Bill No. 118 - The Municipal Government Act and Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.

MS. CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I just want to take a moment and voice my support for this bill and to say that on the 100th Anniversary of women receiving the right to vote in this province, it seems as though we are finally getting around to reducing the barriers for them to, in fact, run for and serve in elected office.

Thank you to the government for working with municipal partners to get this bill passed, and I hope it is the start of a lot of other initiatives that will help bring gender parity to this House and to our municipal counterparts across the province.

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