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M.P. Lisa Barron speaking on Nov 26, 2021 at the House of Commons at Parliament in Ottawa (hoc20211126)

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Debates (Hansard) No. 5

November 26, 2021 (44-1) at 1100

M.P. Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)

Mr. Speaker, November 25 marked the beginning of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

During these 16 days, I think of my friend Lisa Marie Young, who tragically went missing in 2002. A member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, she was only 21 when she disappeared. Lisa Marie will always be remembered for the joy she brought to everyone around her. I am truly sorry her mother, Marlene Jo-Anne Young, did not get the answers she deserved before her passing in 2017. I want to acknowledge the continued perseverance of Lisa Marie's family and friends, her aunt Carol Frank and her friend Cindy, to find answers.

I ask the government to immediately implement the calls to justice of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and for 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, to work to build communities where everyone is safe from gender-based violence.