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{
"time": "2010-10-18 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2105208\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today marks the 81st anniversary of a landmark achievement in the battle for women's equality, the day that women were recognized as persons under Canadian law. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105209\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our Famous Five were dedicated to women's equality and fought for the right of Canadian women to have a voice in Parliament. These women led the way for the appointment of Cairine Wilson to the Senate in 1930. Senator Wilson is honoured with a statue in the Senate lobby.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105210\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to express my profound gratitude for the hard work and dedication of my fellow sisters, who are being recognized with the Governor General's Persons Award today: Marie Louise Fish, Lucille Harper, Kerline Joseph, Anne Michaud and Barbara Mowat. They have sought to make a difference in the lives of women.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105211\" data-originallang=\"en\">Shamefully, women still make up only 22% of the members of the Canadian House of Commons. Governments across our nation must make the equal representation of women in places of power, influence and decision making a priority. Our failure to do so fails women's right to equality.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2105208\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est aujourd'hui le 81<sup>e</sup> anniversaire du jour o\u00f9 les femmes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnues comme des personnes aux yeux des lois canadiennes, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement marquant dans la lutte pour l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des femmes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105209\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nos C\u00e9l\u00e8bres cinq \u00e9taient d\u00e9vou\u00e9es \u00e0 l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des femmes et ont lutt\u00e9 pour le droit des femmes canadiennes de se faire entendre au Parlement. Elles ont pav\u00e9 la voie \u00e0 la nomination de Cairine Wilson au S\u00e9nat en 1930. La s\u00e9natrice Wilson a d'ailleurs l'honneur d'avoir une statue \u00e0 son effigie dans l'antichambre du S\u00e9nat. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105210\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais exprimer ma profonde gratitude envers le travail acharn\u00e9 et le d\u00e9vouement de mes consoeurs, Marie Louise Fish, Lucille Harper, Kerline Joseph, Anne Michaud et Barbara Mowat, \u00e0 qui on rend hommage aujourd'hui en leur d\u00e9cernant le Prix du Gouverneur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral en comm\u00e9moration de l'affaire \u00ab personne \u00bb. Elles se sont efforc\u00e9es d'am\u00e9liorer le sort des femmes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2105211\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est toutefois honteux de constater qu'encore aujourd'hui, seulement 22 p. 100 des d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre des communes sont des femmes. Partout au pays, les gouvernements doivent accorder la priorit\u00e9 \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation \u00e9gale des femmes dans les institutions qui ont du pouvoir et de l'influence et qui prennent les d\u00e9cisions, faute de quoi le droit des femmes \u00e0 l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 est menac\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/10/18/irene-mathyssen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irene-mathyssen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/498/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3365799",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Status of Women",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/10/18/",
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}