Mr. Speaker, we recently celebrated national Persons Day, when we remember the Famous Five, prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for the rights of women and children during the 1880s and 1890s. Their efforts culminated in the landmark case of Edwards v. Canada on October 18, 1929, when the eligibility of women to sit in the Senate chambers here in Canada was recognized.
Emily Murphy, Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby have been immortalized in marble outside the current Senate chambers for us to see daily. I am honoured to rise in this chamber today, alongside many women I am proud to call colleagues, as we recognize this special day and the women who came before us on this journey.