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{
"time": "2010-06-02 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2004027\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in so many ways, women face inequality in our country today. Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent awarding of the 19 Canada Excellence Research Chairs, a new and prestigious honour given to 19 men and not one woman.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004028\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the minister stated that he was shocked, and certain questions were asked, the answers have been inadequate and the action plan to do better non-existent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004029\" data-originallang=\"en\">The failure to recognize women as Canada Excellence Research Chairs is the end result of an ideology put forward by the Conservative government to interfere in and sideline broader research. It is also a result of the government's damaging view that gender equality is not important. The glass ceiling is as strong as ever and the government is a fan of the old boys' club. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004030\" data-originallang=\"en\">We need leadership and an innovative agenda when it comes to post-secondary education and the funding for research. A guiding principle for us in the NDP is that both women and men ought to be not just equal participants, but leaders too.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2004027\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, de bien des fa\u00e7ons, les femmes sont confront\u00e9es \u00e0 des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s aujourd'hui dans notre pays. Le meilleur exemple de cette r\u00e9alit\u00e9 est l'attribution r\u00e9cente des 19 chaires d'excellence en recherche du Canada, un nouveau prix prestigieux, \u00e0 19 hommes et \u00e0 aucune femme. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004028\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bien que le ministre ait manifest\u00e9 son \u00e9tonnement et que certaines questions aient \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9es, les r\u00e9ponses donn\u00e9es sont inad\u00e9quates et le plan d'action pour am\u00e9liorer la situation est inexistant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004029\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le refus de reconna\u00eetre les femmes dans le cadre des chaires d'excellence en recherche du Canada est le r\u00e9sultat d'une id\u00e9ologie pr\u00f4n\u00e9e par le gouvernement conservateur visant \u00e0 faire obstacle \u00e0 des recherches plus vastes et \u00e0 les rel\u00e9guer au second plan. C'est aussi le r\u00e9sultat de la vision pr\u00e9judiciable du gouvernement \u00e0 l'effet que l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes n'est pas importante. Le plafond de verre est aussi \u00e9pais qu'avant et le gouvernement est un partisan du club des vieux copains.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004030\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il nous faut du leadership et un programme innovateur en ce qui concerne l'\u00e9ducation postsecondaire et le financement pour la recherche. Au NPD, l'un de nos principes directeurs est que les hommes et les femmes doivent \u00eatre \u00e9gaux non seulement en tant que participants, mais aussi en tant que leaders.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/6/2/niki-ashton-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/942/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3199277",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Excellence Research Chairs",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/6/2/",
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}