Business and Professional Women of Greater Moncton Commendations

Thank you to the Business and Professional Women of Greater Moncton for sending me these three special commendations for work done as Women’s Minister this year for:

-ending the practice of birth alerts in support of reconciliation as recommended by the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

-increasing funding in the 2022-23 budget to support survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence

-the first time declaration in the province recognizing Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. (This becomes more important as our population diversifies and welcomes people of many cultures, sometimes with differing views.)