Evidence of meeting #109 for Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was female.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Thérèse Mailloux  Chair, Board of directors , Groupe Femmes, Politique et Démocratie
Joanne Bernard  As an Individual
Deborah Grey  As an Individual
Esther Lapointe  Director General, Groupe Femmes, Politique et Démocratie
Karen Sorensen  Mayor of Banff, As an Individual
Jenelle Saskiw  As an Individual

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

Sean Fraser Liberal Central Nova, NS

Sure.

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As an Individual

Jenelle Saskiw

You have your baby girl right now. I left my kids when they were at the five-year-old to 10-year-old stage. Now that they're teenagers, they pack my bags for me. It gets better.

5:30 p.m.

Voices

Oh, oh!

5:30 p.m.

A voice

Yes, it does get better.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Pam Damoff

Thank you to our witnesses. You were both fabulous.

I came from municipal politics as well.

5:30 p.m.

Mayor of Banff, As an Individual

Karen Sorensen

Yes, quite a few of you came.... I googled you all.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Pam Damoff

We're now going to go in camera.

I'm going to suspend for a couple of minutes. If we could quickly clear the room, the members of the committee will stay.

We shouldn't be too long.

[Proceedings continue in camera]