‘She challenged us’: MPs praise Malala Yousafzai’s Parliament speech, opposition urges more funding for girls’ education

'I think we should be up to this challenge. Up to this challenge also includes investing money in girls’ education...beyond words, we need actual money, and that starts with increasing our international assistance money, which is very, very low,' said NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière.

'If Canada leads, I know the world will follow,' Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai told a joint session of the House of Commons and Senate on April 12. Image capture courtesy of CPAC

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BY RACHEL AIELLO, ERICA GIANCOLA

April 12, 2017

Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai made a clear pitch to the Canadian government to lead on global education and women’s rights when she spoke to Members of Parliament and Senators in a special joint session of Parliament on April 12. MPs from several parties call...

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