months after Mr. Obhrai led a Canadian delegation of M.P.s to Burma to
study Burma’s recent democratic reform efforts and to find ways on how Canada can help to
strengthen democratic discourse in that country. 
 Picture shows Mr. Obhrai (L) with Mr. U Thuyain Zaw, M.P., Chairman of Public
Accounts Committee of the Lower House.    
 Picture shows the Burmese delegation with Canadian M.P.s. 
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