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Chandra Arya

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Nepean
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $104,578.46

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Context: House Hansard - 284 - Feb/16/24
Mr. Chandra Arya (Nepean, Lib.)
  • Feb/16/24 11:17:07 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this Black History Month, I would like to recognize an Ottawa-based organization: AKHRI - Mothers and Daughters Literacy. Its mission is to create lasting, positive, community-based change through basic literacy in rural and underprivileged communities in Somaliland. It empowers girls and women with the power to learn, to be heard, to be seen and to make a difference. I agree that educated, empowered women can change the world. Successful economic development of a community or a country can be fast-tracked if education is made available to all and, specifically, if girls are educated. I would like to recognize and to thank the team, under the leadership of Anab Mohamed, for its noble and dedicated service to realize AKHRI’s mission.
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Context: House Hansard - 284 - Feb/16/24
Mr. Chandra Arya
  • Feb/16/24 10:43:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am glad to note that the member has personally experienced the economic benefits that educating children at a very young age bring, allowing them to grow up educated and allowing parents to contribute to the workforce generally, not only in Quebec, because of course it is something that other provinces and the federal government have learned from. I have seen it happen in other parts of the world that a focus on children's, and especially girls', education has contributed to the economic development of an entire region, entire community and the entire country. Therefore it is very important that through the bill we would be making up for what was lacking in Canada. Again, I recognize the contributions of Quebec in bringing this forward as a national priority.
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Context: House Hansard - 196 - May/12/23
Mr. Chandra Arya (Nepean, Lib.)
  • May/12/23 10:27:01 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my first language is neither English nor French. I had my education in English. When I was in university 36 years back, I joined a friendship course to study the French language. Although I did not study the language much, I met the love of my life there, and we are still married. One good thing I have noticed is that a lot of my friends here in Canada are sending their children to francophone schools so that their kids have the knowledge of both English and French as they are educated. There is a bit of apprehension among the anglophone community in Quebec. What assurances can she give to that particular community?
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