Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP): Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-407, An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (gender balanced representation).
She said: Mr. Speaker, I would add my congratulations to all women on this International Women's Day.
Volunteerism is a wonderful thing in all of our communities but it does not promote the equality of women, which is the reason for my bill. It would require that federally regulated boards be made up of at least 40% women.
Today as we mourn victims of violence at Ecole Polytechnique we also mourn the violence that permeates in our society.
Our aboriginal women are among those who experience the keenest edge of this violence which is rooted in colonization, assimilation, and cultural genocide.
And while we recognize the great harm we have done to aboriginal women – there is still the lingering violence that manifests itself in the chronic lack of decent housing, educational opportunity and economic security.
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