Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-09-23 11:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2473885\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the late Joan Farley, a remarkable woman whose vision and actions transformed Montreal's West Island community in profound and lasting ways for the benefit of thousands of children and adults with special needs and their families.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473886\" data-originallang=\"en\">Joan was a pioneer. She sought respect and recognition for the rights of the intellectually handicapped and those experiencing mental health problems. Among the organizations Joan helped establish are the John F. Kennedy School, the Gary Taylor Centre, the West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, Omega Community Resources, and the Lakeshore Vocational Projects Association, now known as the Centre de r\u00e9adaptation de l'Ouest de Montr\u00e9al.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473887\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 1976 she founded West Island Citizen Advocacy, a group that advocates for the rights of people with special needs, creates one-on-one matches between special needs clients and volunteers, and provides supervised housing for people with mental health challenges.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473888\" data-originallang=\"en\">In recognition of her contribution to building a better Canada, in 2004 Joan received the Order of Canada from then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473889\" data-originallang=\"en\">Joan will be greatly missed, but her memory and spirit will live on and inspire future generations of community activists and volunteers.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2473885\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais aujourd'hui rendre hommage \u00e0 Joan Farley, maintenant d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e, une femme remarquable qui, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa vision et \u00e0 ses actions, a transform\u00e9 la communaut\u00e9 de l'Ouest de l'\u00eele de Montr\u00e9al d'une fa\u00e7on profonde et durable, pour le bien de milliers d'enfants et d'adultes qui ont des besoins sp\u00e9ciaux et pour le bien de leur famille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473886\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mme Farley \u00e9tait une pionni\u00e8re. Elle cherchait \u00e0 faire respecter et \u00e0 faire reconna\u00eetre les droits des personnes ayant un handicap mental ou des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale. Elle a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de plusieurs organismes, dont l'\u00e9cole John-F.-Kennedy, le centre Gary Taylor, l'Association de l'Ouest de l'\u00eele pour les handicap\u00e9s intellectuels, Ressources communautaires OMEGA et la Lakeshore Vocational Projects Association, devenu le Centre de r\u00e9adaptation de l'Ouest de Montr\u00e9al.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473887\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 1976, elle a fond\u00e9 Parrainage civique de la Banlieue Ouest, un groupe qui d\u00e9fend les droits des personnes ayant des besoins sp\u00e9ciaux, cr\u00e9e des jumelages entre des membres aux besoins sp\u00e9ciaux et des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles et procure des logements supervis\u00e9s aux gens ayant des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473888\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2004, Mme Farley s'est vu d\u00e9cerner l'Ordre du Canada par l'ancienne Gouverneure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale Adrienne Clarkson, en reconnaissance du travail qu'elle a accompli pour b\u00e2tir un Canada meilleur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2473889\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elle nous manquera beaucoup, mais son souvenir et son esprit continueront d'inspirer de nouvelles g\u00e9n\u00e9rations d'activistes communautaires et de b\u00e9n\u00e9voles.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/9/23/francis-scarpaleggia-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francis-scarpaleggia/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1480/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "4272013",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Joan Farley",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/9/23/",
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