Mr. Speaker, this is International Women's Week. As the only farm woman on the government side of the House, I would like to pay tribute to all of the rural farm women of Canada.
All of those women have over the years made a tremendous contribution to the social, cultural and economic life of rural Canada.
I would like to particularly highlight the contributions of the Women's Institute movement. The Women's Institute is an educational organization for personal development and community action. This is the mission statement of the Women's Institute. It is for this reason that it exists today and has existed for 96 years.