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Article: Interview: Hon. Robert Speller MP: chairman, executive committee, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
- Article from:
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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The fiftieth Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will take place in Canada from August 30 to September 9, 2004. The current Chairman of the Executive Committee of CPA is a Canadian, Robert Speller. He was interviewed about his political career and specifically his involvement with CPA by the Editor on November 25, 2003. On December 12, 2003 Mr. Speller was sworn in as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
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