On Wednesday, January 20, the Honourable Noël Kinsella, Canadian Senate Speaker, and his wife Ann Conley Kinsella are scheduled to pay a one-day study visit to Ventspils.

  

The official delegation comprises H.E. Scott Heatherington (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Latvia), H. E. Margers Krams (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Canada), several Canadian senators, and representatives of the Embassy of Canada to Latvia.

 

Mr. Kinsella is especially interested in the work of Ventspils City Council and solution of educational, cultural and business-related issues at Ventspils municipality. During the visit, the guests will visit Parventa Library and Ventspils University College, have a meeting with Jānis Vītoliņš (1st deputy chairman of Ventspils City Council) at Ventspils Free Port Authority and acquaint themselves with operation of the free port. Mrs. Kinsella, in her turn, will visit Ventspils Crafts House and learn some history of Ventspils at Castle of the Livonian Order Knights.