HillNote
The Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) is the parliamentary arm of what is referred to as the “institutional Francophonie,” made up of a long list of organizations, agencies, networks and peoples having the French language in common. For more than 50 years, these actors have been working together with the conviction that sharing a language goes hand in hand with the defence of certain common values. This HillNote provides information about francophones and the place of French in the world. It also gives an overview of the institutional structure of the Francophonie, with a focus on the work of the APF and the role of the Parliament of Canada within this organization.