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{
"time": "2018-01-31 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5243340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like today to pay tribute to our sister, Pat Chefurka, a proud New Democrat, a trail-blazing feminist, and a relentless advocate for social justice. Pat died January 21.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Born in Manitoba in 1924, Pat received a bachelor of science degree from Brandon College and became the first woman to receive a master's degree in physics from Montana State College. She accepted a position teaching physics at the University of Western Ontario in 1963 and resigned in 1974 due to pay inequity, a problem then as now.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pat became actively involved with the CCF in the 1940s and was a good friend of Tommy Douglas. Among her many accomplishments, she was the first woman president of the Ontario NDP and was a recipient of the Agnes Macphail Award.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243343\" data-originallang=\"en\">In addition to her many worthy pursuits, Pat managed to be a mentor to countless women over the course of her life. I will miss her steely determination, her unflagging optimism, and her dedication to fighting the good fight.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243344\" data-originallang=\"en\">Rest in power, Pat. We will take it from here.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5243340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, j'aimerais rendre hommage \u00e0 notre soeur, Pat Chefurka, fi\u00e8re n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate, f\u00e9ministe pionni\u00e8re, et ardente d\u00e9fenseure de la justice sociale. Mme Chefurka est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e le 21 janvier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243341\" data-originallang=\"en\">N\u00e9e au Manitoba en 1924, Pat a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en science du coll\u00e8ge Brandon et a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re femme \u00e0 obtenir une ma\u00eetrise en physique au coll\u00e8ge de l'\u00c9tat du Montana. En 1963, elle a accept\u00e9 un poste de professeure de physique \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 Western Ontario, poste dont elle a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 en 1974 en raison de l'iniquit\u00e9 salariale, un probl\u00e8me que nous connaissons toujours aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pat est devenue tr\u00e8s active au sein de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration du commonwealth coop\u00e9ratif dans les ann\u00e9es 1940 et \u00e9tait une bonne amie de Tommy Douglas. Parmi ses nombreuses r\u00e9alisations, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re femme \u00e0 pr\u00e9sider le NPD de l'Ontario et a re\u00e7u le prix Agnes MacPhail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243343\" data-originallang=\"en\">En plus de ses nombreux projets importants, Pat a trouv\u00e9 le moyen d'encadrer d'innombrables femmes au cours de sa vie. Son in\u00e9branlable d\u00e9termination, son optimisme immuable et son d\u00e9vouement \u00e0 mener une lutte pour la bonne cause me manqueront.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5243344\" data-originallang=\"en\">Repose en paix, Pat. Nous poursuivrons ton combat.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/1/31/irene-mathyssen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irene-mathyssen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/498/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9937030",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Pat Chefurka",
"fr": "Pat Chefurka"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/1/31/",
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}
}