Person's Day 2017 - Member Statement

MS. CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Madam Speaker, as others already have, I rise to celebrate Persons Day. On this day in 1929 women became persons under Canadian law. We've come a long way and we have a long way to go. I look forward to the day when all women, including LGBTQ, Indigenous, and disabled women truly have parity in our society - parity in wages, in opportunity, in political office, and in freedom from harm.

On this day at this moment when it is increasingly apparent that identifying as anything other than male brings with it increased danger and harm, I hope this House will join me in marking this milestone as one step on a longer path to true equality.

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