The Canadian General Election
Canada’s election on 28 April brought the Liberal Party back to power for an unexpected fourth successive term. Why explore why and how.
| LIBG forum on Canadian general election |
LIBG online forum The Canadian General Election. Monday 16 June 2025 at 18.30, UK time Canada’s election on 28 April brought the Liberal Party back to power for fourth successive term - just short of an overall majority, and with a new leader in Mark Carney. Join us on Monday 16 June at 6.30 PM UK time to discuss what happened, why it happened, and what it means for Canada, not least for its relationship with the US and its place in a changing world. Chaired by Sir Graham Watson, our panel will include: Mario Canseco is Vancouver based President of Research Co. and leader in public opinion research and Canadian politics. Mario holds a Masters of Journalism from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelors in Communications. Emerson Csorba is located in Montréal, Canada and focuses on the deep tech investment space following leadership roles in geopolitics and energy in the UK, as well as founding and leading a consultancy with clients in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel. He is originally from Edmonton, Alberta and is an alumnus of the University of Alberta (BA), the University of Cambridge (M.Phil), and the University of Oxford (PhD). Dr Christine Cheng, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at King’s College London, teaching on the MA in Conflict, Security & Development. In 2009, she was the Cadieux-Léger Fellow at Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Join the meeting at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83396804492?pwd=EoWZa5ZeqyhsPEnesoMN2Fb8f2ULGs.1 Meeting ID: 833 9680 4492 Passcode: 20314
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Liberal International British Group online forum.
Monday 14 April at 1830.
Bangladesh: The 2024 popular revolution and the future
Speakers:
Monica Yunus played a central role in rallying international support for her father, Professor Mohammed Yunus, in 2024, as Bangladesh’s former ruler tried to imprison him on spurious charges. Ms Yunus is a soprano who sang regularly with the Metropolitan Opera. She is the co-founder of Sing for Hope which brings music to refugee camps, hospitals, schools, etc.
Maher Sattar is an award-winning journalist and senior editor of the Fuller Project. His work has focused on the role of women in Bangladesh politics. He exposed the exploitation of female garment workers in Ivanka Trump’s clothing supply chain.
Cllr Mumtaz Hussain represents Aston ward in Birmingham. She was the first British Bangladeshi elected to Birmingham City Council. She is a translator and will contribute a Bangladesh diaspora perspective on recent events.
Dr Farhana Sultana Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs & Research Director (Environment), Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) Syracuse University,
Zoom link for participation is below. Please note all questions will be taken only in the chat facility.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82834692842?pwd=AeamCIS70NWc0cF6bjuyNPe5Raa7CW.1
Meeting ID: 828 3469 2842
Passcode: 256027
Germany’s Federal Election
Tuesday 25th February from 7.30 to 9.00 pm
Germany’s Federal Election - Online event
Guest speakers are FDP MP Thomas Hacker, former MEP and founder of Women In Parliaments Silvana Koch- Mehrin and LDEG chair (and resident of Germany) Rob Harrison. Chair: Sir Graham Watson.
What future for Internationalism in a troubled world?
LI Scotland - 31st August
What future for Internationalism in a troubled world?
Saturday 31st August 11.45 - 14.00
Royal Scots Club 29 Abercromby Place Edinburgh
Liberal International Scotland are holding a top level discussion lunchtime reception in Edinburgh on Saturday 31 August 2024. Lord David Steel and Lord Jeremy Purvis will be joined by Christine Jardine MP. They have agreed to lead the discussion on the subject of What future for Internationalism in a troubled World?
The event this open to all Scottish Liberal Democrats. Tickets for the event are just £25 and numbers are strictly limited. To secure tickets please send £25.00 per head to the account of
Liberal International British Group Scottish Committee with Virgin Money:
Sort Code 82-68-17, Account No.30046032.
Please add the reference ‘31Aug24 [your surname]’.
Or email Willie Wilson (william_o_wilson@hotmail.co.uk)
LIBG fringe meeting on Trump, Harris and the Future of Transatlantic Relations
A panel discussion with Mark Bergman and Caroline Voaden MP on security and defence cooperation within and beyond NATO.
Mark is a member of Chatham House, and a supporter of its US and the Americas Programme. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the International Crisis Group, a supporter of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to reversing the rising tide of polarisation, extremism, weaponization of hate and disinformation worldwide).
Mark is also a member of the Founder's Circle of the Obama Foundation and a member of the Leadership Now Project (a membership organization of business and thought leaders taking action to protect and renew American democracy).
Caroline Voaden MP is a former MEP and was elected MP for South Devon in 2024.
This event is on 14 September 2024, at 1pm at the Regent Room, Grand Hotel, Brighton during the Liberal Democrat conference.
Online Event – “Russia’s other European Neighbours”
A Zoom Event organised by Liberal International (British Group) in association with the Paddy Ashdown Forum. Date: June 27th 18.30-20.00 London
Overview
Since Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, attention has focused quite rightly on the war. But threats and instability abound elsewhere in the region we once called ‘eastern Europe’. In Moldova there are fears of a Russian attack and hopes of EU accession; in Belarus the precarious regime is facing and presenting new difficulties; and in the South Caucasus Georgia’s democracy and Euro-Atlantic aspirations are in jeopardy, there could be further conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh continues.
This event will examine Russia’s actions and influence over its ‘other’ European neighbours. It will also ask if the new European Political Community can help with regional security.
Speakers
Edward Lucas - Russia's influence over its European neighbours
Laurence Broers - the South Caucasus and Nagorno-Karabakh
Cristina Gherasimov - Moldova
Giorgi Vashadze MP - Georgia
Petras Auštrevičius MEP - EU activity in the neighbourhood
Please use this link to register.