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House Hansard - 79

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 79 - Jun/1/22
Ms. Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Hochelaga, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, this being National AccessAbility Week, I would like to highlight one woman's exceptional contribution. This immigrant woman dedicated over 35 years of her life to developing respite services for families with children with intellectual disabilities. She mobilized parents and built a community support network, and she enlisted the support of funding organizations and elected officials at all levels of government. The woman I am talking about is Maritza Ferrada-Videla. She is my mother. She played an exemplary leadership role in ensuring the inclusion of families with children with disabilities. I am deeply moved and very proud to salute her courage, her determination and her resiliency in fighting for human dignity, and today I wish her a well-deserved retirement. My mother is and will continue to be a source of inspiration and quiet strength that sustains my presence here in the House every day. In closing, I would like to thank everyone who, like her, is working to build a more equitable and inclusive society.
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