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Member of Parliament

Peter Schiefke

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Vaudreuil—Soulanges
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $151,302.55

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Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Peter Schiefke (Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Lib.)
  • Dec/15/21 2:07:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 70 years ago this month, on December 29, 1951, my great-grandmother, Isabel Guirado, and her husband, Antonio, arrived at Pier 21 with their four daughters, who were named Rosita, Maria, Isabel and Carmen. They arrived here with the bag or two of their most precious belongings that survived the journey. They were fleeing persecution, longing for freedom and opportunity, and in search of a better life. They fled Franco's dictatorship in Spain and spent two years as refugees in France, then boarded a recommissioned World War II cargo ship, the Anna Salen, bound for Canada, the country that has been our home for 70 years and four generations. [Member spoke in Spanish]
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