Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Sunday, March 8, was International Women's Day and marked the start of International Women's Week.
This year the day was dedicated to all those working to raise the profile of women's rights, underscoring the commitment that will be required in the future to promote their equality.
Women's rights are human rights. Today for the third year in a row I gathered together representatives from diverse women's organizations for our breakfast in my riding.
We must, as the government, focus attention on the important work done by women in such organizations as Transit 24, Concertation-femmes, the Montreal Italian Women's Centre, Maji-Soi, the Maison buissonnière, Remue-ménage, Mono-vie Ahuntsic, Entraide Ahuntsic Nord et Sud, the Association de gardiennage d'Ahuntsic and the Centre d'action bénévole Bordeaux-Cartierville to name but a few.
I am honoured to work closely with these women to continue to make important change and improve the lives of all women in my riding. Let us all applaud these women as unsung heroes.