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Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: 26th Annual Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

On February 24, 2018, Jenny rose to speak about the Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls March:

Jenny Kwan (NDP) Vancouver East, BC

"Mr. Speaker, February 14 was the 26th annual Women's Memorial March for missing and murdered women. Just like in the last 25 years, I marched with family members, elders, women, aboriginal leaders, and activists as a public expression of our sorrow and to demand justice. Hundreds joined the march, and the NDP leader was among them.

We march because far too many aboriginal women face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence. They suffer from the legacy of colonization. They live in poverty. Access to safe, secure, affordable housing is just a dream.

A national inquiry done right can be the catalyst for historical change and healing. We need to hear the haunting cries of family members and value the knowledge of women and aboriginal organizations that work with indigenous women and girls.

The Missing and Murdered Women's Coalition has made a thoughtful submission regarding the design of the national inquiry to the minister. I ask the government to honour these recommendations."

 

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/2/24/jenny-kwan-1/

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